Board of Governors
2025-2026
Executive Committee Members
Laurie Young
Chair
Adams and Reese, LLP
Brandon Smith
Vice Chair
Flexicrew Technical Services
Jimmy Dunn
Secretary &
Co-Chair -Board Engagement Committee
First Horizon Bank
Mason Couvillon
Treasurer & Chair- Budget, Finance, & Audit Committee
Dardis Couvillon & Associates
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
Shaun Norris
Co-Chair Board Engagement Committee
HUB International Ltd.
Beverly Nichols
Chair- JA Education Foundation
Retired
Active Board Members
Cara Bergendahl | Ochsner Health
Larry Closs | Luvem
Scott Cunningham| Hancock Whitney Bank
Jonathan deLauréal | Bernhard Capital Partners
Brad L. Fleming | Hard Rock Construction, LKC
Ed Harold | Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Reginald Jackson | Entergy Corp.
Theodore Lee | Segnette Capital, LLC
Dr. Larissa Littleton-Steib | Delgado Community College
Dawn Lopez | Associated Terminals, LLC
Adam Matasar | Jones Walker
Meaghan McCormack | St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation
Crystal McDonald | Talent Activated
Sarah N. McLaughlin-Porteous | Delta Utilities
Todd McPherson | PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Gary Osorno | AccuTRANS, LLC
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
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