
Board of Governors
2023-2024
Executive Committee Members
Chad Berg
Board Chair
Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Laurie Young
Vice Chair
Adams and Reese, LLP
Mason Couvillon
Immediate Past Chair
Dardis Couvillon & Associates
Brandon Smith
Treasurer
Flexicrew Technical Services
Diedra Kramer
Chair - Strategy Committee
Sutter Health
Kevin Ericksen
Co-Chair - Fund Development Committee
Hancock Whitney Bank
Katharine Kay
Co-Chair - Fund Development Committee
Capital One
Jimmy Dunn
Secretary
Committee Chair - Board Engagement
First Horizon Bank
Active Board Members
Cara Bergendahl | Ochsner Health
Larry Closs | Luvem
Scott Cunningham| Hancock Whitney Bank
Jonathan deLauréal | Bernhard Capital Partners
Brad L. Fleming | | Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Ed Harold | Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Reginald Jackson | Entergy Corp.
Theodore Lee | Segnette Capital, LLC
Dawn Lopez | Associated Terminals, LLC
Adam Matasar | Jones Walker
Todd Matherne | Renaissance Publishing
Meaghan McCormack | St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation
Crystal McDonald | Talent Activated
Sarah N. McLaughlin-Porteous | Delta Utilities
Todd McPherson | PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Chase Mullin | Mullin
Shaun Norris |HUB International Ltd.
Suzi Swoop O’Brien | Peoples Health / United Healthcare
Gary Osorno | AccuTRANS, LLC
Janell B. Pulliam | Ernst & Young, LLP
Elaine Reyes | Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Lori Sander | Gulf Coast Bank and Trust
Faith G. Saragusa | Regions Bank
Lee Anne Sciambra | KPMG, LLP
Bryan P. Scofield | Pan-American Life Insurance Group
Sherry Serio | Palmisano Foundation
Brandon Sita | JPMorgan Chase
Dr. Larissa Littleton Steib | Delgado Community College
Neel Sus | Susco Solutions
Clark Todd | Blessey Marine Services, Inc.
Sidney Torres, IV | IV Capital, LLC
Sara Waldvogel | HUB International Ltd
Austin Zaunbrecher| J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Emeritus Board Members
Walter Blessey, Jr.
Blessey Marine Services, Inc.
Sandra R. Duncan
Rhodes Family of Business
Beverly R. Nichols
Bourgeois Bennett LLC