Ruth Gregory of Little Rock was recently selected accounting and business instructor at East Central Community College in Decatur, announced ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin.

Gregory, who began her new duties on Aug. 13, 2010, served the past year as  business and office technology instructor at the Philadelphia/Neshoba County Career-Technical Center, a division of ECCC.

She is former business and office technology instructor at ECCC, where she served from 2004-2009. She is also a former English and Business Technology instructor at Union Public Schools.

Prior to her employment in Union, she served as Business/Technology Discovery teacher at Scott Central Attendance Center and taught English at Lake High School. She also served two years as English and business instructor for the Department of Defense Dependents’ Schools in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

In addition, Gregory is a former business instructor at the Forest/Scott County Vo-Tech Center and Poplarville High School. She is also a former adjunct instructor at ECCC.

A graduate of Beulah Hubbard High School, Gregory received an Associate in Arts degree from ECCC in 1982 and earned bachelor and master’s degrees in business education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1984 and 1985 respectively. She has completed additional coursework in computer applications from Mississippi State University and in online accounting from American Public University System in Charles Town, West Virginia.

She is married to Mike Gregory, operations manager of Georgia Poultry in Bay Springs. They have two children – Troy, a senior, and Danielle, a sophomore, who both attend Newton County High School.