Jeffrey L. Hewitt, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, will serve as its next president.
Hewitt was one of the first employees brought on to the corporation in June 2019. Mississippi passed the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law in 2018, establishing a state lottery program.
The Mississippi Lottery Corporation is the private company that runs the lottery. Hewitt is taking over for the corporation’s first president, Tom Shaheen, who is retiring June 30.