This week, Heather chats with Megan Moore from the USJ Holiday Mart. The University School of Jackson host the annual Holiday Mart, which is the school’s largest fundraiser. This multi-day Merchandise Mart features gifts, clothing and accessories, holiday and home decorative items, and much, much more.

The 2023 Holiday Mart will open with a Preview Party on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Holiday Mart is open to the public on November 17-19, 2023.

Heather chats with high school classmate and Vanderbilt AD Candice Storey Lee.

Lee, a native of Madison, Alabama, and former student-athlete at Vanderbilt, is the vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director.

Lee is Vanderbilt’s first female athletic director and the first African American woman to head an SEC athletics program. Lee has served as an integral leader at the university and in athletics for almost 20 years, most recently serving as deputy director of the program, a role she was appointed to in 2016. She has also served as the department’s senior woman administrator since 2004.

Heather catches you up on what's been going on in her life over the last few weeks.