Reed Nelson is a graduate of Mississippi State University and works for Jones Capital, a conglomerate of over 13 companies based in Houston and Mississippi. He has a background in private general construction and commercial real estate development. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Golden Triangle Development Link Trust and was appointed by Governor Tate Reeves to serve a four-year term on the Mississippi Home Corporation Board of Directors. He also previously served as Chairman of Bully Bloc, Mississippi State University’s Political Action Committee and Friends of Children’s Hospital. He served in the Mississippi Army National Guard as a Combat Medic from 1994-2000 and currently lives in Madison, Mississippi with his wife and two teenage daughters.