Team

Our Team

Libbie Sonnier, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Candace Weber, Ph.D.

Partnerships Director

Mattilyn Karst Batson

Research & Policy Director

Jasmine Haralson

Communications & Operations Director

Sadie Becnel, J.D.

Government Affairs Director and General Counsel

Victoria Gudino

Communications Specialist

Zoe Johnson

Policy Analyst

Kristy Chauvin

Operations Manager

Celeste Carter

Project 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

Brown Builders

Bossier City, 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

Sonjia Brown-Joseph

Co-Owner & Executive Director

Clara's Little Lambs

New Orleans, 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

Elizabeth Guglielmo Picard

Of Counsel

Voorhies and Labbe

Lafayette, LA

Allen Richey

Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Chief of Staff to the CEO

Lumen Technologies

Monroe / Baton Rouge, LA

Phillip Rozeman, M.D.

Co-Founder

Cardiovascular Consultants

Shreveport, LA

Liz Smith

Chief Strategy Officer

Baton Rouge Alliance for Students

Baton Rouge, LA

Jim Tucker

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

Of Counsel

Baker Donelson

New Orleans, LA

Jonald J. Walker III

Managing Partner & CPA

Bruno & Tervalon, LLP

Lake Charles, LA

Luis C. Zervigon

Principal

Captrust

New Orleans, LA

Anthony Jennings Roy

Partner

Roy & Roy A Professional Legal, LLC

Marksville, LA