Accounting Staff

James A. Hart, Bureau Director
jhart@mde.k12.ms.us

Barbara Alfaro, Secretary
601-359-3525
balfaro@mde.k12.ms.us


Linda Whitley	Director of Payments and Property	601-359-2187	lwhitley@mde.k12.ms.us
Katrina Dooley	Vendor Payments	601-359-3976	kdooley@mde.k12.ms.us
Payroll and Insurance
Vanessa Nichols	Payroll	601-359-3074	vnichols@mde.k12.ms.us
Angela Smith	Insurance	601-359-3763	asmith@mde.k12.ms.us
Contracts Payable
Deidre Donnell	Payroll/Travel/Contracts	601-359-2926	ddonnell@mde.k12.ms.us
Sandra Gaddis	Independent Contract Travel Payment Accountant	601-359-3921	sgaddis@mde.k12.ms.us
Travel
Kim Ware	Travel Payment Accountant	601-359-3493	kware@mde.k12.ms.us
Eric Foster	Travel Payment Accountant	601-359-3847	efoster@mde.k12.ms.us
Accounts Payable	Team 1
Gail Gentry	Accounts Payable School Payments Supervisor	601-359-2120	ggentry@mde.k12.ms.us
Danielle Stephens	Accounts Payable Accountant	601-359-2189	estephens@mde.k12.ms.us
Jacquline Williams	Payments Accountant	601-359-3976	jdwilliams@mde.k12.ms.us
Accounts Payable	Team 2
Eric Hollis	Accounts Specialist	601-359-2927	ehollis@mde.k12.ms.us
Phil Shepardson	Accounts Payable Accountant	601-359-3917	pshepardson@mde.k12.ms.us
Fernell Clayborne	Vendor Payments Accountant	601-359-3975	fclayborne@mde.k12.ms.us
Fixed Assets
Mike Swofford	Blind/Deaf School Business Office Property Officer	601-984-8111	mswofford@mde.k12.ms.us
Kenya Gardner	Property Officer	601-359-3977	kgardner@mde.k12.ms.us

Revenue and Reporting

Accounts Receivable
Letha Gray	Federal Draw/CMIA and Accounts Receivable Supervisor	601-359-3430	lgray@mde.k12.ms.us
Shannon Gatlin	Accounts Receivable Accountant	601-359-3909	sgatlin@mde.k12.ms.us
Katie Alexander	Accounts Receivable Accountant	601-359-5974	kalexander@mde.k12.ms.us
Rose Briggs	Customer Billing Deposits Technician	601-359-3665	rbriggs@mde.k12.ms.us
Purchasing
Willie McAfee	Purchasing Supervisor	601-359-3864	wmcafee@mde.k12.ms.us
Candice Sardin	Purchasing Agent	601-359-3994	csardin@mde.k12.ms.us
Charlotte Powell	Purchasing Technician	601-359-2066	cpowell@mde.k12.ms.us
Financial Reporting
VACANT	Reporting Supervisor	601-359-2318
Virginia Dickerson	Reporting Accountant	601-359-3925	vdickerson@mde.k12.ms.us
Quintina Peterson	Reporting Accountant	601-359-3427	qpeterson@mde.k12.ms.us
Charlene Smith	Blind/Deaf School Business Office Reporting Accountant	601-984-8100	cmsmith@mde.k12.ms.us
Mail / Central Receiving
Mike Byrd	Mail/Central Receiving Supervisor	601-359-2195	mbyrd@mde.k12.ms.us
Steve Pierce	Support Technician Senior	601-359-2195	spierce@mde.k12.ms.us
Darryl Ervin	Support Technician	601-359-2195	dervin@mde.k12.ms.us
Michael Jones	Support Technician	601-359-2195	mjones@mde.k12.ms.us

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Office of Accounting P.O. Box 771 Jackson, MS 39205-0771 Phone: (601) 359-3525 Fax: (601) 359-2326