by Stephen McDill Published: February 20,2012
The Daily Southerner in Tarboro, N.C., has named veteran journalist John H. Walker as its new editor and publisher. Walker is a Mississippi native who served as publisher of The Thomasville Times in North Carolina from 2001-2005. He also has worked at newspapers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska and Louisiana in addition to owning and operating [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 20,2012
Tags: Baptist Health Systems, Lee Ann Foreman, Mississippi State University
Lee Ann Foreman has been named vice president of human resources for Baptist Health Systems in Jackson. Foreman has been with Baptist more than 10 years serving as the director of the Human Resources Department since 2009. Recently, she has overseen the implementation of Baptist’s new organizational pay for performance initiative, Great Place to Work [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Edward Raymond, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi State University, traffic engineering
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) appointed Edward Raymond to the position of assistant state traffic engineer. Raymond started his engineering career in 2000 with the City of Jackson, serving as the assistant traffic engineer until leaving in December 2004. In January 2005, Raymond started his MDOT career in the Traffic Engineering Division as a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, BKD LLP, Melissa Swetland, Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, St. John Evangelist Catholic Church, University of Mississippi
Melissa A. Swetland, CPA, has been promoted to supervisor at BKD, LLP. Swetland joined BKD in the Oxford office in January 2010. She has over 12 years of experience in the accounting profession and provides tax services for a wide variety of both business and individual clients. Swetland is a graduate of the University of Mississippi [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Ameilia R. Young, Betty Latimer Black, Chris Carson, Corey M. McKern, Cornelious D. Smith, Dr. Donald Hall, Dr. James E. Newsome, Francis C. Lee, Henry E. Blakeslee III, Jack D'Arcy, Jim Rouse, Larry E. Castle, Locke A. Karriker, Mississippi State University, Patrick White, Wendy J. Allen
Mississippi State University has honored James J. “Jim” Rouse of Houston, Texas, a former oil company executive and 1962 industrial management graduate, with its highest alumni honor. Rouse received the 2012 National Alumnus of the Year award. A Libertyville, Ill., native who was reared in Germantown, Tenn., Rouse retired in 2004 as corporate vice president of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Don McKinnon, Jones County Emergency Management Agency, Lance Chancellor, Powers Volunteer Fire Department
Lance Chancellor has been named the new executive director of the Jones County Emergency Management Agency. He succeeds former director Don McKinnon. Chancellor previously was a grant writer for the sheriff’s department. He has been involved with Powers Volunteer Fire Department since 1988. [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: BankPlus, Fil Hall, Gee Gee Patridge, Mission First Inc., Mississippi State University, Rhodes College, Tom Hudson, University of North Carolina Law
BankPlus has announced numerous promotions. Fil Hall was recently promoted to executive vice president and chief credit officer. Hall has been in the banking industry over 25 years. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama. Gee Gee Patridge was recently promoted to senior executive vice president and COO. Patridge most recently served as senior [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Jay Paul Gumm, Jimmy Heidel, Mississippi Economic Development Council, Oklahoma Legislature, Stone County, Stone County Economic Development
Jay Paul Gumm, executive director of the Stone County Economic Development Partnership (EDP), received an award for leadership in economic development at the Mississippi Economic Development Council’s Winter Conference. Gumm, who just completed his first year with the EDP, won the Jimmy and Ray Heidel Leadership Award. Jimmy Heidel, for whom the award is named, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Carroll County, civil defense, emergency management, emergency operations
Gayle Beard, director of the Carroll County Emergency Operations Center, has been named civil defense director. The county also hired Scott Montgomery to be fire coordinator and assistant civil defense director. Beard succeeds Bobby Grantham, who was not retained by the county as civil defense and emergency management coordinator. [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 19,2012
Tags: Hattiesburg Clinic Family Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Valerie Evans
Valerie Evans, M.D., was recently welcomed as a family physician to Hattiesburg Clinic Family Medicine. She earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Edison, N.J., and completed a family medicine residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Evans joins Katherine P. Alexis, M.D.; William R. Arnett, M.D.; Ronald A. Bullock, [...] [...]
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