United Way of Southeast Mississippi announces new board chair, board members for 2022-23

United Approach of Southeast Mississippi has introduced Chase Blankenship, Market President and Senior Vice President for The First Financial institution in Hattiesburg, as its 2022-23 board chair.

Blankenship is serving his third three-year time period as a board member and has beforehand volunteered with United Approach because the Useful resource Improvement Committee Chair and as a member of the Group Affect Committee. As board chair, he’ll work with fellow board members and neighborhood companions to enhance the areas of training, well being and financial mobility all through the area.

Blankenship replaces Vice President of Space Improvement Partnership Todd Jackson, whose time period as board chair ended March 31. Jackson stays a member of the Board of Administrators as previous board chair and can proceed to serve on the Govt Committee. 

“As we come out of the previous two years, it’s essential that we keep united and among the best methods to do that is thru a corporation like United Approach that serves a number of companies and a number of counties,” stated Blankenship. “I’m honored and humbled to function Board Chair this yr for a corporation with such an unimaginable historical past for serving these most in want in our communities.”

United Approach additionally added 5 new board members who started their three-year phrases on April 1: 

–          Chris Miles, Producer, Mixed Advantages Directors, Inc.

–          Corey Proctor, Planning Director, Forrest County

–          Frank James, III, Common Supervisor, Hilton Backyard Inn

–          Jana Causey, Ph.D., Vice President for Forrest County Operations, Pearl River Group Faculty

–          Ryan Hinton, Senior Vice President, Hancock Whitney

They be part of present board members: 

–          Jaclyn A. Bayliss, Residents Nationwide Financial institution

–          Allen Anderson, Anderson Design Heart

–          Katie Anthony, Ph.D., The College of Southern Mississippi

–          Chase Blankenship, The First Financial institution

–          Allen Bonner, March Christian Remedy

–          Celeste Brown, South Mississippi Planning & Improvement District

–          Phyllis Chambers, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Forrest Common Hospital

–          Ken Crumpton, Crumpton Insurance coverage

–          Jerry DeFatta, USM Alumni Affiliation

–          Shameika Donaldson, Hattiesburg Clinic

–          Invoice Dyer, Hood Industries

–          Rebecca Geiger, Parish Tractor

–          Jeffrey George, Mike Rozier Development

–          Shane Germany, Landry Lewis Germany Architects

–          Karen Griffis, Areas

–          Tawnya Holliman, MSU Extension Service

–          Annie Jackson, PhD, MA, MS, PCMHT, Cover Kids’s Options

–          Todd Jackson, Space Improvement Partnership

–          Teresa Poole, PhD, William Carey College

–          Alexis Rutland, Areas Financial institution

–          Adam Schraeder, Mississippi Energy

Moreover, the group has allotted over $600K in funding to its nonprofit associate companies and packages serving Forrest, Lamar, Marion and Perry Counties. This funding is set by way of a rigorous interview course of with United Approach’s Group Affect Committee and native nonprofit candidates.

“These grant allocations will likely be used for all kinds of packages devoted to bettering the lives of Southeast Mississippi residents,” stated Tracie Fowler, CEO of United Approach of Southeast. “Rising entry to training, selling wholesome dwelling and offering monetary instruments and sources to everybody in our area is significant to a thriving neighborhood. We make progress in the direction of these objectives by implementing collaborative packages and providing grants to nonprofits that work to affect lives in these areas. And that is solely made doable by way of the generosity of our donors.”

For an entire record of United Approach packages and associate companies, go to unitedwaysems.org.

ABOUT UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

United Approach of Southeast Mississippi is a neighborhood non-profit group that strives to make a optimistic affect in Forrest, Lamar, Marion and Perry counties. By offering funds to partnering companies, United Approach addresses neighborhood points within the areas of training, financial mobility, well being and help companies. For extra details about United Approach of Southeast Mississippi or to study extra about supporting United Approach’s work, go to www.unitedwaysems.org or name 601-545-7141