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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
Placid Refining Company, LLC

Sarah Haneline
BASF

Dr. Louis Jeansonne, IV
Ochsner Health

Haley Jones
Beausoleil Books

Parker Kilgore
Jones Walker

Heather Leblanc

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
Roedel Parsons

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

 

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