Bill Text: MS SR28 | 2022 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Recognize Pat Thomasson of Philadelphia as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors of the MMA.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-08 - Adopted [SR28 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-SR28-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Branning, Simmons (13th)
Senate Resolution 28
(As Adopted by Senate)
A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE PAT THOMASSON, CEO OF THOMASSON COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE FIRST FEMALE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MISSISSIPPI MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND COMMEND HER BUSINESS AND CIVIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHEREAS, we join the membership of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association and the citizens of Central Mississippi in honoring the business and civic accomplishments of a respected businesswoman. Pat Thomasson, CEO of Thomasson Company in Philadelphia, Mississippi, has been selected as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA); and
WHEREAS, Pat Thomasson, a native of Philadelphia, Mississippi, has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Mississippi in accounting. Upon leaving Ole Miss, she accepted a position with Arthur Anderson in New Orleans. In 1988, she was licensed by the State of Mississippi as a Certified Public Accountant; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, Pat returned to her home state to work as a Senior Securities Analyst for the Mississippi Secretary of State's Office Securities Division. She established their first auditing program and analyzed the financial records in securities fraud and embezzlement cases. During the course of her employment, Pat testified in state and federal courts and conducted numerous audits. Pat also served on the North American Securities Administrators Association Uniform Examination Committee, helping to write and monitor examinations taken by financial advisors and stockbrokers. In 1993, she was certified as a fraud examiner; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, at the request of her family, Pat returned to Philadelphia, Mississippi, to work in the family business. Pat has worn many different hats in Thomasson Company. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board and held both of these positions before the passing of her father in 2008; and
WHEREAS, under Pat's leadership, Thomasson Company was awarded the 2012 Governor's Cup Award for Small Business, the 2016 Oncor Omnis Supplier Award, and was recognized as a Vistra Energy Supplier Diversity Gold Star Supplier. Pat is a recent recipient of the 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Women's Business Enterprise Council South and was named 2014 Business Woman of the Year by Mississippi Business Journal. In 2015, Thomasson Company received the Neshoba County Large Business of the Year Award, and Pat received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the Neshoba County Literacy Council; and
WHEREAS, Pat is currently President of the Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Marty Stuart Center for Country Music, and Board of Directors Chair for the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, a member of Mississippi Economic Council and the M. B. Swayze Foundation. Pat is the past President of several organizations including the Community Foundation of East Mississippi and the Philadelphia Rotary Club. She is a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow; Past Honorary Chairman of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life; member of the University of Mississippi 1848 Society and Loyalty Foundation; graduate of Mississippi Economic Council's Leadership Mississippi; and past treasurer and board member of the Business and Industry Political Education Committee.
WHEREAS, Pat is involved with several other business and philanthropic organizations, and it is with great pride that we acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding Mississippi citizen to her community and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby recognize Pat Thomasson, CEO of Thomasson Company in Philadelphia, Mississippi, as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association and commend her business and civic achievements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Pat Thomasson and her family, forwarded to the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
