JACKSON — Roy A. Smith Jr. has been named president of the law firm Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. Smith has been practicing law with the firm since his graduation from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1982. He has served the firm in a variety of leadership positions over the past decade. [...] [...]
JACKSON — Charlotte W. Dupre’ has been promoted to CEO at Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC) in Jackson, effective Dec. 14. Dupre’ joined Health Management Associates (HMA), which operates CMMC, in January as the COO of Physicians Regional Medical Center–Pine Ridge in Naples, Fla. Prior to joining HMA, she was the CEO at River Parishes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2011
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CHOCTAW — Executive changes continue at Pearl River Resort with the sudden resignation of president and CEO and the hiring of a new CFO. The Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (CRDE) board has accepted the resignation of Pearl River Resort president and CEO Bryce Warren. He was just named president and CEO of Pearl River late [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 27,2011
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CHOCTAW — Bryce A. Warren has been named president and CEO of Pearl River Resort. The announcement came yesterday from Phyliss J. Anderson, Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Warren replaces Paul Harvery who was hired in 2007. Harvey is the former executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Warren most recently [...] [...]
BALDWYN — Hancock Fabrics Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Steven R. Morgan, the current interim president and CEO of the company and member of the board of directors, to serve as president and CEO, effective immediately. Morgan will continue to serve as a member of the board. Morgan, 59, was appointed as interim president [...] [...]
TUPELO — Eighteen months after being hired to turn around the money-losing Lee County Agri-Center, Julia Viator has resigned as director. The county Board of Supervisors accepted her resignation at its regularly scheduled meeting yesterday, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. Viator, who also was working in retail, gave notice Oct. 5. Saturday was her [...] [...]
JACKSON — Parkway Properties Inc. has appointed Charles T. Cannada chairman of Parkway’s board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Cannada will replace Parkway’s current executive chairman James R. Heistand, who will become Parkway’s permanent president and CEO on the same date. As previously announced, Steven G. Rogers will be stepping down as the company’s [...] [...]
JACKSON — Entergy Nuclear CEO John Herron has named senior officers to new positions. Initial changes began in August, and the transitions are expected to be complete by November. Jeff Forbes, formerly senior vice president, COO for the five utility-owned nuclear energy plants, was named as senior vice president for nuclear operations for the Entergy [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — Fred Adams Jr., founder, former CEO and current chairman of the board of directors of Cal-Maine Foods Inc., suffered a mild stroke while attending the International Egg Commission meeting in National Harbor, Md. “Fred Adams suffered a mild stroke, but he is alert and resting comfortably in a Falls Church, Va., hospital,” said [...] [...]
TUPELO — The Tupelo Airport Authority has asked that a lawsuit filed against it by two former administrators be separated. Former airport executive director Terry Anderson and former operations manager Reid Dawe together filed a federal suit in January, claiming their rights to free speech were violated by the authority. Anderson was fired in December [...] [...]