Waters named ASA executive director

Special to Pelahatchie News

 
The American Subcontractors Association of Mississippi (ASA of MS) recently announced that Joel Waters has been hired as their new Executive Director.

Waters is the former Executive Director of the Mississippi Concrete Association, serving from 2016 to 2025, and has been instrumental in their growth and success. Prior to 2016, Waters was Executive Director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of MS. 

Waters has also previously been an active board member of Build MS and instrumental in the growth of that organization, along with several ASA members on that Board.

Waters brings vast experience in the Mississippi Association community and has strong ties to the Subcontractor sector and knows how to operate in the Association space.

Cody Curry, 2025-2026 ASA of MS Chairman states, “ASA of MS is proud to welcome someone of Joel Waters’ work history, character and work ethic as our new Executive Director, to continue the successful growth of ASA of MS well into the future.”

Waters is a 1984 graduate of University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a member of the USM baseball team.  

  
Waters and his wife Susan have been married for 43 years and reside in Madison.  They have three married children and five grandchildren.