2/6/2025 - Jackson, Miss.

Amy Arrington has been appointed by Governor Tate Reeves to fill the unexpired term of Trustee Jeanne Luckey, who passed away on November 7, 2024. Pending confirmation by the Mississippi Senate, Arrington will serve through May 7, 2027, as a trustee from the Second (Southern) Supreme Court District.

Arrington currently serves as chief legal officer for Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association. Prior to that, she worked as assistant director for the School of Health Professions at The University of Southern Mississippi, where she also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in health law, management, and policy.

Arrington earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in managerial finance at the University of Mississippi, and her law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

"We are grateful to Governor Reeves for this strong appointment to the IHL Board of Trustees, and look forward to the skill and work experience that Mrs. Arrington will bring in support of our state’s public universities," said Dr. Al Rankins Jr., commissioner of higher education.

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The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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