Kathryn Black

Since graduating with distinction from The University of Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in English, Kathryn Black has been heavily involved in both community service and political activism. A longtime resident of Greenwood, Miss., Black was president of the Greenwood Junior Auxiliary and member of the First Presbyterian Church, where she worked on a number of service-related projects.

Black also was instrumental in starting a Republican Party chapter in Greenwood at the time when there were few GOP members. Since moving to Oxford, Black has become actively involved at Ole Miss. She co-chairs the Chancellor's Trust-Pacesetter Committee of the University's Commitment to Excellence Campaign and is a Chancellor's Trust Member.