>> My name is Josh Davis and I work for a non-profit organization
that serves the Mississippi Delta.
So the mission is to improve the health and the wellbeing of the men, women,
and children that live in the delta, that's roughly 600,000 people.
And, our approach is focusing on access to healthcare, improving access, as well as,
improving education in general terms.
My role is the vice president of external affairs and what
that entails is a number of different things.
I'm involved primarily with a large degree of fundraising and resource development,
so that is working with the private sector to encourage philanthropic donations.
Encouraging social responsibility is exactly the term I'm looking for, but mainly looking
for funding from the private sector as well as from the federal government in order
to support the mission and the strategies that we employ.
A typical day for myself could include working on print materials or data that needs
to be shared with congressional leaders in the U.S. Senate and then the U.S. House
of Representatives as well as the Mississippi Legislature.
I could be following up and checking in with my senior level staff,
that are overseeing the direct operations and some of the grants that we run that are focusing
on community based activities as well as school based activities.
I could be fine tuning a budget that is being submitted, or is actually being carried out,
that we've already acquired either the federal government
or a private company, or a private philanthropist.