About
Trustees & Advisory Council
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Drew Tessier, Chair
Union Pacific Railroad
Scott Gaudin, Chair-Elect
Currency Bank
Melissa Dotson, Secretary
Shell
Alex Tucker, Treasurer
Faulk & Winkler, LLC
Paula Davis, Member-at-Large
House Representative Dist. 69
Joshua Hollins, Member-at-Large
The Hollins Law Firm
Kristy McKearn, Member-at-Large
Elevance Health/Healthy Blue
Seth Schilling, Member-at-Large
Entergy Louisiana, LLC
Elizabeth Canfield, Immediate Past Chair
The Dunham School
Sarah Allen
Cox Communications
Noah Boudreaux
MESH
Tyler Gray, Secretary
LA Dept of Energy and Natural Resources
Sarah Haneline
BASF
Dr. Louis Jeansonne, IV
Ochsner Health
Haley Jones
Beausoleil Books
Parker Kilgore
Jones Walker
Heather Leblanc
Greg Beyer CPA, LLC
Erin Nugent
Julio Perez
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Mendi Robinson
Lamar Advertising Company
Dr. Melissa Thompson
Success Labs
Shawn Usher
Sparkhound, LLC
Lauren Whatley
Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Daryl Williams
Facilities Maintenance Management, LLC (FMM)
Dr. Gresdna Doty, Trustee Emerita
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Ty Bromell
Louisiana Lobbying Solutions, LLC
Eric Dexter
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
David Faulk
Faulk and Meek General Contractors
Derek Fife
Arkel Constructors Inc.
Garrett Hiebert
H&E Equipment
Kris Kirkpatrick
Long Law Firm, LLP
Scott Kirkpatrick
Pelican State Partners
Alex Layfield
Jones Walker
Tommy LeJeune
Faulk & Winkler, LLC
Jason MacMorran
Postlethwaite & Netterville
Virginia Noland
Gary Phillips
Republic Finance, LLC
Tommy Teepell
Lamar Advertising
Suzanne Turner
Suzanne Turner Associates Landscape Architecture
Kathy Fletcher Victorian
Healthy Blue Louisiana
Karen Soniat, Ph.D., President & Executive Director
