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Team

Our Team

Libbie Sonnier, Ph.D.

CEO

Candace Weber, Ph.D.

Chief of Partnerships

Heather Cope

Chief of Staff

Lois Smyth

Chief of Development

Mattilyn Karst Batson

Research & Policy Director

Sadie Becnel, J.D.

Government Affairs Director and General Counsel

Victoria Gudino

Communications Manager

Kristy Chauvin

Operations Manager

Alex Cory, LMSW

Outreach & Partnerships Manager

Corey Himes

Senior Policy Analyst

Celeste Carter

Project Manager

Jordan Howard, MSW

Geaux Far Louisiana Project Director

Ashley Hebert, MPA

Senior Director of Strategy


Board of Directors

Jonald J. Walker III

President

Managing Partner & CPA

Bruno & Tervalon, LLP

Lake Charles, LA

Sharonda Williams, J.D.

Vice President

Vice-President/General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs

Loyola University

New Orleans, LA

Drew Chapman, CPA

Treasurer

Audit Director

Bourgeois Bennett, LLC

New Orleans, LA

Kristen Brown

Secretary

President

Brown Builders

Bossier City, LA

Mary Leach Werner

Immediate Past President

Director and Vice President

The North American Land Company, LLC

Lake Charles, 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

Vince Jackson

Vice President of Patient Access

Change Healthcare

Baton Rouge, 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

Dionne Rousseau, J.D.

Partner

Jones Walker, LLP

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

Anthony Jennings Roy

Partner

Roy & Roy A Professional Legal, LLC

Marksville, LA

Luis C. Zervigon

Principal

Captrust

New Orleans, LA