Mary Margaret White

Mary Margaret Miller White serves as the CEO and Executive Director of Mississippi Today since August 2017, overseeing the state’s only fully staffed nonprofit newsroom with a focus on budget management and staff leadership. In this role, Mary Margaret has successfully cultivated fundraising efforts, led strategic planning initiatives, and managed public programming and collaborations with various media and nonprofit organizations. Prior experience includes positions as Executive Director and Marketing and Branding Director at the Mississippi Development Authority, where Mary Margaret directed strategic planning for tourism and managed statewide programming, as well as serving as Folk & Traditional Arts Director at the Mississippi Arts Commission. Mary Margaret holds degrees in Southern Studies, Journalism, Documentary Fieldwork, and English from the University of Mississippi, alongside completing the Business Advantage Program at Millsaps College.