Education, Organizations, and Appointments

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree—Industrial Technology, 1984.
• Jackson State University; Jackson, Mississippi.
• Post Graduate Studies—Jackson State University; Jackson, Mississippi.
• Associate of Arts—Industrial Technology, 1981.
• Hinds Community College; Raymond, Mississippi.
• Vicksburg High School; Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Organizations

• Past Chairman, Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus.
• Past Parliamentarian, Executive Committee of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
• Member, Vicksburg Homecoming Benevolence Club.
• Member, National Conference of State Legislators.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Member,
• Blacks in Government, First Mississippi Chapter.

Appointments

• Past Member, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals City of Vicksburg, Mississippi (1984-1985).
• Past Member, Vicksburg-Warren County Joint School Board Consolidation Personnel Committee (1986).
• Member of the Joint Center for Health Policy Institute's National Advisory Committee (2005-2007).Joint Committee for Political & Economic Studies (2005-2007).
• Chair of the Business Financial Services and Insurance Policy Committee, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (2011)