About Us

Partners For Stennis
A catalyst for regional growth

Who We Are

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We are citizens of Mississippi and Louisiana who advocate for space, earth and ocean exploration. Our members are volunteer representatives from chambers of commerce, economic development foundations, businesses, educational institutions, local governments, community groups, and individual citizens.

Members | Chairman | Staff | Board

Our Mission

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To act as a regional catalyst to develop and promote the Stennis Region (link to map at bottom of page) for the enhancement of education, quality of life and economic opportunities.

Read about the economic impact (pdf) of Stennis Space Center.

Our Goals
Partners for Stennis support various projects which insure that government decision makers, business interests, and interested citizens know of the value and importance of the Center.

Education

To support the development and construction of the Infinity Science Center on Interstate 10 in Mississippi (at the Louisiana border) to motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
To improve the educational performance of schools
To establish a mentoring program that matches the resources of Stennis Space Center with the needs of area schools for workforce planning and development needs.
To promote opportunities for higher learning.

Quality of Life

To focus on integrating personnel into communities
To improve community appearance and establish better housing, recreational and cultural opportunities
To enhance the image of the region

Raising Awareness

To develop and operate a first-class informative website to promote the region
To devise and manage an employment information management system to match human resources with employers.
To provide assistance to businesses that seek to work with the various government agencies and contractors located at Stennis Space Center.

Advocacy

To help grow the Stennis region by working with Stennis Space Center, the Federal and Commercial City to double the workforce by 2010.
To bring communities and businesses together with local state and federal government.
To foster grass roots campaigns supporting positions to promote planned growth.

Committees

Our members work in ten different groups with specific focuses to achieve a high degree of effectiveness. For example, in 2005 our Governmental Affairs Committee was instrumental in in keeping a Naval facility open (pdf) at the Stennis Space Center.

Alliance & Communications Committee: Develop and strengthen relationships with organizations and partners that will strengthen the development and growth of Stennis Space Center programs. Communicate with Stennis organizations to better understand the current and future missions. Communicate plans and successful events of Stennis organizations through the news and websites media to the public.

Budget & Finance Committee: Develop annual budgets to finance the operation of the Partners organization and obtain approval of the Partners Board.

By-Laws Committee: Review the By-Laws annually and if required, makes recommendations for changes to the Board.

Executive Committee: The elected officers of the Board working with staff members that execute the approved actions of the Board and provide leadership and vision for new initiatives for plans, policies, programs and projects of the organization.

Fund Raising & Membership Committee: Develop a plan and program to raise and increase the funding and membership base of the organization to operate.

Governmental Affairs & BRAC Committee: Remain aware of all actions that may be taken in the national, state or local governments that may impact the current and future programs or organizations at Stennis Space Center. Monitor all plans and actions of Department of Defense on Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plans.

Katrina Impact RRR Committee: Participate in the Hurricane Katrina Impact Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal plans and programs to protect and improve the SSC workforce, programs and the communities in the Stennis region.

Nomination Committee: Make annual recommendations for Board officers.

Program & Events Committee: Develop and recommend special program speakers and key events for quarterly membership meetings and other special events for the year.

Strategic Planning Committee (Education, Training, Infinity): Review the Partners Strategic plan annually to assure that the mission, goals, objectives and strategies support and complement the NASA Stennis Space Center Strategic Plans. Make recommend changes to the Board as appropriate when revisions are necessary.

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