Contact Us

For more information or assistance, please contact a Public Affairs staff person below:

Administration

Tom Fortner, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer
Phone: (601) 984-1100
E-mail: tfortner@umc.edu

Mary McElroy, Executive Assistant
Phone: (601) 984-1102
E-mail: mmcelroy@umc.edu

Lynn Griffin, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (601) 984-1101
E-mail: lagriffin@umc.edu 

Peggy Warner, Administrative Assistant
Phone: (601) 984-1103
E-mail: pwagner@umc.edu 

Laura Hodge, Special Events
Phone: (601) 815-3941
E-mail: lhodge@umc.edu

Batson Children's Hospital

Tena McKenzie, Associate Director of Children's Programs
Phone: (601) 984-1109
E-mail: tmckenzie@umc.edu

Jennifer Hospodor, Assistant Director of Community Affairs of Children's Programs
Phone: (601) 984-1105
E-mail: jhospodor@umc.edu 

Matthew Johnson, Children's Miracle Network Coordinator
Phone: (601) 984-1975
E-mail: mejohnson2@umc.edu

Jim Albritton, Multimedia
Phone: (601) 984-1109
E-mail: jalbriton@umc.edu

John Clark Packer, Children's Miracle Network Coordinator
Phone: (601) 815-7656
E-mail: jpacker@umc.edu

Amanda Alliston, Children's Miracle Network Coordinator
Phone: (601) 984-1976
E-mail: aalliston@umc.edu

Creative staff

Tim Irby, Associate Director
Phone: (601) 984-1107
E-mail: tirby@umc.edu

Derrick Dyess, Graphic Designer
Phone: (601) 984-1971
E-mail: dmdyess@umc.edu

Cliff Leverette, Graphic Designer
Phone: (601) 984-1108
E-mail: cleverette@umc.edu

Mary Harvel, Graphic Designer
Phone: (601) 984-1974
E-mail: mharvel@umc.edu 

Jay Ferchaud, Photographer
Phone: (601) 984-1110
Email: jferchaud@umc.edu

News staff

Jack Mazurak, Assistant Director of Media Relations
Phone: (601) 984-1970
E-mail: jmazurak@umc.edu

Marc Rolph, Assistant Director of Integrated Communications
Phone: (601) 815-5133
E-mail: mrolph@umc.edu

Bruce Coleman, Assistant Director of Internal Administrative Communications
Phone: (601) 984-4743
E-mail: bcoleman@umc.edu

Matt Westerfield, Editor-Writer for School of Dentistry, School of Nursing and SHRP
Phone: (601) 984-1104
E-mail: mwesterfield@umc.edu

Gary Pettus, Editor-Writer, School of Medicine
Phone: (601) 984-1100
E-mail: gpettus@umc.edu