As vice president, Gardner will expand on his current work fostering economic growth in Entergy Mississippi’s service territory through collaborative business development efforts with state and local allies. He and his team will work with elected officials and economic developers to attract national and international businesses to Mississippi and assist those already located in the state to expand.

There was a time when a “total electric” home sounded like science fiction. But with the growing availability of electric appliances in the 1950s—including heat pumps and water heaters—Mississippi Power & Light’s new marketing department made total electric homes the literal gold standard for customers in Mississippi.

When workers tightened the lugnuts on the 5 millionth vehicle to roll off the assembly line at the Nissan Canton plant in October 2022, the milestone reverberated far beyond its 1,400-acre footprint in central Mississippi.