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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

GNO, Inc.’s Board of Directors is comprised of business leaders from across the region, and a wide range of industries. The Board provides oversight and drives a series of multi-year initiatives that move the region forward, including state fiscal reform, economic mobility, and workforce development.

Executive Committee

Christopher J. Kane

Chair
Adams and Reese

Michael Hecht

President & CEO
Greater New Orleans, Inc.

[email protected]

Leah Brown

Chair-Elect
Chevron

Kim Boyle

Secretary and Treasurer
Phelps Dunbar

Patrick Comer

Cint

Jim Cook

Sheraton - New Orleans Hotel

Richard F. Cortizas

Past Chair Emeritus
Jones Walker

Tommy Faucheux

Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association

Todd C. James

Broadmoor

Gay Le Breton

Past Chair Emeritus
Chaffe & Associates

Marina Suarez

Immediate Past Next Gen Chair
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Paul Matthews

Port of South Louisiana

Aimee Quirk

Ochsner Health

Matthew Saacks

Ampirical Solutions

Guy Williams

Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

John Zollinger, IV

Home Bank

Board of Directors

Tony Adams

First Horizon

Kristi App

World Trade Center New Orleans

Ryan Burks

RYCARS Construction LLC

Jaimmé A. Collins

Liberty Bank

Lacey Merrick Conway

Latter & Blum

Courtney Davis

Bart’s Office

Karen DeBlieux

Capital One

John Donahue

DonahueFavret

Elizabeth Ellison-Frost

Chalmette Refining /PBF Energy

Greg Feirn

LCMC Health

Ken Flower

Woodward

Jared Freeman

OnPath Federal Credit Union

Steve A. Friedman

Pan-American Life Insurance Group

Todd Fuller

Associated Terminals

Stacey Gautreau

Dow

Lauren Gibbs

Gibbs Construction

Ben Hales

New Orleans Saints and Pelicans

Liz Hefler

Hancock Whitney

Todd C. James

Broadmoor

Andy Kopplin

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Anne Teague Landis

Landis Construction

Louis Lauricella

Lauricella Land Co.

Tandra LeMay

Verizon

William Lemoine

LEMOINE

Ronnie Mains

CRC Global Solutions

Matt Mancheski

T. Parker Host

Jonathan Matessino

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Phillip May

Entergy Louisiana

Jude Melville

b1BANK

Chrystal Morgan

Boeing

Patrick Morris

Shell

Daniel Padilla

DXC Technology

Anthony Pope

Cox

E. Fredrick Preis, Jr.

Jefferson Business Council

Aimee Quirk

Ochsner Health

Graham Ralston

Regions Bank

Christopher Reade

LookFar

Deanna Rodriguez

Entergy New Orleans

Matthew Rosenboom

International-Matex Tank Terminals

Brian Rotolo

EY

Shelby Russ

AOS Interior Environments

Matthew Saacks

Ampirical Solutions

Eric Schouest

Cleco

Mike J. Seigel

Corporate Realty

Andrew Sheppard

EMR Southern Recycling

Glen D. Smith

The Magnolia Companies of Louisiana

Jeffrey Stadler

JP Morgan Chase Bank

Dana Stumpf

Durr Heavy Construction

Neel Sus

Susco

Mike Tillman

Rain CII

Townsend Underhill

Stirling Properties

Dan Wagner

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

Scott T. Whittaker

Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann

Past Chair Emeritus

Dale Benoit

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Susan Bonnett Bourgeois

Immediate Past Chair
Louisiana Economic Development

Maura W. Donahue

DonahueFavret Contractors

Tommy Faucheux

Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association

Philip J. Gunn

EisnerAmper

Tara Hernandez

JCH Properties+

William H. Hines

Jones Walker

William D. Hoffman

Woodward Interests

Jim Hudson

Citizens National Bank

Leslie Jacobs

Patricia LeBlanc

LeBlanc Fantaci Villio

Marty Mayer

Stirling Properties

Suzanne Mestayer

ThirtyNorth Investments

William A. Oliver

(1947-2019)
William A. Oliver Enterprises

Patrick Quinlan

Hippo Technologies, Inc.

Gregory Rusovich

Transoceanic Development

William Henry Shane, Jr.

Favrot & Shane

University Ex-Officio

James H. Ammons

Southern University at New Orleans

Jim Carlson

Northshore Technical Community College

Michael A. Fitts

Tulane University

Rochelle L. Ford

Dillard University

Kathy Johnson

President, University of New Orleans

Stanton F. McNeely, III

University of Holy Cross

Larissa Littleton-Steib

Delgado Community College

Quintin D. Taylor

River Parishes Community College

Tina Tinney

Nunez Community College

C. Reynold Verret

Xavier University

William Wainwright

Southeastern Louisiana University

Honorary Advisor

Jon Atkinson

The Idea Village

Pete Dufresne

St. James Parish President

Bret A. Clesi

Louisiana Consular Corps

Lee Giorgio

Select Properties

Katie Klibert

Chair
Magnolia Strategic Consultants

Merritt Lane

Canal Barge

Jay Lapeyre

Laitram

Walt Leger III

New Orleans & Company

Ti Martin

Commander’s Palace

Roger Ogden

Ogden Development and Investments