Joe Max Higgins Jr., an Arkansas native, has received the National Rural Economic Development Association's Leadership Award.

Joe Max Higgins Jr., an Arkansas native, has received the National Rural Economic Development Association's Leadership Award. Higgins is the CEO of The Link in Mississippi. He was named to the 1999 list of "40 Under 40" in Arkansas Business.

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