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Mississippi Arts Commission Welcomes

New Chairman & Commissioners

DATE:     October 13, 2011  

CONTACT:   Susan Dobbs, Public Relations Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Jackson, Miss - The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) Board of Commissioners has named Stephanie Punches of Natchez as its new chairman. In addition, four newly appointed Board members have joined the Commission.

Punches attended the University of Mississippi where she received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in 1974.  She is married to Robin Punches, an attorney in Natchez with the Gwin, Lewis and Punches Law Firm.  She is a former president of the Episcopal Church Women at Trinity Episcopal Church, a past- president of the Natchez Junior Auxiliary, a former Board member of the Historic Natchez Foundation and she served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Trinity Episcopal Day School. Punches has served on MAC’s Board of the Commission since 2007.  

The new Board members appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to serve five-year terms include Shawn Brevard of Tupelo, Mary Peavey of Meridian, Rachel Shemper Schwartz of Hattiesburg and Peggy Sprabery of Pass Christian. 

“The Commission is so fortunate to have these talented new additions to the Board,” said MAC Executive Director, Malcolm White. “We look forward to working with them in our mutual desire to support the arts in Mississippi.”

The Commission will hold its first meeting including the new chairman and new Commissioners on October 18th in Natchez. 

The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency, funded by the Mississippi Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation, the Mississippi Endowment for the Arts at the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, and other private sources.  MAC is the official grants-making and service agency for the arts in Mississippi. The agency serves as an active supporter and promoter of arts in community life and in arts education.

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