February Lunch & Learn | MIssissippi Society of Association Executives on Glue Up

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Save the dateFebruary 19, 202511:30 AM - 1:00 PM (CST) Add to Calendar

Venue Location

Embassy Suites by Hilton Jackson North Ridgeland

Township Avenue 200
Ridgeland

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Organizer

Organizer: Mississippi Society Association Executives

Phone: +1 6018534282

Contact Person: April Savell

Email: info@msae-net.org

Event Details

Join us at Embassy Suites Ridgeland for our February Lunch & Learn. Senator Briggs Hopson will be our guest speaker. Senator Hopson will discuss some of the past legislation from his long career as well as issues being discussed in the current and future sessions.

Speakers

Senator Briggs Hopson

Senator for District 23

Senator Briggs Hopson

Senator for District 23

Briggs Hopson serves as the Mississippi State Senator for District 23, which is
composed of Wanen,Issaquena, Madison and Yazoo Counties. He is Chairman of the
Appropriations Committee and he is also a member of the committees on Education,
Judiciary "A", and Public Health, among others. He has served as Chairman of Judiciary
"A'o and the Energy Committees, Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Committee, and as
Chairman of several sub-committees in the Senate.
Hopson is a national Uniform Law Commissioner, an Executive Committee
member of the Energy Council and the National Conference of State Legislatures, where
he previously served as a Co-Chair of the Committee on Lawo Criminal Justice and
Public Safety. He has served on the Governing Board of the Southern Legislative
Conference and as a Trusteee and Executive Council member of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). He currently serves on
the Legislative Advisory Council for the Southern Regional Education Board.
Hopson is also a partner in the Vicksburg, Mississippi, law firm of Teller, Hopson
& Schrader,LLP, practicing in the areas of litigation, business law, school law, healthcare
law, among other areas. He received a B.B.A. in 1987 and his J.D. in 1990 from the
University of Mississippi. He is a former Adjunct Professor of Law at the Mississippi
College School of Law. He is past President of The Mississippi Bar, the Mississippi
Young Lawyers, and the Warren County Bar. Hopson is a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar
Foundation and the American Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the Louisiana
State Bar Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, Council of
School Attorneys, and the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Hopson is peer-review
rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell lawyer-rating agency and has been
selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in Business Litigation and an Elite Lawyer in the
South.
Hopson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Way and the
Good Shepherd Community Center in Vicksburg. He has also held various leadership
positions for the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and Mission
Mississippi, among other philanthropic organizations. He presently serves as a
Mississippi District Chancellor for the United Methodist Church and has served as
Administrative Board Chairman andLay Leader for Crawford Street United Methodist
Church in Vicksburg. He and his wife, Alison (Ali), are parents of three children, Liam,
Walt and Jane.

Tickets

Member registration

$35.00 for MSAE Members

Member Price $35

Guest Registration

$40.00 for non-members/guests

$40