Hattiesburg, MS (Change Location)

Meet Our Team

We believe every family in the area deserves tailor made in-home senior care with a compassionate touch. That's why we established Home Instead® of Hattiesburg, MS.

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Proudly Serving Aging Adults & Their Families

Our Promise

As a locally owned business, our team offers friendly, responsive service right in your neighborhood. Families love our team because we:
  • Do what we say we’re going to do – each and every time
  • Solve care problems using compassionate, person-centered solutions
  • Engage in thoughtful relationships with the families we serve
  • Give back to our community

About Us

Meet Our Team

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Leighton Mikell, Recruitment and Engagement Coordinator since 2022

Leighton is a native of Collins, Mississippi. She received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Southern Mississippi, while caring for her grandfather during her off time.

Once completing her degree, Leighton moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where her husband was stationed in the U.S. Army. There, she worked in the banking industry where she supervised and trained new employees. Once moving back to Mississippi, Leighton knew she wanted to work with a company that prioritized the needs of others.

Leighton serves as the Recruitment and Engagement Coordinator. She is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training the Home Instead Care Professional workforce. Leighton has personal experience being a caregiver, so she knows the qualities and demands required by in-home caregivers, as well as the life-long effects caregivers have on seniors.
 
Leighton lives with her husband, Calder, and their one-year-old son, Shepherd. They also have two German Shepherds, Dusty and Diesel. As a family, they enjoy most of their time being outdoors and making memories!
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Rob Mordica- Home Care Consultant since January 2023

Rob is the only son of Robert & Von Kyle Mordica.  He and his three sisters were born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He graduated from Hattiesburg High.  After high school, he attended Jones Junior College.  In the eighties he moved to Los Angeles, CA to attend Carla Layton School of Acting and was active in Layton Theater Group.  At the same time, he learned the restaurant and marketing business. 

Among the more distinguished places he worked were “The Daisey”, a restaurant and private club in Beverly Hills, and “LaScala”, a famous restaurant in Malibu, which was a popular celebrity haunt, at which he began to plan events for celebrities and various business groups. 

In the early nineties he moved back to Hattiesburg, with his family, including son Danny, where he re-established himself in both the business and entertainment industry.  He has been in management, marketing, and entertainment ever since.  Rob is very excited to serve as a community liaison with Home Instead where he hopes to make a positive impact in the community that he loves.

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Tonya Hammonds, Client Care Coordinator since 2022

As Client Care Coordinator, Tonya's main priority will be to assure Home Instead's senior clients have the best quality care. By providing quality assurance visits, ensuring our Care Pros have everything they need to be successful in each client's home, and discussing care needs with family members, Tonya will be working hard to make sure senior clients are well taken care of.

Tonya was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and moved to Hattiesburg at only 21 years old. She fell in love with the Hattiesburg area and has made it her home. Tonya is the mother of one daughter and has three grandchildren.

As a former teacher with a background in healthcare and a college minor in Human Services, she is very happy to assume the Client Care role and serve our seniors in the community that she has come to call home.

In her spare time, Tonya enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, and baking. She is an avid reader and movie buff.

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Tonya Bullock, Service Coordinator since August 2021

Tonya is originally from Moab, Utah but has lived all over the United States. Tonya's background is in the aerospace industry, where she worked for 15 years prior to moving to the Hattiesburg area. She moved to Hattiesburg to help care for her father in early 2021. Tonya was drawn to Home Instead because of their mission in keeping seniors home, where they are most comfortable and feel most safe, for as long as possible.

As the Service Coordinator, Tonya is responsible for arranging all client and Care Pro schedules. She works hard to find the best Care Pro match possible for all clients based on their level of care. It is Tonya's goal that all clients find a professional, caring, reliable, and encouraging relationship in the Care Pro assigned to them.

In her free time, Tonya enjoys listening to music and attending live concerts with friends and family. She loves to travel to new places and being outdoors.

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Rachel Simmons, Operations Manager Since December 2020

Rachel serves as the Operations Manager for Home Instead. After graduation from the University of Southern Mississippi and prior to Home Instead, Rachel worked as a manager in retail, where she was responsible for training new employees and setting up new stores and developing seasonal displays. While she loved to train and work with people, Rachel felt something was missing. She wanted a job that was more a career she felt passionate about and something that made a difference in the lives of others... she found Home Instead online and the rest, as the saying goes, is history!

Rachel looks forward to using her adapted leadership and talent seeking skills to train the best quality Care Professionals for our seniors and aims to support each of them better in their roles. Rachel loves the culture of Home Instead and our mission to serve others by serving Jesus.

Rachel grew up in the Purvis Mississippi area but now resides in Hattiesburg. Rachel is the third of six children and loves spending time with her 6 nieces and nephews. She also enjoys spoiling her 3 dogs.

Keisha Kennedy - General Manager Since 2012

Keisha Kennedy, Web and Social Media Marketing Since 2011

Keisha worked as a CAREGiver for 4 years before working for Home Instead and has been with the company since January 2011. She is very excited to work with Home Instead clients, their families, and Care Pros to ensure the highest quality of service is provided.

Previously, Keisha has worked with Home Instead as the Client Care Coordinator, Service Coordinator, and as General Manager. Currently, Keisha serves as the Web and Social Media Marketing Specialist and helps clients to navigate their Long Term Care insurance claims. Some of her duties include strategizing web and social media marketing campaigns, highlighting the high quality service our care professionals provide to seniors.

When Keisha thinks of Home Instead, she thinks caring, compassionate, loyal, and trustworthy. Keisha has a strong desire to give back to seniors as they have given to others all their lives. She loves that she is helping people to stay in their homes as long as possible.

Keisha is originally from Carthage, TN. She is married to her husband Andrew and they have two daughters, Thea Grace and Haddie Joy, and one really spoiled dog Sadie. She enjoys spending time with her family and serving her community through her local church.

Bob and Anna Edenfield - Franchise Owners Since 2009

Bob and Anna Edenfield, Franchise Owners Since 2009

Being part of Home Instead is a very personal experience to both Anna and Bob. With their experience helping Anna’s family care for her parents and now caring for Bob’s 90 year old mother, they understood when the opportunity arose to make this personal experience a new life’s mission. They both feel one of the most gratifying parts of Home Instead is the daily fulfillment; knowing that the Caregivers and dedicated staff strive to make such a positive impact on senior’s lives every day. They believe the Home Instead daily mission is to keep seniors in their homes safely and comfortably; adding to their quality of life, while preserving their dignity and independence.

Bob and Anna have been married for 20 years. They moved to the Hattiesburg community about four years ago and genuinely enjoy living here and growing into part of the community. Bob was once overheard to say, “the two nicest groups of people I have ever met are the native Hawaiians and the folks in the Hattiesburg area”

Both Anna and Bob are involved in the business, where Bob oversees daily operations while Anna is actively involved with community projects like our Be A Santa to A Senior, a community wide effort on behalf of less fortunate Seniors during the Christmas season.

Bob’s background before Home Instead has been in engineering applications and technical sales. He graduated from Kennesaw State University with continuing education at University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. Anna graduated with a degree in Psychology from Southern Louisiana University. She has worked as a case manager in social work for four years before coming to Home Instead. Both feel their work careers and life experience, their love of seniors combine helped them understand they are in the right place and the right time to help make a difference in senior’s lives and our community.

Our Team

Your Home Instead team in Hattiesburg, MS possesses a heartfelt desire to work with seniors in the community. It is our ultimate goal to forge extraordinary relationships between our clients and their Care Professionals.

When you are ready for help, our caring staff is on call to quickly answer your questions and accommodate your senior services needs.

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