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“I am pleased to have so many experts from all over the state of Mississippi on these policy committees to help build an agenda for the upcoming legislative session,” Bryant said in a statement. “I am confident that the experience and dedication everyone collectively brings to the committees will help make the legislative session in January very productive.”
The policy committee structure will be chaired by Mark Garriga, former chief of staff for Gov. Kirk Fordice.
The chairs of the policy committees are:
- Agriculture/Forestry: State Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ag Commissioner-elect
- Budget: Dr. John Kelly, city administrator for Gulfport
- Education: State Board of Education chairman Charles McClelland
- Energy: Atmos Mississippi President David Gates
- Government Accountability: Former executive director of state Dept. of Finance and Administration Hoopy Stringer
- Health Care: Mississippi State Medical Association President Dr. Randy Easterling
- Information Technology: Hancock Bank CEO John Hairston
- Jobs: Advance Mississippi chairman Glenn McCullough, former director of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Public Safety: Madison County Sheriff Toby Trowbridge
- Regulatory: Mississippi National Federation of Independent Businesses executive director Ron Aldridge
- Tourism: State Sen. Billy Hewes
“The governor-elect has put together a knowledgeable and well-respected team of experts to help guide his policy agenda for his term in office,” Bryant’s transition chairman Jim Herring said in the release. “These policy committees will review Gov.-elect Bryant’s proposals and policies as well as new ideas, and they will make recommendations about strategies to make them successful.”
via Gov.-elect Bryant names transition committee leaders | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com.
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