Mississippi Business Journal » Institutes for Higher Learning http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 BREAKING NEWS: Brent Christensen named new head of the Mississippi Development Authority http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/15/breaking-news-brent-christiansen-named-new-head-of-the-mississippi-development-authority/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-news-brent-christiansen-named-new-head-of-the-mississippi-development-authority http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/15/breaking-news-brent-christiansen-named-new-head-of-the-mississippi-development-authority/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:56:17 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57143 JACKSON — Brent Christensen has been named the new head of the Mississippi Development Authority. Gov. Phil Bryant made the announcement during a press conference at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Jackson. Christensen, who has been the CEO of the Gainesville (Fla.) Area Chamber of Commerce the last 10 years, replaces interim director Jim Barksdale, the [...]

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