Mark Formby
Ex Officio Director, MWCC Chairman

Commissioner Mark Formby served twenty-four years in the Mississippi House of Representatives as a member of the Committees on Insurance, Energy, Public Utilities, Marine Resources, Oil and Gas, Education, Rules, Revenue and Expenditure, Ways and Means, and Interstate Cooperation. Mark has served as Chairman of the Insurance Committee, the Rules Committee, and the Revenue and Expenditure Committee.

He was recognized as one of the top five "pro-economic development" legislators 24 years in a row and was ranked by liberty.org as the number one supporter of individual rights in the Mississippi Legislature!

From 1987 to 1990, Commissioner Formby served on the Washington, D.C. staff of United States Senator Trent Lott as his Economic Development and Small Business Legislative Assistant and then returned to Picayune to serve as Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has been in private businesses in Picayune for over twenty-five years.

He graduated from Picayune Memorial High School and attended Pearl River Community College before receiving his Bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University in 1979.

He has been active with numerous civic and volunteer organizations and served as State President of the Mississippi Jaycees and National Vice President of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Commissioner Formby was appointed to the Workers Compensation Commission as Chairman in 2017 by Governor Phil Bryant and re-appointed to another 6-year term by Governor Tate Reeves in 2023. Chairman Formby serves on the State and School Employees Health Insurance Board, Mississippi Workers Compensation Education Association, and is currently serving as Vice President of the Southern Area Workers Compensation Administrators.

Commissioner Formby is still active in community service and serves as a deacon and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church.

He and his wife Rita have two children, Rebekah and Eli.

Chairman Formby's secretary, Lee Anne Muncie, may be reached by direct dial at 601-987-4258 or the Chairman may be reached at mformby@mwcc.ms.gov.