CABL has re-elected Shreveport attorney Malcolm Murchison as Chair of the organization for 2023. He will serve on CABL’s Board of Directors along with a slate of officers from across the state, steering the organization in its 61st year of service to Louisiana.
“I am honored to serve another term as chair of CABL as we continue to pursue its mission to improve the quality of life for all Louisianians,” he said. “Our focus remains consistent in the areas of education, state fiscal policies and reform, and civic engagement. I look forward to CABL’s continued collaborative, nonpartisan efforts with the Committee of 100, PAR and the Louisiana legislature in the pursuit of meaningful policy changes in this important state election year.”
Murchison is a founding member of the law firm Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, LLC with offices in Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He has been regularly named to the list of Best Lawyers in America since 2010 and been recognized many times for his work in the fields of real estate, energy, and natural resources.
Active in the Shreveport community, he has served on the CABL Board of Directors since 2011. He is past Chairman of the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana (BRF); the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce; the Shreveport Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau; and Dean’s Advisory Council for the Louisiana Tech College of Business. He is an alumnus of Louisiana Tech University and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Murchison will lead the CABL Board along with Chair-elect Heather Spillers Poole, Executive Vice-Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs at Central Louisiana Technical Community College in Alexandria; Vice Chairman, William “Bill” Fontenot, President & CEO, Cleco, of Alexandria; Treasurer Robert Schneckenburger, Senior Regional President, Hancock Whitney Bank, of Baton Rouge; Secretary Gwen Hamilton, Director of Community Affairs, New Schools for Baton Rouge, of Baton Rouge; and Immediate-Past-Chair Tyron Picard, Principal with the Picard Group, of Lafayette.
In addition, two new members were elected to the CABL Board of Directors. They are: Carlos Calix, Assistant Vice President, School Partnerships, Ochsner Health System, of New Orleans; and Phillip May, President & CEO of Entergy Louisiana, of New Orleans.