The Nomination Committee, Betsy Sullivan - chairman, presents the following members for positions in Zeta State:
President -
Lynn Holliday
Lynn Holliday was inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma in 1976. Since that time she has served Pi chapter as President, First and Second Vice President. Presently, she serves as Treasurer. Lynn has also served as chair of the Professional Affairs, and Finance committees and served as a member of the Membership, Communications, and Research committees in Pi Chapter. She also has represented her chapter by serving on Zeta State Committees which included Professional Affairs chair, Headquarters chair, Membership Committee member, and Strategic Planning Committee member.
Lynn has been active in participating in the District Meetings and State Conventions through conducting workshop sessions as well as providing input for various functions. She also has attended and participated in Regional Workshops and International Convention meetings.
This Society has played an integral part in developing Lynns teaching and leadership skills. Through attending meetings and workshops not only on the chapter but other levels she has found that educators involved and dedicated to this professional organization tend to support and mentor members to strive to achieve their potential goals in life. Involvement is the key in gaining insight from DKG. Being a part of this organization is an honor and members should take advantage of the efforts put forth not only on the chapter level but state, and international level as well.
As a DKG member, Lynn has received the Zeta State Achievement Award, and Pi Chapter Woman of Distinction. She also has participated in the Zeta Leadership Seminar. Other educational recognitions include: Hinds Community College Secondary Instructor Life Star Award, Hinds Community College Distinguished Secondary Instructor Award, the CWEEA Richard C. Campbell Educators Award, MACVET Teacher of the Year, MAME Teacher of the Year, and MS DECA Life Member Award.
Lynn has also been active in other Professional Organizations which include the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE), the Cooperative Work Experience Education Association (CWEEA), The Mississippi Association of Career and Technical Education (MS ACTE), Mississippi Association of Cooperative Education Teachers (MACVET), Mississippi Association of Marketing Educators (MAME) Mississippi DECA. Presently, she serves on the MS DECA Foundation Board, and District IV President of MSACTE.
Lynn Holliday is a retired educator who taught Cooperative Education for 34 years. During that time, she was employed with Hinds Community College, Pearl-Rankin Career and Technical Center and Pearl Public Schools. She is married to Ira R. (Doc) Holliday. They have two married sons: John (Pat) and James (Lacey), one grandson, Cody; and another grandson due in March.
1st Vice President - Jeanette F. Reinike
Jeanette Reinike has been a member of Delta Kappa Gamma for seventeen years. She is a member of Alpha Delta chapter where she has served as president, 2nd vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, and historian. Jeanette has been selected as Alpha Deltas Woman of Distinction twice. One the state level, Jeanette has served as Recording Secretary, chairman of the research committee, chairman of the History of Zeta State committee, and a member of the Leadership Development committee. Active at all levels of the Society, she has attended numerous district meetings, state conventions, Southeast Regional Conferences, and International Conventions.
Jeanette has been a librarian for twenty-seven years and currently serves as librarian at Olive Branch Middle School. She is a member of the Mississippi Library Association.
Jeanette and her husband, Bernie, live in Hernando and are members of Hernando Baptist Church where she serves as church librarian. They have two grown children.
Second Vice President Nominee:
Karen Rhodes, Gamma
Karen Rhodes has been a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International since 1984. She believes that membership in the society is a privilege as well as a pleasure. Karen believes that it has been a wonderful experience of service and growth both personally and professionally. The growth areas include not only workshops such as the Leadership Development Seminar and President's training, but in chapter meetings and relationships with women educators throughout the member countries at the Regional and International Meetings as well as through scholarships at all levels of the organization.
Karens service areas include Personal Growth and Services Projects and our encouraging service through the Red Rose Award and the Woman of Distinction honors. In her years as a member she has served in all the positions as an officer and on every committee as either a member or as the chairman. She presently serves as the chairman of the Professional Affairs Committee for Gamma Chapter. At the state level, Karen has served on the Personal Growth and Services Committee, the Mary Stuart Harmon Scholarship Committee and is currently on the Leadership Development Committee. In 1999, Karen was elected as Central District Director. Karen has been in various areas of education for 26 years. At this time, she works as a Special Education Teacher for the Lauderdale County School System. She also holds membership in the Council for Exceptional Children, Mississippi Professional Educators and the Phi Delta Kappa and is an active member of Highland Baptist Church.
