Connie Moran
| Connie Moran | |
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| Mayor of Ocean Springs, Mississippi | |
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Assumed office June 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Connie Moran May 18, 1956 Ocean Springs, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | Magdeleine |
| Residence | Ocean Springs, Mississippi |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University (B.A., M.A.) |
Connie Moran (born May 18, 1956) is the out-going mayor of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She was defeated after three terms by Republican candidate Shea Dobson in the June 6, 2017 election. First elected to the position in 2005, Moran served three terms as mayor of the city. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2013, winning 62% of the vote in the latter year. Moran has served as president of Moran Consultants, a firm providing marketing and development service. She also served for three years as director of Jackson County Economic Development, and for five years before that as managing director of the State of Mississippi European Office in Frankfurt, Germany, where she recruited new business to the state.
Moran was born May 18, 1956, and was adopted as a child. Moran is a native of Ocean Springs. Moran's family has been in business in Ocean Springs for over 140 years. Her grandfather, A. P. "Fred" Moran, was a county supervisor for 40 years, and her father, John Duncan Moran, was a city alderman.
Moran graduated from Georgetown University with bachelor's and master's degrees in finance/economics and international commerce. She graduated cum laude. Moran conducted graduate research at the Institute of World Economics in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. She was also an economist at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. She is a former Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow, where she worked for the German Ministry of France. In 2006, she was selected to be the Bosch Alumna of the Year for her leadership in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
Moran was elected mayor of Ocean Springs in 2005. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2013. She was defeated in her re-election bid by Republican challenger Shea Dobson on June 6, 2017.
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast six weeks after Moran took office as mayor in 2005. When Katrina destroyed 150 miles of coastline on August 29, 2005, Ocean Spring's waterfront was devastated, but the historic downtown suffered no storm surge, and the damage was limited to roofs, windows and storefronts. Moran drew on her background as an economic development expert to develop a plan to rebuild the city, structurally and economically, while trying to retain the city's historical value and contain urban sprawl while still advocating for growth.
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