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Allison Lesley Graves, 34, manager, Governmental Affairs, Entergy Mississippi, in Jackson.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Like many of her fellow math majors at Vanderbilt University considering a career in the insurance or actuarial fields, Allison Graves was prepared for her first round of interviews with a major insurance company.

But on the way to the first group meeting, she fell down the stairs, severely spraining her ankle and chipping a bone.

"Needless to say, the meeting didn't go well, and I took it as a sign--a rather dramatic one--that I wasn't meant to go into the insurance business," recalled Graves. "But I still didn't know what I wanted to do. So, after graduating from college, I came home, thinking that I might want to do something in...

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