Dell & Robin Lampkin

Dell and Robin Lampkin are married and have two children.  Robin graduated from Mississippi State University with a BS in Early Childhood Education and has worked in the field for 15 years. She interned at Eggleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta and then worked as a Child Life Specialist at the Blair E Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS. She then transferred to LeBonheur Hospital in Memphis, providing distraction and relaxation to hospitalized children.  Robin also worked as an Early Intervention Specialist for Tennessee’s Early Intervention System providing home visits to families with children with developmental delays for ages from birth to three years of age.

     Recently, she has changed careers and has obtained her certification from the Aerobics Fitness Association of America as a Certified Personal Trainer.  She is currently employed as a Personal Trainer for the YMCA.

     Dell Lampkin’s initial career aspirations were to become a chef, which led him to join the United States Army as a chef.  Upon returning home he began a career in distribution with the Reebok Corporation. He was with Reebok for 6 years and moved through several departments, beginning in receiving and ending as a Planning Lead.  From Reebok he made the transition to Nike as a Distribution Manager.  After working at Nike for four years, he took the knowledge that he had gained to Williams Sonoma, where he served as Distribution Manager of the largest customization distribution in the region.  He was then offered an opportunity to lead a facility and became Operations Manager of a privately held company, Levenger. 

     Currently, he has combined his knowledge of distribution with health and fitness. He obtained his AFAA certification as a Personal Trainer and works at the YMCA, as well as being a distribution manager for a spinal technology company, Nuvasive.  

Tiffany Lampkin



Tiffany Lampkin was born and raised in Clarksdale, MS. Tiffany was introduced to engineering in a Diversified Technology course that she took in high school. Tiffany earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering in 2004 and her Master’s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2007 from Mississippi State University. Tiffany also earned a certificate in Six Sigma while in graduate school at Mississippi State University.

In August 2007, Tiffany joined Shaw Industries’ Operations Management program. In May 2008, Tiffany became the Regional Operations Manager for Shaw’s Albuquerque Regional Distribution center. While at Shaw's Albuquerque Regional Distribution Center, provided industrial engineering analysis of the logistics, people, and policies to increase productivity, created distribution center specific metrics to ensure efficiencies were being identified and tracked, managed a $1.6 million facility budget, managed the facility’s Quality System while developing and training staff on standard operating instructions, created a system based on engineering assessment to reduce employee overtime and create a system of continuous process improvement, and negotiated and provided guidance in contract matters.

In September 2009, Tiffany joined the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center’s Engineering Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base as a Systems Engineer.  As a Systems Engineer, Tiffany is serving as the Center’s Air Force Systems Engineering Assessment Model Technical Authority, developing operating instructions for the Center,  and serving in other roles that focus on continuous process improvement. Tiffany aspires to one day serve in an Executive civilian position for the federal government, pursue another advanced degree, and serve as a motivational speaker for the younger generation.

Tiffany's determination to succeed was highly influenced by her mother at an early age. Tiffany's greatest passion is serving others while building God's kingdom. 

Kay

Music has always been an important part of Kay’s life. I know everyone who is involved in music in one way or another has said that exact thing, but it’s still true. To put it simply, Kay loves music. She grew up with brothers and sisters singing, playing trumpets and saxophones, and listening to all different kinds of music. Being the youngest of 5, finding her own creative outlet was necessary. She’s always been involved in something- sports, art, but music is definitely a passion.

When Kay was younger; she would use anything as drum sticks and beat on whatever was near her. Around the age of 9, Santa finally brings her one. The hope would’ve been for her to be a prodigy- to never have one lesson and suddenly just know how to play. It didn’t happen. Although she can dance and has rhythm, keeping both hands and feet going to a different beat wasn’t happening. Alas, her dream of being a great female drummer is over.

Fast forward a few years and she’s about 14 or so. She decides that she wants to play guitar. Her parents purchase one for her along with a chord book. Amazingly, she picks this instrument up pretty quickly. She teaches herself a few songs and then begins writing her own. She loves the moments when she gets to be home alone and picks up the guitar to sing whatever is in her heart. Kay says, “You’re able to say so many things through song that you’d be unable to otherwise. It’s definitely one of the best gifts that you could have. Even expressing your emotions through a song that someone else wrote is a joy.” Now, she’s a bit older, still playing guitar, but also learning how to play piano and dj’ing. She loves watching people dance and introducing folks to a song that they’ve never heard. Country, pop, rock, classical, rap, r&b, electronic… she can’t get enough of it. She loves breaking it all down and hearing how everything came to be- the lyrics, the guitar sounds, the keys, drum beat, the groove of the bass…all of it, individually and together, ignites something inside of her.

