2019 Spring Luncheon

We're excited to welcome our 2019 Spring Luncheon speaker, Lisa Patton, author of the best-selling book, "Rush." We can't wait to hear from Lisa, so please join us at the Country Club of Jackson on Wednesday, April 17th, starting at 11:30 a.m. with a wine social, followed by our lunch and presentation. Payment options are listed below.

After thirteen years at The Hutchison School, an all-girls school in Memphis, and a house full of sisters, Lisa Patton headed for co-ed life at the University of Alabama where she graduated with a degree in Communications.  Forever the music lover, Lisa landed her first job at the Historic Orpheum Theatre in Memphis as a manager and show promoter before transitioning into radio promotions at WMC–FM 100, the landmark Memphis station. It was there she received Billboard Magazine’s Promotion Director of the Year award.

           

The birth of her two sons made it difficult to emcee nightly charity auctions and movie premieres so Lisa shifted into TV promotions at the NBC affiliate, WMC-TV Channel 5.  Writing radio and TV promotional spots, character voice bits, and news promos made up a large part of both broadcasting positions. 

A three-year stint in the restaurant business as a Vermont innkeeper added diversity to her southern roots and after surviving three sub-zero winters Lisa sped back to Tennessee to de-thaw. That experience gave her the inspiration for her bestselling novel, Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter.

A year later she returned to the music industry and was hired by multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist Michael McDonald as personal assistant and tour manager. She worked on several albums and video projects including the Grammy nominated, certified Platinum, Motown.  Lisa remained in that position until writing became a full-time career. 

A breast Cancer survivor, Lisa is now the best selling author of what Library Journal calls, “the beloved Dixie series,” Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter, Yankee Doodle Dixie, and Southern as a Second Language. Her latest novel, Rush, a summer 2018 Okra Pick from the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and a SIBA bestseller, has been praised by the Clarion Ledger as “a humorous, yet heartfelt novel about hard work, patience and helping others.”  The proud mother of two sons, eight bonus children and eleven grandchildren, she lives in the rolling hills of Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and their four-legged, furry daughter named Rosie. To learn more about her, visit Lisa’s website www.lisapatton.com.

The luncheon will be $35.00 per person. Your check is your reservation! Please send your check by April 10th to:

Jackson Chi Omega Alumnae

P.O. Box 13242
Jackson, MS 39236

Spring Luncheon means that it is also time to pay your 2019-2020 dues of $40. This can be combined with your luncheon payment and mailed to the same address above.

We also make it easy and give you the option to pay online! Just click the "Pay Now" button on the right hand side. There is a small convenience fee added to the amounts, but you save a stamp and can use your checking account, credit or debit card. You do not have to have a PayPal account to use this service.

You DO NOT have to pay dues to attend the Spring Luncheon.

Questions? Contact us at jacksonchiomega@gmail.com.