I was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi and am very proud to call this community home. I graduated from Prep in 1984 and attended Ole Miss for a year before transferring to Millsaps College in 1985. I graduated from Millsaps in 1988 with a Bachelor of Business degree. That year I married Doug Boone, a 1981 Prep graduate. I worked briefly in the private sector before beginning my work in education. I was employed in the Admissions Office at Millsaps as Associate Director of Admissions for almost six years. In early 1995, I came to Jackson Prep as Associate Director of Development for the first Development Office. Being involved in Prep’s first Capital Campaign was an honor and gave me a different perspective than I had as a student. After working directly with the quality of teachers, administration, and staff, I was even more proud of the years I spent at Prep, both as a student and an employee. In addition, it was so exciting to see so many people make Jackson Prep the recipient of their charitable giving. Being involved in the community is very important to me. I was fortunate to be in the Leadership Jackson Class of 1997. In addition, Doug and I were very involved with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the Jackson Zoo, and several other community service groups.

In 1997, after over 18 months of Doug doing extensive traveling with IBM, we moved to Atlanta to be together as a family. We are grateful for our time in Atlanta. We grew closer and also learned that our family and home community is so important. In 2004, we made the decision to come back home! We were so excited to come back home to grandparents, great-grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles, and old friends. It was especially exciting to us that our boys would share our Jackson Prep experience. Will, our oldest son, will graduate from Prep in the class of 2011 and Sam, our youngest son, will finish in the class of 2014.

I continue to be very active in the community through my involvement with the Junior League of Jackson, Habitat for Humanity, and several other organizations. I am grateful for the opportunity to make a difference in the future of Jackson and the lives of all our children through my work with Jackson Prep. Prep graduates come home and are the future leaders of our city. It is so important that we give them the best facilities, faculty, and opportunities to be successful in a very challenging world.