Music is an emotional experience for Kay. Whether she’s playing it or listening to it, she finds comfort. It can make her laugh, put a smile on her face, bring her to tears, get her dancing, enable her to release anger, or help her to let go. She thanks God for the gift.

“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”

Vick Lampkin

     Vick Lampkin is married to Katrina and have a blended family of six children. After growing up in Clarksdale Mississippi as the oldest child, and moving to Memphis as a teenager, Vick always found himself working and helping out financially, by buying his own clothes and school supplies. At the age of 15, he started working at Kroger in almost every department of the store.
     Vick is a music enthusiast and starting playing trumpet in the band, which led to him receiving a scholarship at then, Memphis State University. After starting college right after high school, he also started working for Fed Ex as a package handler. At this point, he was working two part time jobs, attending school, and marching in the band. Vick credits the hard work ethic to his mother, Essie who often worked 2 jobs, and sometimes 3 jobs at Christmas to make sure that her children had the things that they needed.
     After completing 2 years at Memphis State, Vick was offered a fulltime job at Richards Medical Company. Because he was working so many hours and conflicting schedules, he decided to focus on work. After working in one of the most physically demanding jobs for almost 10 years, Vick began to take on additional responsibilities at Smith & Nephew(formerly Richards). He was then offered a position as a supervisor, and held that position for 7 years, and is currently a Business Unit Manager. Vick is responsible for the Packaging Operations, as well as Manufacturing Training & Development. 
     Vick is currently enrolled at Union University and hopes to complete his Bachelors degree  in Organizational Management in December 2011. In his spare time, Vick enjoys live sound engineering, and has begun learning aspects of studio recording.
    



Katrina Lampkin

Katrina Lampkin is married to Vick Lampkin, and the mother of a blended family of 6 children. She was born in Memphis Tn, and has lived there all of her life. Although Katrina attended Booker T.Washington High School, she later graduated from Overton High School. After high school, she attended the University of Memphis where her ultimate goal was to be a designer. 

     After her first child was born, she began a successful career as a Leasing Consultant, and afterwards, an Apartment Manager. She later had the opportunity to also work as an administrative assitant at one of Memphis' most prestigous law firms. During that time, she also pursued her desire to obtain her cosmetology license. 

     In 2009, Katrina obtained her license as a cosmetologist. She often remembers as a 15 year old, neighbors coming to her mother's house for her to style their hair. Now that she is licensed and currently working in a salon, Katrina hopes to open her own salon within the next two years.   

Rosalyn Lampkin-Jones

Rosalyn is the proud wife of Kendall Jones and the mother of two children. She received her Education Specialist Degree in Leadership in Educational Administration,  and a Master of Education degree in Special Education from Delta State University. Rosalyn also completed her Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Finance from Delta State University.

     Currently, Rosalyn is an Inclusion Language Arts teacher for the Memphis City School System. Rosalyn believes that "education unlocks the doors of opportunity to an individual's life; the opportunity to be the best that one can be in a world  that is constantly changing", and that "one of the wonderful aspects of education is the array of paths one can take". Rosalyn also believes that "effective teachers and leaders are driven by their own personal theories and are influenced by their self-efficacy beliefs".

     Rosalyn has developed a heartfelt love for her teaching profession. For her professional dedication, she has been awarded numerous honors that endow her "with  a strong sense of pride and achievement". Her foundation for continuous growth as an educator is her "family values, students' progress and personal achievements".

     At present, Rosalyn is working toward a Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Leadership and Mangement. She describes her "leadership paradigm as inclusive, collaborative and proactive within the diverse range of professionalism and academic cultures". Rosalyn believes that "all children should have equal opportunities to learn". It is her desire as an educator to "help students meet their full potential in these areas by providing a safe environment, supporting risk-taking, and sharing ideas". For her Doctoral degree, Rosalyn plans to do research that leads "directly to improve teaching and learning".