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Team

Our Team

Heather Cope

Chief of Staff

Libbie Sonnier, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Candace Weber, Ph.D.

Partnerships Director

Mattilyn Karst Batson

Research & Policy Director

Sadie Becnel, J.D.

Government Affairs Director and General Counsel

Victoria Gudino

Communications Manager

Zoe Johnson

Policy Analyst

Kristy Chauvin

Operations Manager

Krystal Critton

Geaux Far Louisiana Project Director

Celeste Carter

Project Manager

Alex Cory, LMSW

Outreach & Partnerships Manager


Board of Directors

Mary Leach Werner

President

Director and Vice President

The North American Land Company, LLC

Lake Charles, LA

Julie Morial, M.D.

Vice President

Chief Medical Officer

United Health Community and State for Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

Drew Chapman, CPA

Treasurer

Manager

Ericksen Krentel, CPA's and Consultants

New Orleans, LA

Vince Jackson

Secretary

Vice President of Patient Access

Change Healthcare

Baton Rouge, LA

Dionne Rousseau, J.D.

Immediate Past President

Partner

Jones Walker, LLP

Baton Rouge, LA

Kristen Brown

President

Brown Builders

Bossier City, LA

Sonjia Brown-Joseph

Co-Owner & Executive Director

Clara's Little Lambs

New Orleans, LA

Kim Carver

Senior Vice President of Government Relations

Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company

Mandeville, LA

John Dean, CPA

Owner & President

Air Systems, LLC

Shreveport, LA

John Diez

Public and Government Affairs Advisor

ExxonMobil

Elizabeth Guglielmo Picard

Of Counsel

Voorhies and Labbe

Lafayette, LA

Timothy Magner, Ed.D.

President

Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce

Shreveport, LA

Wes Martin

Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer

Bank of Oak Ridge

Monroe, LA

Jennifer Eplett Reilly

Founding Chair

New Schools for Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

Allen Richey

Baton Rouge, LA

Phillip Rozeman, M.D.

Co-Founder

Cardiovascular Consultants

Shreveport, LA

Nicholas Tomlinson, J.D., LL.M.

Assistant General Counsel

Entergy Services, LLC

New Orleans, LA

Jim Tucker

President/CEO

CommCare Management Corporation

Covington, LA

Jonald J. Walker III

Managing Partner & CPA

Bruno & Tervalon, LLP

Lake Charles, LA

Sharonda Williams, J.D.

Vice-President/General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs

Loyola University

New Orleans, LA

Anthony Jennings Roy

Partner

Roy & Roy A Professional Legal, LLC

Marksville, LA

Luis C. Zervigon

Principal

Captrust

New Orleans, LA