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Rita Parks' Biography

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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

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

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