Liz Cleveland completed her undergraduate studies in International Business and Education at the University of Mississippi and Memphis State University. She’s a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute and Thunderbird School of Global Management. Cleveland worked as the International Officer of Union Planters Bank (now Regions bank) in Memphis, Tennessee. She served as International Policy Representative to U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi in Washington D.C. and International Trade Director of the Mississippi Development Authority for seven Mississippi governors over a 35 -year period. Her teaching experience includes accredited courses at the University of Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi, Belhaven College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Hinds Community College and William Carey University.