Scott Simmons was appointed the director of External Affairs in April 2025 for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
External Affairs is in charge of messaging before, during, and after natural or man-made disasters. Scott oversees all social media sites, the agency website msema.org, MEMA’s app, the MEMA Minute (newsletter) all media inquiries and press releases. During an activation, he is the Lead Public Information Officer managing the Joint Information Center; coordinating all state agency public information officers to ensure one clear message is disseminated during a disaster. The goal of External Affairs is to communicate with all Mississippians by giving them the right information, at the right time, so they can make the right decisions.
