Dr. Novella Bridges is currently an acquisition manager with Schafer-Gryphon Government Services working for the Department of Homeland Security. She was previously with Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Bridges has extensive experience leading research in radioisotope composites for cancer; reduction of diesel emissions in vehicles, locomotives and trucks; production of hydrogen for fuel...Read More

Lela Hubbard has been a licensed master’s level social worker since 1998.  She has been employed with the MS State Office of Capital Defense as the lead mitigation specialist for the past 13 years. Her job entails conducting background investigations for defendants who are charged with capital murder in which the death penalty is sought....Read More

LaTonia Banks is a native of Minden, Louisiana and the youngest of five siblings. She is a 1993 graduate of Jackson State with a bachelor's of business administration in finance.  Banks has worked for over 20 years in the field of construction as Document Control Manager, Project Support Manager, and Senior Project Analyst. She is...Read More