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    Powerful forces

    Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture THE COLLABORATOR  Christen Duhé MGCCC spokesman’s star continues to rise If Christen Hartley Duhé could have a word with her younger self, she’d tell her to stop with the self-doubt; “You have everything you need to be successful.”  Everyone defines success differently, but for Duhe’, it’s having a husband who […]

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    Steel magnolia with a soft heart

    LuAnn Pappas’s dad taught her what it means to give back.  And as the 2021 recipient of the Annette O’Keefe Humanitarian Award, the CEO of Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort wishes Bill Sturm could share in the recognition. Bar none, she says, he was the biggest influence in her life.  “I will forever say I am […]

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    ‘She is my hero’

    Ronnie Cuevas describes his daughter, Mary Lynn Cuevas Scarborough, as someone who would give you the shirt off her back — or, as it turns out, donate a kidney to her dad.  “She is my hero,” says the retired teacher and coach and diamond ambassador with Plexus Worldwide. “She’s tougher than I could ever be.”  […]

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    Amos reigns!

    She’s passionate about promoting Mississippi — and with her new title and crown, Kathy Amos will be doing just that.  On May 6, Amos was crowned MS Senior World Mississippi Hospitality at The Walter Sillers Building in Jackson. Amos, 57, of Canton, Mississippi, assumed her title minutes before making a special presentation to Gov. Tate […]

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    Kari Wilkinson: Breaking new ground as shipyard’s first female president

    When people learn what Kari Wilkinson does for a living, they’re usually impressed — and naturally have lots of questions.  “Telling someone about setting an 800-ton grand block on a ship usually elicits a comment about that being remarkable,” says Wilkinson, executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding. “I usually […]

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