EDUCATION:
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas. 1984, Juris Doctor Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. 1980, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science
CURRENT POSITION: June 1, 1992 - Present: Associate Director and Instructor, Institute for Disability Studies: Mississippi's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCE), The University of Southern Mississippi.
Responsible for assisting in the general administration and management of the UCE Program;
development and implementation of broad policies, research and planning for the UCE Program;
grantsmanship and development; class and seminar instructor; governmental and community relations;
advise the executive director of the UCE and staff on various federal, state and local disability policy and program issues.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (Selected List):
1997-2000, Leadership Development for Access to Health and Disability Related Services (LDA) Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1997-1998, Partner in National Technical Assistance Center on Welfare Reform, funded by contract with the University of Kansas's Center for the Study of Family, Neighborhood, and Community Policy through a grant from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
1999-2001, Visualizing an Integrated System of Support: Innovative Opportunities and New Strategies (Project VISSIONS I), funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
2000- 2001, Filling the Gap: A Strategy for Enhancing Traditional Community Transportation for People with Disabilities Living in Rural Communities, funded by Project ACTION of Easter Seals
2001- 2002, Visualizing an Integrated System of Support: Innovative Opportunities and New Strategies (Project VISSIONS II), funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
2000-2001, Mississippi Home of Your Own, funded by the Mississippi Home Corporation, the City of Hattiesburg, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Home of Your Own Coalition Members
2001-2004, Continuum of Care/ Supportive Housing Program, funded by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
PAST AND PRESENT GOVERNMENTAL BOARDS AND COUNCILS (Abbreviated List):
Governor's Interagency Coordinating Council for Children with Special Needs;
State Public Procurement Review Board; Mississippi Finance Review Committee;
and Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities
PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS (Abbreviated List):
American Task Force for the Homeless;
Hospice of Central Mississippi pi, Inc.,
Big Brothers/Big Sisters;
Jackson/Hinds Minority Capital Fund Inc.;
National Anti- Extremist Coalition;
Foundation for the Mid-South;
Community Health Advisor Network;
Jackson State University/ Mississippi Urban Research Center Advisory Council;
President Riverboat Casinos, Inc.;
Mississippi Special Olympic and Mississippi March of Dimes;
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Board on Self-Determination
PAST AND PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (Abbreviated List):
Mississippi Political Science Association;
National Political Science Association;
Southern Political Science Association;
American Judicature Society;
Council of Governors' Policy Advisors;
National Association of State Budget Officers;
Magnolia Bar Association;
American Society for Public Administrator and Conference of Minority Public
