2020 Leadership Louisiana Class Roster
- Brian Abshire, Vice President/Commercial Relationship Manager, Iberia Bank, Lake Charles
- Kristen Amond, JD, Partner, Mills & Amond LLP, New Orleans
- Brian Ballay, JD, Attorney, Baker Donelson, New Orleans/Belle Chase
- David Barczyk, DC, Owner, Barczyk Chiropractic Group, Lafayette
- Jarret Bauer, MS, Civil Engineer, All South Consulting Engineers, LLC, Baton Rouge/Gonzales
- Krystle Beauchamp Grindley, MPA, Communications Manager, Caddo Parish, Shreveport
- Anita Begnaud, CEO, Lafayette Downtown Development Authority, Lafayette
- Rebecca Blankenbaker, MA, Executive Director, Cane River National Heritage Area, Natchitoches/Campti
- Joseph Britt, MBA, Regional Procurement Manager, Westlake Chemical Corp., Geismar/Baton Rouge
- Nicholas Callais, MBA, Managing Partner, CFO & CCO, Callais Capital Management, Thibodaux/New Orleans
- Monique Clark, MBA, Owner/Principal Consultant, Robinson Clark Consulting, LLC, Houma
- Allison Clarke, MA, Deputy Secretary for the Office of GEAUX Biz, Louisiana Secretary of State, Baton Rouge/Crowley
- Em Cooper, MA, Executive Director of Academic Strategy, LA Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge
- Sondra Corbitt, Executive Director, Houma Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Gray/Houma
- Richard Cortizas, JD, Partner, Jones Walker, New Orleans
- Keith Cunningham, Jr., JD, Executive Director, Louisiana Housing Corporation, Baton Rouge
- Alexandra Deiro Stubbs, MBA, East Baton Rouge Public School System, Baton Rouge
- Susan Ellender, Vice-President, Client Relations, Associated Benefits Consulting, Metairie
- Bart Farmer, Managing Partner, The Workforce Group, LLC, Baton Rouge
- Stephen Fortson, JD, Member, Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, LLC, Shreveport
- Lance Glaser, MBA, Strategic Procurement Director, Performance Contractors, Inc., Baton Rouge
- Druit Gremillion, JD, Partner, Breazeale Sachse Wilson, Baton Rouge
- Valerie Grubb, MBA, President, Val Grubb and Associates, New Orleans
- Grant Guillot, JD, Partner, Adams and Reese LLP, Baton Rouge
- Douglas Harvey, MBA, Plant Manager, Drax Biomass, Monroe
- Shane Hilton, President, Cleco Power, LLC, Pineville
- Heather Hohensee, MBA, Manager of Government and Public Affairs in Southwest Louisiana, Tellurian, Inc., Houston/Lake Charles
- Tina Holland, Ph.D., President/CEO, Franciscan University, Baton Rouge
- Veneeth Iyengar, MS, Division of Administration, Baton Rouge
- Rhonda Jones, Market President, Hancock Whitney, Natchitoches/Natchez
- Mikki Mathews, Vice President Public Finance Investment Banking, Piper Sandler & Co., Baton Rouge/New Orleans
- Paul Matthews, MBA, Deputy Director, Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District, Belle Chase/Metairie
- Caroline Mays, Baton Rouge Area Contracts Administration Section Supervisor, ExxonMobil Corporation, Baton Rouge
- Mark D. Mouton, MBA, Manager, Retention & Expansion, Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Lafayette
- Christy Naquin, Executive Director, SCIA, Houma/Thibodaux
- Somesh Nigam, Ph.D., Chief Analytics & Data Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge
- Tad Patella, Director of Gas Operations, Entergy, New Orleans/Kenner
- Amelia Pellegrin, MS, Planning and Major Projects Director, City of Gretna, New Orleans/Gretna
- Susannah Poljak, JD, Early Childhood Consultant, Step Forward of North Louisiana, Shreveport
- Carrie Robison, MA, Deputy Commissioner for Sponsored Programs, Board of Regents, Baton Rouge
- Rodney “Poncho” Seaford, SWLA Regional Manager, Business First Bank, Lake Charles/Sulphur
- Libbie Sonnier-Netto, Ph.D., Executive Director, Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, New Orleans
- Nick Speyrer, President, Emergent Method, Baton Rouge
- Emily Stich, MPA, Director, Leadership Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Area Chamber, Baton Rouge
- Julie Stokes, CEO, CFP, Flame Consulting & Stokes and Associates, Metairie/Kenner
- Reginald Thomas, Marshal, Lafayette Marshal’s Office, Lafayette
- Greg Trahan, Director of Economic Development, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge/St. Gabriel
- Rachel Veron, Ph.D., MPA, Director of Analytics, LSU Foundation, Baton Rouge
- Dawn Vick, MD, Pediatrician, Baton Rouge Clinic, Baton Rouge
- Bill Willson, Market President, Ouachita Parish, Century Next Bank, Monroe
- Corey Wilson, JD, Superintendent, BREC, Baton Rouge
- Travis Woodard, MBA, Executive Vice President, CSRS, Baton Rouge