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Trustees & Advisory Council

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Seth Schilling, Chair
Entergy Louisiana

Melissa Dotson, Chair-Elect
Shell

Scott Gaudin, Immediate Past Chair
Currency Bank

Alex Tucker, Treasurer
Faulk & Winkler, LLC

Joshua Hollins, Secretary
Stifel Institutional

Scott Berg, Member-at-Large
Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry

Haley Jones, Member-at-Large

Kristy McKearn, Member-at-Large
Elevance Health

Mendi Robinson, Member-at-Large
Lamar Advertising Company

Sarah Haneline, Member-at-Large
BASF

Cary Saurage, Trustee Emeritus

Dr. Gresdna Doty, Trustee Emerita

Keith Biedenharn
Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Noah Boudreaux
MESH

Elizabeth Canfield
The Dunham School

Parker Kilgore
Jones Walker

Stephanie Miller
ExxonMobil

Erin Nugent

Drew Tessier
Union Pacific Railroad

Melissa Thompson
Success Labs

Shawn Usher
Sparkhound, LLC

Kristin Wall
LWCC

Candace Weber
La Capitale Chapter of the Links, Incorporated

Rani G. Whitfield
Baton Rouge Family Physician

MaryBeth Wilkerson
Adams & Reese LLP

Daryl Williams
Facilities Maintenance Management, LLC

Kimberly Wyatt
Ochsner Health

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Gary Phillips, Chair 
Sarah Allen                                                                                                                            Veronica Asmond 
Dakota Ball 
Ty Bromell 
Paula Davis 
Eric Dexter 
Jim Dicharry 
Tiffany Dickerson 
Marty Engquist 
David Faulk 
Rose Marie Fife 
Tyler Gray 
Garrett Hiebert 
Khanh Ho, MD 
Louis Jeansonne IV, MD 
Susannah Johannsen 
C. Kris Kirkpatrick 
Scott Kirkpatrick 
Alex Layfield 
Heather LeBlanc 
Tommy LeJeune 
Jason MacMorran 
Virginia Noland 
Harry J. “Skip” Philips 
Drew Reilly 
John Spain 
David Stogner 
Tommy Teepell 
Suzanne Turner 
Kathy Fletcher Victorian 
Lauren Whatley 

Karen Soniat, Ph.D., President & Executive Director

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