William H. Dodson, an author and educator, will be the featured speaker during the July meeting of the Vicksburg Association of Marketing Professionals.

In 1997, Dodson was superintendent of the public schools in Pearl when high school student Luke Woodham went on a deadly shooting rampage. The experience led him to write “If Only I Had Known.”

VAMP meets at noon each first Tuesday at Ameristar Casino’s Heritage Buffet. For information, e-mail vicksburgmarketing@yahoo.com.