2008 – 2009 Board of Directors
Martin A. Mayer
Chairman of the Board
Stirling Properties, Inc.
Michael Hecht
President & CEO
GNO, Inc.

James M. Hudson
Chairman-Elect
OMNI BANK

Gregory R. Rusovich
Secretary/Treasurer
Transoceanic Shipping Co. Inc.

William A. Oliver
Immediate past Chairman
AT&T Louisiana
Members

Patrick J. Quinlan
Ochsner Health System

Howard Daigle
Sector Co-Chairman:
Advanced Manufacturing
Daigle Fisse & Kessenich, PLC

Lawrence M. Rase
Sector Co-Chairman:
International Trade
CGB Enterprises

Lizette M. Terral
Sector Co-Chairman:
Energy,
Chase Bank

Frank Glaviano
Sector Co-Chairman:
Energy,
Shell Oil & Production

Timothy P. Ryan
Sector Co-Chairman:
Creative and Digital Media
University of New Orleans

Ashton J. Ryan, Jr.
First NBC Bank

Steven C. Hemperley
Capital One Bank

William Henry Shane, Jr.
Past Chair, Emeritus
Favrot & Shane Companies

John P. Manard, Jr.
Phelps Dunbar, LLP

Arnold B. Baker
Baker Ready Mix & Building Materials

Shelley MacNary
Entergy Louisiana

Karl E. Hoefer
IBERIABANK

Mark J. Spansel
Adams and Reese, LLP

Steven A. Kuiper
Acadian Ambulance Service

Raymond Seamon
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Landscape Specialty, Inc.

Tom Meyer
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Benefit Planning Group

Charles C. Teamer, Sr.
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Dryades Savings Bank

John M. Turner , Jr.
Whitney National Bank

Dale Benoit
Plaquemines Association
of Business & Industry
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Walter J. Leger, Jr.
St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce
Leger & Shaw

Suzanne Mestayer
Past Chair, Emeritus
Advisean Parnters, LLC

John F. Little, III
International Matex Tank Terminals

Daniel R. Schaus
East St. Tammany
Chamber of Commerce
CLECO Power LLC

Jean M. Champagne
West St. Tammany Parish
Delta Core Development, LLC

William H. Nungesser
Co-Chair, Council of Governments
Plaquemines Parish President

Leslie Jacobs
Strategic Comp

Sean C. Hunter
Louis Armstrong International Airport

David Mize
New Orleans Federal Alliance

William H. Hines
Past Chair, Emeritus
Jones Walker

Thomas G. Fierke
Vice Chair,
Regional Public Policy
Committee
Lockheed Martin

Michelle Park
The Idea Village, Inc.

Woody Oge
Chair, Regional Workforce Development Committee
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems

Jan Robert
Vice-Chair, Regional Workforce Development Committee
St Tammany Healthcare Alliance

Gary B. Silbert
Chair, Regional Public Policy Committee
Entergy New Orleans

J. Stephen Perry
New Orleans
Convention and Visitors Bureau

Darryl d'Aquin
CommTech Industries

Taylor Beery
Frantzen, Voelker and
Conway Investments

Tim Coulon
Jefferson Business Council

John Crain
Tangipahoa Parish
Southeastern Louisiana University

Ron D. Wright
Delgado Community
College
