Dionne's main area of responsibility is church programming in areas such as Sunday School, Discipleship, Singles, Senior Adults, etc.  Dionne is a graduate of Mississippi State University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  He is married to Susie and has two children and two grandchildren, Cooper and Anna Mills.  He was minister of education at First Baptist Church of Gulfport, MS before coming to this position in February of 2000.