JPMorganChase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, Mississippi businessman Tommy Duff and award-winning journalists joined local civic changemakers and hundreds of attendees Monday for an impactful half-day summit on what it takes to build, stay and thrive in Mississippi.

The “All in on Mississippi” forum, hosted by Mississippi Today and Deep South Today at the Mississippi Museum of Art in downtown Jackson, featured four programs:

• An engaging one-on-one conversation between Dimon and Deep South Today CEO Warwick Sabin.
• A panel discussion about Mississippi’s brain drain problem and some potential solutions to it featuring moderator Rita Brent, a comedian and storyteller, and Rethink Mississippi Founder Jake McGraw, the Center for Mississippi Food Systems Co-Steward Liz Broussard Red, and MS Delta Programs for Partnership for a Healthier America Director Tyler Yarbrough.
• A one-on-one conversation between Duff and Mississippi Today Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau about Duff’s business success in Mississippi and his political future.
• A panel discussion about the past, present and future of downtown Jackson and its importance to the state’s overall growth featuring moderator Anna Wolfe of Mississippi Today, Jackson Mayor John Horhn, Downtown Jackson Partners President Liz Brister and Jackson Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Christopher Pike.

Mississippi Today and Deep South Today thanks JPMorgan Chase for sponsoring the event. We also thank our supporting sponsors: Butler Snow, University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media, Delta Health Center, Randall Commercial, United Way of the Capital Area, Singleton Schreiber, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.