Education
Bachelor, Tennessee State University, 1968;Master of Arts, U. Cincinnati, 1970.
Career
Small town/human development office manager, Mississippi Research and Development Center, 1976-1979;executive director, Mississippi Institute for Small Towns, 1979-1997;associate commissioner, Mississippi State Commission, 1990-1996;director, Mississippi Center for Technology Transfer, 1986-1990;assistant professor, Jackson (Mississippi) State University, 1985-1990;mayor, City of Jackson, Mississippi, since 1997.