Larry Otis

Larry Otis is chair of SWIB and a "Research Fellow" at the National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center. Otis also serves as Vice-Chair of The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. He has served as an administrator of Itawamba Community College, the Mayor of Tupelo, Mississippi, a teacher at South Panola High School, and the head of two state agencies. In the private sector, he served as president of Cargo Handlers and Vice President of Parker Towing Company. He received a Bachelor's Degree in industrial education from MSU and a Master's Degree in education from the University of Mississippi.