OUR GUEST TUESDAY, APRIL 19
Posted by Wes Brooks
on Apr 19, 2016
BRETT HARRIS, OLLI
Brett directs the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern Mississippi, a program targeted at active adults ages 50 and above who have a passion for learning. OLLI is a wide-ranging program with classes in a dozen different disciplines from Art and Literature to Science and Technology that reaches 700 individuals in the Pine Belt and along the Gulf Coast. Prior to joining OLLI, Brett was the Director of District and Community Partnerships with Teach For America in Mississippi. He has a background in fundraising, grant writing, and community development. Brett is a graduate of Wake Forest University and The Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Though not ordained, Brett has been a supply minister for several small churches in Mississippi. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have one son and live in Laurel, Mississippi.