JAN Board Member Feature: Andy Frame
Andy Frame, JAN Ward 7 Representative and JAN Past President
Andy Frame has called Fondren home since moving to Jackson in 2009 to attend Mississippi College School of Law. He and his wife, Anna, a Jackson native, are raising their two children and a beagle mix named Bessie in the Ward 7 neighborhood.
In his professional life, Andy serves as an attorney with Wells Marble & Hurst, PLLC, focusing on wills and estates, real estate, business, and nonprofit governance. His leadership and service extend beyond his profession as an attorney. Andy is the most recent past president of JAN, the current president of Revitalize Mississippi, and formerly served more than seven years as Revitalize Mississippi’s executive director. During that time, he worked closely with community leaders and government officials to address the urgent challenge of vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties in Jackson.
Reflecting on his time with JAN as he prepares to roll off the board at the end of 2025, Andy shared that he is “honored to have had this opportunity to serve as a JAN board member.”
His connection to JAN began through his work with Revitalize Mississippi. “At Revitalize Mississippi, we have been working to clean up abandoned properties in Jackson by partnering with government officials, community leaders, and neighborhood residents to further our mission,” Andy explained. “Early on in Revitalize Mississippi's history, our founder Jim Johnston identified JAN as a critical organization to partner with and started attending monthly meetings. I took over for Jim and quickly learned that he was right. Our city must have strong neighborhoods to thrive, and it's a work in progress. Without an organization like JAN working on that mission, it won't happen.”
Looking ahead, Andy is clear-eyed about what it will take for Jackson to thrive. “For Jackson to improve, we need strong, organized, and connected neighborhoods that have the tools they need to improve their own communities. JAN is the only organization in the City that has that mission for neighborhoods throughout the City, and I believe JAN is one of the most important organizations in Jackson, an asset that must be treated like one.”