Corresponding Secretary-
Karen Fayard
Karen Fayard has been a member of Delta Kappa Gamma for twenty years. She has served Alpha Upsilon Chapter as Membership Committee Chairman, recording secretary, first vice president and president. Karen was her chapters Woman of Distinction in 1997.
At the district level Karen has attended all the district meetings. She has been registration chairman for both the 1999 and 2001 Southern District Meetings. At the state level, she has served on the Finance Committee, Personal Growth and Services Committee, Professional Affairs Committee and chairman of the Membership Committee. She is presently serving as the Southern District Director. Karen was a presenter at the 1997 sate convention and a participant in the 1997 ZETA State Leadership/Management Seminar.
At the regional level, Karen has attended conferences in Charleston, Atlanta, Biloxi, Chattanooga and Raleigh. She was registration chairman for the conference in Biloxi. Additionally, Karen has attended international conferences in New Orleans, Nashville, Dallas, Toronto, Little Rock and Minneapolis.
Since 1991 Karen has been a math instructor and until recently director of the Honors Program at the Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Prior to this position she taught in the public schools of Pass Christian and Biloxi. Karen holds a specialist degree in mathematics education from the University of Southern Mississippi. In her spare time Karen is an active member in two Mardi Gras krewes on the Gulf Coast.
Recording Secretary - Linda Lightsey
Linda Lightsey has been nominated to serve as Zeta State Recording Secretary for the 2005-2007 biennium. A member of Alpha Upsilon Chapter since 1984, she has served as her chapter's treasurer, president, parliamentarian, Membership Committee Chairman, and Bylaws Committee Chairman. In 1995, she was selected as her chapters Woman of Distinction.
Linda has attended numerous district, state, regional, and
international meetings. She served as the 1993 Zeta State Convention Chairman, as Southern District Director for the 1995-97 biennium, and as the 1999 Southeast Regional Conference Chairman. She has served on various state committees including Professional Affairs, Nominations, and Membership. A graduate of the 1997 Zeta State Leadership/Management Seminar, she is currently serving her second term as state corresponding secretary. In 2002 she was a recipient of the Zeta State Achievement Award.
Now joyously retired, Linda taught English on the Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for eight years. Prior to that, she taught in the public schools for twenty-five years. She is a member of Mississippi City United Methodist Church, where she serves as financial secretary and as substitute teacher for her Sunday School class. Additionally, she teaches Spanish to the three- and four-year-olds at Wesley Academy, her churchs pre-school. She and her husband, Monk (Waller), live in Gulfport with their high-maintenance poodle, Curly.
Northern District Director Nominee:
Linda Norwood, Kappa
When Linda taught social studies, English and Spanish, she would often assign papers of a biographical nature. The kids would without fail get the person born and killed off in the first sentence. So Linda tells us she was born 61 years ago and is obviously still kicking.
An only child, Linda spent the first 27 years of her life in Chillcothe, Ohio, and the last batch in Mississippi. One of her children is a Yankee and the other is a Rebel; thats what happens when they are born 12 years apart.
Linda received her college degrees while teaching. A county district needed Spanish before she received a B.A. in history from Ohio University. In the 1970's, when she moved to Mississippi, her social life was slim to none (and I am quoting Linda) so she took courses at Ole Miss while she taught English at Oxford High School (she received a M. Ed. in English). She finally had to quit teaching to finish the Ph. D. in Educational Leadership.
Since receiving that degree, Linda has spent her time one way or another in the Migrant Education Program. She was a migrant tutor, migrant project coordinator, state recruitment officer for the Department of Education, and presently has 52 school districts from Tishomingo County to George County in which she provides clothing, school supplies, instructional supplies for the teachers, and advocates for the kids in these districts. As an aside, Linda named her project the Eastern State Line Migrant Program, and it was not until recently that the initials of the program were ESL!
