Public Employee's Retirement System of Mississippi
Shelley Powers has extensive work experience in communications and editing. Shelley started their career in 1988 as the Managing Editor/Staff Writer for The Reflector, where they assisted the editor in deciding content and style. Shelley then worked as a Staff Writer for the West Jackson County Bureau at The Mississippi Press, where they wrote news and feature articles and interviewed various officials and individuals. In 1996, they joined Coast Magazine/Coast Business Journal as an Assistant Editor, responsible for generating ideas, researching, and writing articles. Shelley later worked as a Communications Specialist at the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, where they designed and wrote copy for the agency newsletter and coordinated programs and events. In 2002, they became the Public Relations Director at the Mississippi Arts Commission, handling media relations and maintaining the agency website. From 2005 to 2008, Shelley worked as a Curriculum Editor at JBHM Education Group, where they edited and laid out curriculum materials and designed marketing materials. Shelley then joined the Public Employee's Retirement System of Mississippi as the Communications Director in 2008, where they created a new Communications Department, redesigned agency media, and developed style guides and operating procedures. Overall, Shelley Powers has over 20 years of experience in communications, editing, and media relations.
Shelley Powers obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication with an emphasis in print journalism from Mississippi State University, from 1988 to 1992.
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Public Employee's Retirement System of Mississippi
The Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) of Mississippi, a governmental defined benefit pension plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, is the retirement system for nearly all non-federal public employees in the state. From the Gulf of Mexico to the Tennessee border, from the Alabama line to the Mississippi River, PERS serves employees of the state, public school districts, municipalities, counties, community colleges, state universities and such other public entities as libraries and water districts. Membership in PERS is a benefit accorded to eligible public employees of member agencies, and is financed by contributions made by the employees and their employers and the earnings on these contributions. PERS was established by the Mississippi Legislature in 1952 to provide benefits to retirees, as well as future benefits to current and former public employees. In addition to regular service retirement benefits available to vested members at age 60 and to members with 25 years of service credit at any age, PERS provides disability and survivor protection. Additional programs administered by PERS for the benefit of its members and the state include the Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan (SLRP), the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System (MHSPRS), the Institutions of Higher Learning Optional Retirement Plan (ORP), Fire and Police Disability and Relief Funds and General Municipal Retirement Systems (MUNI) for employees of 17 cities, the Mississippi Government Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan, and the PERS Retiree Insurance Program.