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 Mayor – Chuck Ingraham. Wife, Jerry. Resident 11 years.
Louisiana State University: BS, Industrial
Management. Chapman University: MA, Administration. Graduate: USMC Amphibious
Warfare School, USMC Command and Staff College, and Naval War College. Retired from U.S.
Marine Corps, 30 years active and 4 years reserve, Colonel, Logistics Officer.
Retired from Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), 10 years, Director,
Gulfport (also for various periods Meridian,
Pascagoula, New Orleans, La. and
Millington, Tenn.). Past Chairman, Hancock
County United Way, and past member United Way of
South Mississippi Board of Directors (Chairman, Allocations Sub-Committee).
Annunciation Church Lector and member of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
of Jerusalem. NMCRS Volunteer. Diamondhead Activities: Treasurer, Boaters
Assn.; Treasurer, Continuing Education; Board of Directors, Men’s Golf Assn.;
Member, Yacht Club; Patron, Performing Arts Society; Trustee, VFW Post 2880;
Member, POA Government Affairs Committee; and Master of Ceremonies, Memorial Day
Service since inception in 2000.
 Councilwoman - Dianne Ackerman. Husband, Rodney. Resident 7
years. Cum laude graduate of
McNeese State University: B.S. in Accounting. Former Director,
Human Resources for Dominion Exploration and Production.
Twenty-seven year work career included various accounting and human
resource management positions with experience in development of
policies and procedures, budgeting, planning, federal and state law
compliance, tax, cash management, disaster planning and recovery,
communications, presentations, organizational development and
employee training and compensation. Currently serving on the
Personnel, Long-Range Planning, Committee on Committees and Disaster
Relief and Recovery Fund committees for Diamondhead Baptist Church,
as well as Past President of the Diamondhead Women's Golf
Association Nines. Honorary member of the Diamondhead SPCA and
served a four year term on the POA's Golf committee.
 Councilman – Hank Holcomb. Wife, Susan. Resident 10 years.
Graduate of North Georgia College: B.S. in
Physical Education; Appalachian State University: M.A. in
Instructional Technology. Graduate: U.S. Army Command and Staff College and U.S. Army War College. Retired Infantry
Colonel from U.S. Army after 30 Years in command, operational and
strategic planning, personnel training, organizational development,
Ranger, Airborne, installation management and inspector general
positions. Currently serving as elder and clerk of session for
Diamondhead Community Church, Director of the Diamondhead Community
Association, president of the Diamondhead Men’s Golf Association and
service officer for VFW Post 2880. Served as volunteer at Hancock
County Food Pantry, with the Christmas in April project and on the
Presbytery of Mississippi Disaster Relief Organization. Patron –
Diamondhead Performing Arts Society. Member – Boaters Association
and the Aloha Club. Organized candidate forums for state and local
candidates in 2003 and 2007.
 Councilman – Ernie Knobloch. Wife, Dinah. Resident 3 years.
Southeastern Louisiana
University: BS in biology; University of New Orleans, M.Ed.,
Educational Administration. Retired after working 39 years in
schools in Louisiana and Mississippi as chemistry/physics teacher,
coach, teacher of gifted students, assistant principal, principal,
school district supervisor for gifted/talented programs, summer
schools, and state mandated remediation programs in district with 84
schools and 50,000 students. Diamondhead activities: served as
Director of the Diamondhead Men’s Golf Association; POA committee to
develop list of abandoned homes and lots with trailers on them;
chairman of Golf Operations committee; contributor to Diamondhead
News. Holy Trinity Men’s Club.
Councilman – Ron Rech. Wife, Judy. Resident 5 years. Graduate of
University of Nebraska: B.A.
in Business Administration. University of
Illinois: MBA Studies. Air National Guard, 6 years. Retired from IBM
Corporation: 33 years in management, technical consulting and
customer education. Prism, Inc.: Manager of Software Education.
D2k, Inc.: Director of Quality and Customer Support. Past president
of two homeowners associations. Volunteer Deputy Sheriff in
Arizona. Past ruling Elder and
Financial Chairman-Diamondhead Community Church. Served on
Hurricane Disaster Relief Team. Current member of Diamondhead
Methodist Church. V.P.- Diamondhead Men’s Golf Assn. Food Pantry
volunteer. Member of Boaters Association, Aloha Club and Treasurer
- Krewe of Diamondhead.
 Councilman – Dalton
Roberson. Wife, Pearl.
Resident 8 years. Michigan State University: BA, Political Science.
Michigan State, Detroit College
of Law: Jurist Doctorate. U.S.
Air Force, 45 months. Asst. County
Prosecutor, Asst. U.S.
Attorney and Partner Law firm. Chief Judge Pro Tem and Chief Judge,
Recorder’s Court. Executive Chief Judge, Wayne County 3rd Circuit
Court. Arbitration and Mediations: Police Misconduct, Medical
Malpractice, Contractual Disputes and Qualified Mediator for
Wayne County 3rd
Circuit Court. Managed large urban court with about 500 employees.
Directly responsible to the Michigan Supreme court for the orderly
administration and budgetary concerns of the largest criminal and
civil court in the State
of Michigan. Awards: National
Conference of Black Lawyers, William Hastie Judge of the Year Award
and National Center for State Courts, Best Managed Large Urban
Court. Memberships: State Bar of Michigan, National Bar
Association, Wolverine Bar Association, Michigan Judges Association,
National Conference of Black Lawyers, NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc. Analyst, WJBK, Fox 2 Detroit. Served on search
committee to hire Diamondhead POA General Manager.
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