Thank you to those entities that have so generously donated to the Mississippi Public Broadcasting family and our community. The overwhelming donations shared with our Workforce Wednesday events, Digital Education Division and Education Department does not go unnoticed. Thus, the reason for this blog is simply to say, thank you.
We want to acknowledge Kailyn Cage of the BEN chapter of Amazon for providing two Amazon Fire Tablets, a $50 Amazon Gift Card, and an Echo Glow. Kailyn’s background is in Product Development, Mechanical Design, and Data Driven Modeling and Design. As a PhD graduate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland-College Park, Kailyn seeks to engage in research that improves the traditional product development process through the incorporation of reliability, performance, human device interaction, and human variability in the product design process. She is a founding member of a tech start-up company based out of Baltimore that provides software solutions to clients. She currently holds two provisional patents on user-centered improvements to consumer products. With a life mission to “pay it forward” Kailyn has a goal to inspire and adequately prepare young minority students for careers in science and engineering.
We also would like to thank Kevin Miller. Kevin is one of the owners of Chick-fil-A in Ridgeland and has been with the Chick-fil-A Association for seven years. He was born and raised in Hattiesburg, is married to Abigail Miller, and together they have one daughter, Olive Jude Miller. Kevin began as manager over the NorthPark Chick-fil-A in March 2020. A few fun facts about Kevin, he enjoys spending time with his family, worshipping to gospel music, playing golf, getting involved in the community, and not only blessing others, but also serving great food.
Our flowers flow to LaRon Redd as well. Redd is the General Manager of Red Lobster. Mr. Redd promises to help us in any way possible to promote education in the Jackson community. He hails from Jamaica.