Dr. Monica S. Lewis has been proposed for membership in the Rotary Club of North Jackson by Bill Osborne and is sponsored for membership by Past President Don Roberts. Monica grew up in Carthage. She attended Jackson State University where she earned her undergraduate degree. She later continued her studies at Belhaven University successfully completing her master’s degree. Recently, she was awarded her PhD in Urban Planning from Jackson State University. In 2014 joined Jackson State as Associate Director of Annual Giving in the Division of Institutional advancement. She has held positions of increasing responsibility there, including serving as Director of Development for Athletics and the Executive Director for the JSU Tiger Fund Athletic Foundation. Most recently she was named Jackson State’s Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Monica has been active in community affairs. She is an active member of Women for Progress and the Junior League of Jackson. In 2022, she was selected as one of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 50 Leading Businesswomen as well as Leadership Mississippi 2022. Professionally, she is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Mississippi Alliance for Nonprofits and Philanthropy. She and her husband, Calvin Miller, have one son and reside in Madison. She will be loaned the classification, Higher Education – Institutional Advancement, after her membership is approved by the Board. This is the 1st publication of this proposed new member.