Our Board

Exec­u­tive Board

Henry Coaxum

Chair

Pres­i­dent, Coaxum Enter­prises, Inc.

Leslie Jacobs

Vice Chair

Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent, Strate­gic Comp.

Justin T. Augus­tine III

Trea­surer

Vice Pres­i­dent, Veo­lia Trans­porta­tion
CEO, New Orleans Regional Tran­sit Authority

John C. Hope III

Sec­re­tary

For­mer Chair­man and CEO, Whit­ney National Bank and Whit­ney Hold­ing Corporation

Mem­bers

Dwayne G. Bernal

Owner and Pres­i­dent, Royal Engi­neers & Consultants

Hal Brown

Owner, For­tuné Development

Andrea Chen

Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Pro­peller

Hon­or­able Jacque­line Brech­tel Clarkson

Councilmember-At-Large, New Orleans City Coun­cil President

Patri­cia Hightower

Pres­i­dent and CEO, Bayou Equity Mortgage

Dar­lene Kattán

Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, His­panic Cham­ber of Com­merce of Louisiana

Michael W. Kear­ney, Sr.

Pres­i­dent and CEO, Kear­ney Com­pa­nies, Inc.

Mitchell Lan­drieu

Hon­or­able Mayor of New Orleans
Mayor, City of New Orleans

Rita Ben­son LeBlanc

Owner/Vice Chair­man of the Board, New Orleans Saints & New Orleans Hornets

Charles Rice

Pres­i­dent and CEO, Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Ronald J. Sholes

Part­ner, Adams and Reese LLP

Robert Woll­farth

Of Coun­sel, Baker Donel­son