Stacey E. Pickering was elected as the forty-first State Auditor of Mississippi on November 6, 2007. A seventh generation Mississippian, Pickering currently serves on the Domestic Working Group for the Office of the Comptroller General of the United States. He also serves on the Financial Management and Intergovernmental Affairs and Performance Audit Committees for the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers and is a member of the National State Auditors Association. Prior to serving as State Auditor, Stacey was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 2003 to represent District 42 in Jones County. As Senator, Stacey served as Chairman of the Local and Private Committee and Chairman of Enrolled Bills Committee. In 2004, Stacey Pickering was named Legislator of the Year by the Mississippi Association of Realtors.

Stacey is a graduate of West Jones High School, alumnus of Jones County Junior College and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., and a Master’s Degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

He and his wife, Whitney, live in Laurel, Miss., with their four children where they are members of First Baptist Church.