Mrs. Amy B. Arrington was appointed by Governor Tate Reeves in February 2025 to represent the Southern (Second) District for a term to expire May 7, 2027.
Mrs. Arrington earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in managerial finance from the University of Mississippi and her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law. She serves as chief legal officer for the Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association.
Mrs. Arrington was a member of the faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi for 12 years, where she served as assistant director for the School of Health Professions and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in health law, management and policy. She began her career with the law firm of Wise Carter Child & Caraway in Jackson, Mississippi, where she practiced in the areas of health care law and medical malpractice defense.
Mrs. Arrington was named one of Mississippi's 50 Leading Business Women in 2003, graduated from the Mississippi Economic Council's Leadership Mississippi program in 2004, and served as chair of the Mississippi Bar Health Law Section from 2006 to 2007. She served on the Area Development Partnership Board of Directors from 2008 to 2010 and on the Forrest County General Hospital Board of Trustees from 2013 to 2021.
A native of Kosciusko, Mrs. Arrington has called Hattiesburg home for nearly 25 years. She and her husband have one son.
The Board of Trustees is the constitutional governing body of the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning. Because of changes to the legislation regarding the appointment of Board members, "after January 1, 2004, as vacancies occur, the twelve-member Board shall be appointed from each of the three Mississippi Supreme Court districts until there are four members from each Supreme Court district. The terms of office are reduced from twelve years to nine years. The terms are staggered so that all members appointed after 2012 will have a term of nine years."