Mitzi is the Workforce Director at South Delta Planning and Development District in Greenville, Mississippi; for the Delta Workforce Development Area, having served in her current position for 19 years. Prior to assuming the Workforce Director position, Mitzi worked as a Program Specialist for the District for a year. Before joining South Delta in 2003, Mitzi worked for 24 years at Mid-State Opportunity, a community action agency based in Charleston, Mississippi as program planner and project director for a variety of community-based programs.
Her pet project includes the development of the Electrical Lineman Training Program at MS Delta Community College (MDCC) and the construction of the Lineman Training Facility on MDCC’s campus.
She attended Delta State University and is a member of the National Association of Workforce Boards; the Southeastern Employment Training Association; and currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Mississippi Association of Workforce Areas; is Secretary for the Mississippians United to End Homelessness Board of Directors and serves on the board of the Foundation for the Mid South.
