The Board shall consist of thirteen (13) members to be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. Four (4) members shall be appointed by the Governor, including a current or former food stamps recipient and a single parent. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, including a current or former college educator with expertise in women's issues. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, including a health care professional knowledgeable in women's issues. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the Attorney General including a law professor or lawyer with expertise in women's issues. The members of the Commission shall be women and/or men with recognized ability and achievement who are representatives of the ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic and cultural diversity of the population of this state, and who have a proven record of efforts to improve the status of women. The Commission shall elect a chair, vice chair and a secretary, and may also elect a treasurer from among its members for terms of two (2) years each. Any member is eligible for successive elections to office.
18 Miss. Code. R. 201-1.2