LEON L. GIORGIO
CEO
Select Properties, Ltd.
Lee Giorgio is an honored graduate of Holy Cross High School, with a B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and post-graduate studies at the University of Illinois in the Executive Development Program. Lee is the co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Select Properties, Ltd. and Select Properties, Ltd. Realty, specializing in all areas of commercial real estate since 1982.
He presently serves on the following civic Boards of Directors: Delgado Community College Foundation, Louisiana Community an26d Technical College System Foundation, Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, Ochsner Health Foundation, and Metropolitan Crime Commission
He continues to represent Jefferson Parish on the Regional Planning Commission since being appointed by all Parish Presidents since 2007, he serves on the Executive Committees of the Jefferson Business Council and the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce as well as the Jefferson Economic Development Commission Jefferson Edge Steering Committee.
Mr. Giorgio is Chairman of the Southeast Regional Coalition of Business Councils. He is an advisor to Greater New Orleans, Inc. Board of Directors, having served on the Board for many years. He was Co-Chair of Jefferson Parish Envision 2020 and continues the work serving on the 2040 Committee.
His civic awards are too numerous to enumerate but include outstanding contributions to Delgado Community College and the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce. He was honored in 2007 by Delgado Community College with a $100,000 Endowed Professorship (in perpetuity) and $60,000 in First Generation Endowed Undergraduate Program scholarships in Business and Workforce Development in his name. In 2024 the “Lee Giorgio Forum Room” in the Ochsner Building for Nursing and Allied Health was dedicated in his honor.
The “Godfather” of the Jefferson Chamber, he has earned almost every award the organization can bestow: 2003 Community Leader of the Year, 2007 Chairman’s Award, 2012 Board Member of the Year, 2014 and 2024 Joseph P. Rault Community Leader of the Year. In addition, he was the 2016 Rotary Club Citizen of the Year. Mr. Giorgio was honored and proud to be named King Argus XXXVII for 2022 Jefferson Parish Mardi Gras.
Lee Giorgio is the proud father of Jamie Lee Giorgio Palmer and Kellie Lee Giorgio Camelford. He is blessed with two grandchildren from Kellie: Reece Cordelia and Leon James. He is delighted to have as his life partner, Melanie Gross Cannatella. His two sons-in-law, Jason and Jay, have completed the circle.