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Brian Sanderson, 35, is president of the Gulf Coast Business Council, a private, non-profit corporation of over 200 of the top business leaders on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Business Council focuses on issues of public policy, which are important to the economic vitality and quality of life of the Gulf Coast, including affordable housing, land use practices, economic development, transportation, and leadership development.
Previously Sanderson served as deputy director of the Governor Haley Barbour’s Office of Recovery & Renewal where he offered policy advice and formulation to Governor Barbour, his staff, and state agencies and worked closely with local governments and community organizations. Before working with the Governor’s office, he served as general counsel to the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding & Renewal and practiced law with the firm of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC for six years. At Butler Snow he concentrated his practice in the areas of governmental affairs, public finance and commercial transactions.
Sanderson is a member of the Mississippi Bar and served as president of the state’s Young Lawyers Division through July 2008. He serves as second vice president and is a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners. He is a past president of the Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Chapter.
Sanderson is president of the board of directors, Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast, was named the statewide New Board Member of the Year in 2004, and received the Kerly Award for outstanding service in 2006. He is past president of the Kiwanis Club of Gulfport and the Gulf Coast Ole Miss Club and currently is on the board of directors for the University of Mississippi Law Alumni Chapter. He has mentored for three years with Big Brothers Big Sisters. In 2005, he was selected as one of the Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40 in South Mississippi. Sanderson is a parishioner of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs and is engaged to be married in November to Marie Thomas of Jackson.
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