MS HR56

Recognizes Pat Thomasson, CEO of Thomasson Company in Philadelphia, Mississippi, as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association

Highlights her professional background including accounting degrees from the University of Mississippi, CPA licensure in 1988, and work as a Senior Securities Analyst for the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office

Notes her leadership of Thomasson Company since 1996, which earned the 2012 Governor's Cup Award for Small Business and the 2015 Neshoba County Large Business of the Year Award

Acknowledges her extensive civic involvement including serving as President of the Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association, Vice President of the Marty Stuart Center for Country Music Board, and past president of the Philadelphia Rotary Club

Directs copies of the resolution be provided to Pat Thomasson and her family, the MMA Board of Directors, and the Capitol Press Corps