Board of Governors

2023-2024


Executive Committee Members


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Mason Couvillon

Immediate Past Chair
Dardis Couvillon & Associates

Chad Berg

Chad Berg

Board Chair
Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry

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Diedra Kramer

Vice Chair
Sutter Health

Brandon Smith

Treasurer
Flexicrew Technical Services


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Kevin Ericksen

Co-Chair - Fund Development Committee
Hancock Whitney Bank

Katharine Kay

Katharine Kay

Co-Chair - Fund Development Committee
Capital One

Jimmy Dunn

Secretary
Committee Chair - Board Engagement
First Horizon Bank

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Laurie Young

Chair - Trust Your Crazy Ideas Challenge
Adams and Reese, LLP


Active Board Members


Larry Closs | MaxHome, LLC
Ed Harold | Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Reginald Jackson | Entergy Corp.
Theodore Lee | Segnette Capital, LLC
Dawn Lopez | Associated Terminals, LLC
Todd Matherne | Renaissance Publishing
Meaghan McCormack | St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation
Crystal McDonald | Talent Activated
Sarah N. McLaughlin-Porteous, PMP | City of New Orleans
Todd McPherson | PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Chase Mullin | Mullin
Shaun Norris | HUB International
Suzi Swoop O’Brien | Peoples Health / United Healthcare

Janell B. Pulliam | Ernst & Young, LLP
Elaine Reyes | Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Tom Richert | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
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
Neel Sus | Susco Solutions
Clark Todd | Blessey Marine Services, Inc.
Sidney Torres, IV | IV Capital, LLC
Sara Waldvogel | USI Insurance
Cara Bergendahl | Ochsner Health
Adam Matasar | Jones Walker
Dr. Larissa Littleton Steib | Delgado Community College


Emeritus Board Members


Walter Blessey, Jr.

Blessey Marine Services, Inc.

Sandra R. Duncan

Rhodes Family of Business

Beverly R. Nichols

Bourgeois Bennett LLC