MAPE has served as a network of educators and community partners since 1984 and is one of just a few statewide partnership organizations of its kind in the U.S. We received 501 (c)(3) non-profit status in 1994.
Our mission: MAPE is committed solely to providing training and materials to help build local support for the success of all students.
Partnership success stories from across Mississippi prove that stronger schools build stronger communities. We invite you to learn more about MAPE's 30-year legacy of supporting school-community partnerships to improve public education, student achievement, graduation rates, college attendance, economic development, quality of life, and much more. Check out MAPE's brochure and please share it in your community
Our board members are business leaders, educators and community leaders who are helping MAPE promote the advantages of school-community partnerships to improve public education in Mississippi.
President:
Sandi Beason, APR
Entergy Corp.
1st Vice President:
Open
2nd Vice President:
Dr. Sumesh Arora
Mississippi Development Authority
Secretary:
Vickie Powell
Mississippi Economic Council
Treasurer:
Jean Cook
Mississippi Department of Education
Past President:
Dr. Leslie Griffin
Delta State University
Linda Ross Aldy, CAE
Emeritus
Debbie Anglin
Pascagoula-Gautier School District
Dr. Suzanne Bean
Mississippi State University
Michael Bentley
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Thea Faulkner
Jackson Public Schools
Beth Fisher
Trustmark (Retired)
Nadine Gilbert
Jackson State University
Dr. Monique Harrison Henderson
Bailey Education Group
Liz Hudson
Emeritus
Betty Lou Jones
Meridian
Christi Kilroy
Vicksburg Warren School District
Vincent Lewis
Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Katie McCrary
McCrary-West Construction
David Schommer
Jackson Public Schools
Leah Rupp Smith
Office of the Lt. Governor
Dr. Rhea Williams-Bishop
W.K. Kellogg Foundation