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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Bachelor's, Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Certified Public Manager Advisory Board
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Mississippi Personnel Board
  • JD, Mississippi College School of Law
  • MBA, Mississippi College

Professional Experience

  • Bachelor's, Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Certified Public Manager Advisory Board
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Mississippi Personnel Board
  • JD, Mississippi College School of Law
  • MBA, Mississippi College
  • Of Counsel, GibbsTravis, Professional Limited Liability Company, present
  • Former Clerk, Honorable James Smith, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
  • Former Clerk, Honorable Patricia Wise, Chancery Court
  • Commissioner, Mississippi Worker's Compensation Commission, 2010-2015
  • Director, Accounting and Finance, Mississippi Department of Human Services, 1989-1993
  • Director, Center for Professional Development, Jackson State University, 1984-1989

Political Experience

  • Bachelor's, Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Certified Public Manager Advisory Board
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Mississippi Personnel Board
  • JD, Mississippi College School of Law
  • MBA, Mississippi College
  • Of Counsel, GibbsTravis, Professional Limited Liability Company, present
  • Former Clerk, Honorable James Smith, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
  • Former Clerk, Honorable Patricia Wise, Chancery Court
  • Commissioner, Mississippi Worker's Compensation Commission, 2010-2015
  • Director, Accounting and Finance, Mississippi Department of Human Services, 1989-1993
  • Director, Center for Professional Development, Jackson State University, 1984-1989
  • Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 72, 2016-present
  • Candidate, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 72, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Judiciary A Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Former Member, Municipalities Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Health and Human Services Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Banking and Financial Services Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Judiciary B Committee

Member, Judiciary En Banc Committee

Member, Medicaid Committee

Vice Chair, Tourism Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelor's, Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Certified Public Manager Advisory Board
  • Certified, Supervisory Management, Mississippi Personnel Board
  • JD, Mississippi College School of Law
  • MBA, Mississippi College
  • Of Counsel, GibbsTravis, Professional Limited Liability Company, present
  • Former Clerk, Honorable James Smith, Mississippi Supreme Court Justice
  • Former Clerk, Honorable Patricia Wise, Chancery Court
  • Commissioner, Mississippi Worker's Compensation Commission, 2010-2015
  • Director, Accounting and Finance, Mississippi Department of Human Services, 1989-1993
  • Director, Center for Professional Development, Jackson State University, 1984-1989
  • Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 72, 2016-present
  • Candidate, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 72, 2019
  • Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, present
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Jackson/Hinds Library System, present
  • Member, Council of State Governments Healthy States: What Works National Task Force, present
  • Deaconess/Member, Free Mission Baptist Church, present
  • Member, Jack and Jill of American, Incorporated, present
  • Program Director, LeFleur's Bluff Chapter, The Links Incorporated, present
  • Member, Metro Jackson Black Women Lawyers Association, present
  • Member, Mississippi Bar Association, present
  • Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, present
  • Former Member, Black Law Student Association
  • Former President, Chastain Middle School Parent Teacher Association
  • Former Participant, Leadership Jackson
  • Former Participant, Leadership Mississippi
  • Former Participant, Parents Leadership Institute
  • Former President, Parents of Public Schools Board, Jackson Mississippi Chapter
  • Member, Advisory Board, Jackson Rhythm and Blues Festival, 2016