Board of Directors

President

President—Layna Cook Rush, J.D.;

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.

Secretary

Secretary—John S. Hightower, APR;

John S. Hightower, Public Affairs Counsel

Treasurer

Treasurer—Victor Vidaurre,

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Members-at-Large

Phillip J. Brantley, Ph.D. 

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Elizabeth Canfield, APR,

BASF

Quanda Charles,

Office of the Governor

Avery Corenswet, RN,

Ochsner Medical Center

Sarah Gillen, MPH,

Louisiana Public Health Institute

Charles Groat, Ph.D.;

Louisiana State University

Jeff Heaton,

Water Institute of the Gulf

Marilyn Barrios Kilgen, Ph.D;

Nicholls State University

Gretchen Ladner,

General Informatics

Lacy McManus, MBA,

Greater New Orleans, Inc.

William Noonan,

Community Volunteer

Edward B. Overton, Ph.D.;

LSU Environmental Sciences

Brad Spicer;

Louisiana Department of Agriculture

Tammy Swindle,

Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans

Amanda Vincent, Ph.D.;

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Stephen Walker, M.D.;

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana