Board of Governors
2026-2027
Executive Committee Members
Laurie Young
Chair & Chair, Trust Your Crazy Ideas Committee
Adams &Reese
Brandon Smith
Vice Chair
Flexicrew Technical Services
Mason Couvillon
Treasurer & Chair- Budget, Finance, & Audit Committee
Dardis Couvillon & Associates
Larry Closs
Chair - Board Engagement Committee
Luvem
Chad Berg
Immediate Past Chair
Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Katharine Kay
Chair - Fund Development Committee
Capital One
Suzi Swoop O’Brien
Co-Chair - Strategy Committee
Peoples Health / United Healthcare
Diedra Kramer
Co-Chair - Strategy Committee
Sutter Health
Todd Matherne
Member-at-Large
Renaissance Publishing
Janell Pulliam
Member-at-Large
Ernst & Young, LLP
Lee Anne Sciambra
Chair - Fund Development Committee
KPMG, LLP
Shaun Norris
Member-at-Large
HUB International Ltd.
David Waller
Chair- JA Education Foundation
Active Board Members
Cara Bergendahl | Ochsner Health
Skipper Bond | S-Bond Consulting
Scott P. Cunningham| Hancock Whitney Bank
Jonathan deLauréal | Bernhard Capital Partners
Billy Douglas | LCMC Health
Brad L. Fleming | Hard Rock Construction, LKC
Edward F. Harold | Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Theodore Lee | Segnette Capital, LLC
Dr. Larissa Littleton-Steib | Delgado Community College
Dawn Lopez | Associated Terminals, LLC
Adam Matasar | Jones Walker, LLP
Daniel Maurin| First Horizon
Meaghan McCormack | St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation
Crystal McDonald | Talent Activated
Sarah N. McLaughlin-Porteous | Delta Utilities
Todd McPherson | PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Gary Osorno | AccuTRANS, LLC
Elaine Reyes | Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Lori Sander | Gulf Coast Bank and Trust
Faith G. Saragusa | Regions Bank
Sherry Serio | Palmisano Foundation
Patrick Stack, Jr. | Entergy Corporation
Neel Sus | Susco Solutions
Clark Todd | Blessey Marine Services, Inc.
Sara Waldvogel | HUB International Gulf South, 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