Chairman
William D. Aaron, Jr.
Managing Shareholder, Aaron, PLC

Vice Chairman
D. Mark Singletary
President & Publisher, New Orleans CityBusiness

Secretary
Yvonne Mitchell-Grubb
President, MG Consulting

Treasurer
Fredrick Parker
General Manager, New South Parking

Immediate Past Chairman
Patricia C. Denechaud*
President & CEO, Crescent City Consultants

Mullady Voelker Alford
Director, Private Duty, Gifted Nurses

Justin T. Augustine, III
Vice President, Veolia Transportation Services

Loren Blanchard
Senior V.P. for Academic Affairs, Xavier University of Louisiana

Mark E. Blanchard
President & CEO, New Orleans Cold Storage

Sheila B. Burns
President, Burns Management Group, Inc.

Joseph C. Canizaro*
Chairman, First Trust Corporation

Steve Caputo
Hotel Manager, Hotel Monteleone

Cristina Fowler Chauvin
Associate, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli

Lucy Chun
Senior Real Estate Associate, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers, Inc.

Melissa A. Gibbs
Business Development, Gibbs Construction, LLC

Michael P. Gnau
Director, Business Development, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Keith M. Hitchens
President, Gentilly Ridge Renaissance

Gary P. LaGrange
President & CEO, Port of New Orleans

John Little
Director of Operations-Terminals, International Matex Tank Terminals

Calvin Mackie
Managing Partner, Channel ZerO Group, LLC

Jennifer Keating Magee
CEO, Keating Magee Marketing Communications

Alden J. McDonald, Jr.*
President & CEO, Liberty Bank & Trust

Alton K. McRee
President & CEO, Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank

Charles W. Nelson
Chairman & President, Waldemar S. Nelson & Company, Inc.

E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.*
Senior Partner, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P.

Karen Rawls
Public & Government Affairs, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company

Steve Sawyer
Vice President of Public Affairs, Cox Communications

E. Paige Sensenbrenner
Senior Partner in Charge, Adams & Reese

Gary B. Silbert
Director of Economic Development, Entergy New Orleans

David B. St. Etienne
President & CEO, Ultimate Techinical Solutions, Inc.

Hasting Stewart
Senior Communications Manager, Shell Oil Company

Charles C. Teamer, Sr.*
Vice Chairman, First NBC Bank

Roderic Teamer
Director of Metro and Business Development, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

Chris Todaro
Director, Operations, Folgers Coffee

Michael Tubbs
Senior V.P., Bowen, Miclette, & Britt, Inc.

Joel Vilmenay
President & General Manager, WDSU

James M. Williams
Partner, Gauthier, Houghtaling, and Williams, LLP

Maggie V. Woodruff
Economic Development & Community Outreach Planner, Regional Planning Commission

Jimmie Woods
CEO, Metro Disposal, Inc.

*-Denotes Past Chairperson

G. Ben Johnson – President & CEO