Ellington

Name: Nic Lott

Location: Restaurant Week reception at Mississippi Museum of Art

Occupation: Mississippi Development Authority Director of Special Compliance Operations

Age: 32

An Accomplishment: First black student-body president of Ole Miss.

Lived in Jackson: 8 years

JFP reader SINCE: 2004

Last book read: John Maxwell's "Developing the Leader Within You"

Favorite quote: "Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase." —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.