Julie Jarrell Gresham, a graduate of Southern Miss and the Ole Miss Law School, was editor-in-chief of the Mississippi Law Journal, executive officer of the Moot Court Board and recipient of the Robert C. Khayat Award. She’s been selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer Rising Star, one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women, and already a partner of Brunini, Grantham Grower & Hewes law firm, where she has represented clients ranging from the office of Governor Haley Barbour to a national healthcare provider to Katrina homeowners. She’s authored several articles, been on numerous legal panels and is a communications consultant with Communications Council of America, focusing on the energy industry. A graduate of both Leadership Gulf Coast and Leadership Mississippi, she is a director of the American Red Cross, the Coast Young Professionals, Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Clubs and many more organizations.