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Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence
Steering Committee
Mr. Blake Wilson
President and CEO Mississippi Economic Council
Chair, HEADWAE
Ms. Kim Gallaspy
Director of Legislative Services
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Dr. Susan P. Lee
Associate Commissioner of Academic and Students Affairs
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Secretary-Treasurer, Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities
Mr. Kell Smith
Director of Communications and Legislative Services
Mississippi Community College Board
Dr. Carey M. Wright
State Superintendent of Education

Ex Officio Members
Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr.
Commissioner of Higher Education
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Dr. Andrea Mayfield
Executive Director
Mississippi Community College Board
Dr. E. Harold Fisher
Executive Director
Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Dr. Mark Keenum
President, Mississippi State University
President, Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities

Laura Mayer
Assistant Commissioner for External Affairs
Telephone: 601.432.6493