Former TVA chairman heads development

Glenn McCullough
Glenn McCullough

Former TVA Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. has been named the new director of the Mississippi's economic development agency. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday named praised McCullough's past experience as Tennessee Valley Authority chairman, Tupelo mayor and Appalachian Regional Commission director.

McCullough, 60, will begin the job in June and will succeed Brent Christensen, 45, who is leaving the Mississippi Development Authority to become CEO of the Greensboro Partnership, a local economic development agency in North Carolina. Christensen had led MDA since April 2012, early in Bryant's term as governor.

The MDA director is paid $250,000 in public and private money: $183,240 comes from the state and $66,760 comes from a supplement provide by businesses.

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