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Leadership Mississippi's Delta Meeting
Focuses on Healthcare
Photo by Bill Johnson - Delta Democrat Times
MEC’s Leadership Mississippi class met in Greenville on Aug. 19 and 20 to focus on the topic of healthcare. The meeting featured guest speakers Karen Fox, executive director of Delta Health Alliance; Steve Holland, public health chair, State House of Representatives; Dr. Renia Dotson, general surgeon, Delta Regional Medical Center; and John Hines, executive contingency fund chair, State House of Representatives.
Dr. Henry Outlaw of Delta State University discussed the rich culture of the Delta with the Greenville Rotary Club, and the class enjoyed dinner at the state-of-the-art B.B. King Museum in Indianola.
MEC’s Leadership Mississippi class will head to Natchez for their final session to address quality of life.
Gibbs Appointed to Workers' Compensation Commission
Governor Haley Barbour recently announced the appointment of Debra Hendricks Gibbs (LM 1988-89) to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Gibbs becomes the representative of employees on the commission, filling a vacancy created by the recent resignation of Leon Collins. Her term will expire at the end of 2014.
“Ms. Gibbs will do a fantastic job representing the interests of employees on the Workers’ Compensation Commission,” Governor Barbour said. “Her insight and background make her especially suited for the position.”
Gibbs, an attorney in general practice in Jackson, holds an accounting degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a masters of business administration and law degree from Mississippi College.
Previously, Gibbs has served as a law clerk for Justice James Smith of the Mississippi Supreme Court, director of the Office of Accounting and Finance in the Mississippi Department of Human Services, and Internal Audit/Administrator for the Division of Program Integrity. She was an instructor for and director of the Center for Professional Development at Jackson State University, and she was an accountant for Mississippi Power & Light Company, now known as Entergy.
Winter, Reed Keynote
Leadership Mississippi Graduation
Leadership Mississippi 's graduation for the 2009-2010 Class was held March 5 at the Old Capitol Inn in Jackson and featured former Governor William Winter and Past MEC Chair Jack Reed Sr.
Have you or someone you know ever been selected as a STAR student? MEC wants to know what former STAR students are doing now. Please let us know by emailing Cathy Northington at cnorthington@msmec.com.
The M.B. Swayze Educational Foundation of the Mississippi Economic Council STAR program encourages scholastic achievement among the state's high school students and recognizes excellence in the teaching profession. STAR Students are seniors with the highest ACT scores and scholastic averages in more than 250 public, private and parochial schools across the state. Each STAR Student selects his or her Star Teacher - the teacher who has made the greatest contribution to the student's scholastic achievement. Since 1966, the STAR program has honored nearly 20,000 students and teachers.
Our Mission
Leadership Mississippi's goal is to develop and maintain a network of Mississippians committed to strengthening our state's quality of life. Leadership Mississippi's objectives are to identify Mississippians who have demonstrated leadership potential through job-related and community activities, to train participants by sharpening their leadership skills and to motivate participants by increasing awareness of community and state challenges, involving participants in problem-solving activities on issues of current interest, and providing a network of leaders across the state who are actively involved in improving Mississippi's quality of life.
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