JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Gov. Jay Nixon today issued the following statement regarding the announcement that Ann Covington has decided to step down from the University of Missouri Board of Curators:
“I respect Ann’s decision and greatly appreciate her decades of service to the people of Missouri, including her most recent tenure as a member of the Board of Curators,” Gov. Nixon said. “Ann Covington is a trailblazer, a leader and an outstanding Missourian. On behalf of the people of Missouri, I thank Ann for her exemplary service. The First Lady and I wish her all the best as she devotes her full attention to her family during this time.”
Prior to her appointment to the Board of Curators, Covington was appointed by Gov. John Ashcroft in 1989 as the first female judge to serve on the Missouri Supreme Court. Covington earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her law degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1977.
Covington was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in Jan. 2013 by Gov. Nixon.
