Room 407
Post Office Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
Post Office Box 303
Corinth, MS 38835
Full Name:
Rita Potts Parks
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Mike; 1 Child: Hannah
Birth Date:
12/18/1962
Birth Place:
Corinth, MS
Home City:
Kossuth, MS
Religion:
Baptist
AS, Industrial Engineering, State Technical Institute, 1987-1989
BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, University of Mississippi, 1982-1985
AS, Biology, Northeast Mississippi Community College, 1980-1982
Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 4, 2012-present
Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 4, 2023
Member, Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Business and Financial Institutions Committee
Vice Chair, Energy Committee
Member, Highways and Transportation Committee
Member, Medicaid Committee
Former Chair, Business and Financial Institutions Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Economic Development Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Ethics Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Finance Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Highways and Transportation Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Insurance Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Vice President/Managing Partner, Phoenix Assurance, Limited Liability Corporation, 2019-present
Senior Quality Manager, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, 2011-2019
Quality Manager, Baxter International Incorporated, 2004-2011
Director of Quality Assurance, Marietta Corporation, 2001-2004
Corporate Director Quality for North America, ACT Manufacturing, 2000-2001
Associated Technical Director of Quality Assurance, CCI Custom Manufacturing, 1997-2000
Senior Quality Auditor, Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, 1987-1997
Member, American Society for Quality, present
Member, Kiwanis Club, present
Director, Mississippi Governmental Prayer Alliance, present
Member, National Rifle Association, present
Member, Parental Drug Association, present
Member, Wheeler Grove Baptist Church, present
Member, Major Transportation Provider Innovation Council