Linda has been a member of the Delta Kappa Society for almost 10 years. The members in her chapter range in age from 92 to 35, and she feels that they are one of the most connected groups with which she has been involved. Linda does not believe the the common bond of teaching is the only element involved. She thinks perhaps it is the values we all have along with a good dose of common sense in a world that seems to be running amok.
Lindas husband, Glen, is a retired school district superintendent. She states that he has been her best mentor through the years.
Assistant Northern District Director Nominee:
Betty Williams,
Upsilon
Betty Williams has been a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society since 1989. She has served in Upsilon chapter as Parliamentarian, Treasurer, and President. She has been a member of the following committees: Nominations, Communications, Scholarship, Professional Affairs, and Program.
Betty is currently retired after teaching 31 years. Her education background includes a Bachelors degree from Blue Mountain College and a Masters degree from the University of Mississippi. She is also certified in Computer Education through Mississippi State University.
Betty is active in the Womans Club of Booneville, where she has served as Second Vice President and Historian. She is also active in the First Baptist Church of Booneville and is part of the Adult Choir.
She has been honored many times for her dedication to education. These awards include Future Business Leaders of America Advisor of the Year ( Mississippi - 1986); FBLA Advisor Award, National - Washington, D.C.; Rotary Club Teacher of the Year Award, Alcorn County ($1,000 award); Delta Kappa Gamma Red Rose Award, 1987; Delta Kappa Gamma Woman of Distinction (Upsilon Chapter); Whos Who Among American Teacher (1996 and 2000).
Central District Director Nominee:
Teri Edwards. Gamma
Teri J. Edwards became a member of Gamma Chapter on November 13, 1999. Since that time, she has held the office of chapter President (2002 - 2004) and has chaired the Research Committee and Membership Committee of her chapter. On the state level, Teri has been active in the Membership Committee and as a Mary Stuart Harmon Trustee. Teri is currently employed as a Math Facilitator at Northeast Elementary in Meridian and is active in the First Baptist Church.
Teris philosophy of membership in Delta Kappa Gamma is, In order for our organization to grow and thrive, we must continue to seek outstanding young women in our perspective fields. Women who will further the goals of our society and the field of education through active participation in the society at all levels.
Assistant Central District Director Nominee:
Nan James,
Omicron
Nan James has been an active member of Omicron Chapter since her induction in 2002. She received her Bachelors
degree from Mississippi State University and her Masters degree from William Carey College. Nan has spent 27 years in the classroom and currently teaches at Canton Academy in Canton, Mississippi. Nan is married to Billy James and has three sons, Wesley, Manning, and Sterling. She is a member of the First Baptist Church, Canton, and is also a member in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Nans philosophy of Delta Kappa Gamma is as simple as A, B, C:
A - Attend meetings regularly
B - Be involved in as many areas as possible
C - Commit to making a difference in education and having fun, too!!
Southern District Director Nominee: Sharon Blackwell, Delta
Inducted into the Delta Chapter in December of 1992, Sharon has been active in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society. In those 12 years, she has attended The Zeta State Leadership Development Seminar, severed as chapter president for Delta Chapter and had the honor of being the Woman of Distinction.
Sharon has been teaching in the Covington County School District at Hopewell Elementary for twenty years. For the last fifteen she has taught first grade.
Sharons philosophy of being a member of The Delta Kappa Gamma International Society is that it is an organization that helps you grow in your professional career and personal life.
Sharon is also a member of the Mississippi Reading Association and Mississippi Council of Teachers of
Mathematics.
Assistant Southern District Nominee: Suzanne Guthrie,
Psi
Suzanne has been a member of Delta Kappa Gamma since 1982. As an active member of Psi Chapter, she has held every office, including being president twice. Suzanne has in the past sat on state committees.
Suzanne was selected as teacher of the year for her district prior to retirement. She taught for thirty years. Currently, Suzanne works as a secretary for Guthrie & Sons Forestry
Service.
The Nominations Committee also submits the following names to be the Nominations Committee for the 2005-2007
biennium:
Northern District Representative Nominee: Wanda Thomas, Alpha Upsilon; Central District Representative Nominee: Jamie Carr, Omicron; Southern District Representative Nominee: Deborah Cain, Rho; Consultant Nominee: Betsy Sullivan, Pi. |
