Personnel Changes

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Gordon Inmon Simmons Skinner

Division fills key positions

The MSU Foundation welcomed Lacey Gordon to the fundraising staff in December. The Saltillo native is the new assistant director of development for the Mississippi State University Extension and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). In addition to the MSU-Extension and CALS, Gordon’s role will also encompass fundraising and development duties for the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. A third-generation Bulldog, Gordon earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in communication and a minor in journalism from MSU in 2018. She served as an orientation leader, assisted with athletic media relations and was a member of the MSU Diamond Girls during her time as a student. She worked in the furniture industry prior to joining the MSU Foundation development staff.

Jessica Inmon has accepted a new role within the division as donor relations coordinator, after serving for more than 10 years as a development research analyst for the Foundation. The Maben native earned a bachelor’s degree in business, technology and educational foundations from MSU in 2011. She previously served as a student worker for the Foundation’s research team for five years.

Connor Simmons has joined the Foundation’s business office as an accountant. A native of Jackson, Tennessee, he holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting from the Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy in MSU’s College of Business. Simmons obtained his CPA designation in 2018 and spent the first three years of his career with Ernst & Young in Nashville, Tennessee.

Also new to the development team is Kristen Skinner, who assumed duties as the division’s new stewardship coordinator in January. Born in Florida and raised in Corinth, Skinner graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2008 and went on to become a certified dental hygienist. She later returned to MSU to serve as an administrative assistant in the Dean’s Office of the College of Business, a position she has held since 2019.

For more on the work of the Division of Development and Alumni, visit devalumni.msstate.edu.