Board of Directors

Elizabeth Ellison-Frost

Executive Committee Chairwoman Chalmette Refining - PBF Energy, Community Relations Manager

Peter Boylan III

Executive Committee Vice Chairman Treehouse Ventures, LLC, Partner

Amy Boyle Collins

Executive Committee Treasurer Gambel Communications, President & CEO

Anthony LaMothe

Executive Committee Secratary Anthony LaMothe Photography, Principal Photographer

Shelina Davis

Immediate Past Chairwoman 2025 Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), Chief Executive Officer

Natalie Barranco

PRIME Business Advisory Solutions, Owner

Dan Barron

Audacy, SVP/Market Manager

Timothy Bennett

Hancock Whitney - Main Office Branch, Senior Vice President, Corporate Banking

Sondra Brown

MDRG - Market Dynamics Research Group, Inc., President

Alita Caparotta

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Chief Administration Officer

Candice Carpenter

Liberty Senior Living -The Carrollton New Orleans, Senior Sales & Marketing Director

Scott Chapman

UnitedHealthcare , VP of Account Management

Barrett Conrad

Antares Technology Solutions, President & CEO

David Davitt

Wm. B. Reily & Company, Inc., Chief Operating Officer

Jennie Diemont

Deep Fried Advertising, President, Chief Creative Officer

Michele Fontenot

Peoples Health, Assistant Director, Network Performance & Engagement.

Hubert Franklin III

Veolia North America

Alice Glenn

New Orleans & Company, Executive Vice President

Kevin Gray

General Informatics, EVP, Security Services

Michael G. Griffin, MSPH, D. Sc.

DePaul Community Health Centers, President & CEO

Valerie M. Grubb

Val Grubb Keynote Speaker | Executive Coach | Leadership Development, Keynote Speaker | Executive Coach | Leadership Development Consultant

Randy Hayman

Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, Executive Director

Theresa Marie Jones

Evalv IQ LLC, Principal Consultant

Jay Huffstatler

OnPath Credit Union, Executive Director Of OnPath Foundation

Eric T. Jones

AT&T Louisiana, Regional Director, External Affairs

Coco Evans Judd

New Orleans CityBusiness, Advertising Executive

David Lawrence

Delta Administrative Services, LLC, President

Sunni LeBeouf

Cox Communications, Market Vice President, New Orleans

Alfred Liggans

Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co., SVP, Trust Manager, Trust Department

Larissa Littleton-Steib

Delgado Community College, Chancellor

Loren Marino

Port of New Orleans, Chief of Staff & V.P. of External Affairs

John Masaveg

Lockheed Martin

Amanda McFillen

The Historic New Orleans Collection, Director of Audience Engagement

Sarah McLaughlin Porteous

Delta Utilities, Vice President, Communications

Paul McGoey

Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana, Inc., VP of Development, Marketing & Public Relations

Tonia Moore

Ochsner Health, Director of Community Engagement

Candace Morgan

Verizon, Senior Director TX/LA

Keith Naccari

Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC, Founding Member

Mike Neelly

WDSU, President and General Manager

Ashley Page

Lamar Advertising, Account Executive

David Piscola

Hilton New Orleans Riverside, General Manager

Krista Pouncy-Dyson

Performance First Digital, Founder

Ryan Rodrigue

HUB International, Vice President

Angela Rowell

The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com | The New Orleans Advocate, Regional Director of Sales

Suchitra Satpathi

Pelican State Partners, Partner

Mikel Schaefer

WVUE-FOX 8, Vice President & General Manager

Jim Schoen

Fidelity Bank

Joshua St. Romain

OUTFRONT Media, Account Executive

Kevin Schorp

Folgers Coffee Company, Plant Manager

Nyka Scott

Entergy New Orleans Inc., Director, Public Affairs

Rebecca Sha

Phelps Dunbar LLP, Partner, Labor and Employment Group

Kerry Stockwell

Tulane University, Vice President for Government & Community Relations

Ron Stone

Shell USA, Inc., Senior Corporate Relations Advisor

Iam Tucker

Integrated Logistical Support, Inc., Owner

Casey Urschel

Uptown Benefits, Owner

Brittany Whitsell

Benson Enterprises, Charitable Giving & Development

Michael Williamson

United Way of Southeast Louisiana, President and Chief Executive Officer

Trisha Young

Atmos Energy, Director of Gas Supply Planning and Contract Admin

Roderic F. Teamer Sr.

Past Chairman 2024 Louisiana Blue, Director, Diversity Programs and Business Development

Todd Matherne

Past Chairman 2023 Biz New Orleans, CEO

Mindy Nunez Airhart

Past Chairwoman 2022 SSE Steel Fabrication, President & CEO

Jeffery Pilet

Past Chairman 2021 Lockheed Martin , NASA Michoud Assembly, Lockheed Martin Site Director

Brandon Davis

Past Chairman 2020 Phelps Dunbar LLP, Partner

Deanna Causey

Past Chairwoman 2019 B. C. Construction & Design, LLC, Project Manager

E. Paige Sensenbrenner

Past Chairman 2018 Adams and Reese LLP, Senior Partner in Charge

Melissa Gibbs

Past Chairman 2017 Gibbs Construction LLC, Business Development & SBE/DBE Outreach

Stephen Caputo

Past Chairman 2016 Hotel Monteleone, Hotel Manager

Justin Augustine

Past Chairman 2015 Transdev Services, Inc., Senior Vice President/Infrastructure & Supply Chain

Lisa Blossman

Past Chairwoman 2014 New Orleans CityBusiness, Group Publisher

William Aaron

Past Chairman 2012 Aaron & Gianna, PLC, Managing Shareholder

Patricia Denechaud

Past Chairman 2011 Crescent City Consultants, President

Charles Teamer

Past Chairman 2008-2010 The Teamer Strategy Group

E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.

Past Chairman 2005-2007 Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., Senior Partner

Alden McDonald

Past Chairman 2004- 2005 Liberty Bank and Trust Company, Chairman