Jeff McCoy of Meridian has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Bankers Association. At the recent MBA convention, McCoy was elected to represent an 11-county region on the board of the 129-year-old trade association. 

MBA membership includes commercial banks and savings institutions operating in Mississippi, and its members currently hold more than 95 percent of bank deposits in the state. McCoy is president and chief executive officer of Great Southern Bank in Meridian.  In his 39-year banking career he has held executive positions with Great Southern and several other Mississippi banks.

A native of DeKalb, McCoy earned a bachelors degree in banking and finance at Mississippi State University.  He also is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. His previous participation in the MBA has included service on the Legislative and Nominating committees.  

Among his civic involvement, McCoy serves on the boards of the Choctaw Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, Meridian Community College Foundation, East Mississippi Business Development Corporation, and Aldersgate Senior Services Center. 

He also is a member of East Central Planning and Development District Loan Committee.   McCoy and his wife, Ethel Ann, are members of Central United Methodist Church in Meridian.  They have two children and four grandchildren.