1. Shadrack Tucker White was born on September 22,1985 and is an American politician and attorney serving as the 42nd State Auditor of Mississippi since 2018.
24 Facts About Shad White
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Shad White was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant in July 2018 and was elected without opposition in 2019.
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Shad White was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2008 and went on to study economic and social history at St John's College, Oxford, earning a Master of Science degree.
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Shad White later earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 2014.
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Shad White previously served as Director of the Mississippi Justice Institute.
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Shad White was born on September 22,1985, in Sandersville, Mississippi.
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Shad White's mother, Emily Morgan White, was a public school art teacher.
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Shad White grew up in Sandersville and attended Sandersville Elementary and Northeast Jones High School.
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Shad White was a Lindy-Callahan Scholar-Athlete for the state in 2004.
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Shad White attended the University of Mississippi and received an undergraduate degree in economics and political science in 2008.
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Shad White studied economic and social history at St John's College, Oxford, earning a Master of Science degree, and rowed crew.
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Shad White earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 2014.
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In 2010, Shad White worked as Policy and Research Director for Alan Nunnelee's successful campaign for Congress.
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Shad White was later hired by Phil Bryant to work as Director of Policy in Bryant's office while Bryant was serving as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.
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In 2015, Shad White again worked for Bryant as campaign manager for Bryant's re-election campaign.
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From 2016 to 2017, Shad White worked as a litigation attorney at Butler Snow, LLP, in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
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In December 2017, Shad White was named as the director of the Mississippi Justice Institute.
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On July 6,2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced that he would appoint Shad White to serve as Mississippi's State Auditor following the resignation of Stacey Pickering.
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Shad White is the first millennial to serve in a statewide office in the Deep South.
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Shad White was elected as State Auditor with no opposition in 2019.
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Shad White's office investigated pharmacy benefit managers, resulting in the largest civil settlement from a State Auditor's investigation in state history.
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Shad White developed a program to increase government efficiency which was modeled after a similar program created by Rob Sand, the Democratic Iowa State Auditor.
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In February 2023, Brett Favre filed a defamation lawsuit against Shad White, alleging Shad White made false and defamatory statements related to Favre's ties to the Mississippi welfare scandal.
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Shad White is married to Rina Shad White ; they have two daughters and a son, and live in Flowood, Mississippi.