HOBNOB MISSISSIPPI

Over 1,000 Attend MEC Hobnob 2024

Over 1,000 business executives, community leaders, and elected officials attended MEC’s Hobnob Mississippi event on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Speaker of the House Jason White were the headliners of the event, along with an update on Mississippi's infrastructure from MDOT Executive Director Brad White.

This year also featured a special panel on the impact of Leadership Mississippi, as the program celebrated its 50th anniversary. Amy Tate, Executive Leader of TVA's Southwest Region and the 2024-25 Leadership Mississippi Chair, moderated the panel. Panelists included:

Former Governor Haley Barbour, a 1974 Leadership Mississippi Alum, who served as Mississippi’s Governor from 2004 to 2012
Jerome Brown, Executive Vice President and Chief Community Officer of The First, a 2014 Leadership Mississippi graduate
Rosa Beckett, CEO of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, a member of the current Leadership Mississippi class
Stevie Phillips, Economic Development Representative from Cooperative Energy, a member of the current Leadership Mississippi class

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