Board and Staff
Meet the team that’s leading the way for the Greater New Orleans region.
Board
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David Barksdale
Board Chair
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Alex Gershanik
Board Vice Chair
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Jeanette Davis-Loeb
Board Secretary
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R. Foster Duncan
Board Treasurer
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Robert A. Bories
Past Chair
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Erica Beck
Board Member
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Lynne Burkart
Board Member
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Ronald V. Burns, Sr.
Board Member
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Vanessa Brown Claiborne
Board Member
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Richard F. Cortizas
Board Member
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Katie Crosby
Board Member
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Catherine G. Freeman
Board Member
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John M. Hairston
Board Member
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William M. Hammack
Board Member
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Jeff Hébert
Board Member
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Cathy Wright Isaacson
Board Member
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Hon. Brian A. Jackson
Board Member
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Dennis Lauscha
Board Member
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Tandra LeMay
Board Member
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Maude Brown Lofton, MD
Board Member
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Roger H. Ogden
Board Member
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Deanna Rodríguez
Board Member
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Arthur Roger
Board Member
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Monica Sylvain, Ph.D.
Board Member
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Allison Berger Tiller
Board Member
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Nancy Bissinger Timm
Board Member
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Steven W. Usdin
Board Member
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Patricia E. Weeks
Board Member
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Bertrand A. Wilson
Board Member
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Andy Wisdom
Board Member
Staff
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Andy Kopplin
President and CEO
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Kellie Chavez Greene
Vice President for Programs
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Courtney Thomas Barnes
Vice President for Communications & Public Affairs
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Eric Seling
Vice President for Finance and Operations
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Kenneth A. St. Charles, Ph.D., CAP®
Vice President for Philanthropy
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Karla G. Rivera
Chief of Staff
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Nathan Alvarez
Donor Relations Associate
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Jillian Edwards
Program Associate
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Isabel Barrios
Senior Program Officer
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Theresa Barrios
Receptionist and Administrative Assistant
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Sherina Clavier
Director of Finance
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Zach Danner
Strategic Partnerships Officer
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Adelaide Downham
Grants Manager
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Melissa Duplantier, CAP®
Donor Relations Officer
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Dan Favre
Director of Environmental Programs
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Aaren Gordon
Senior Communications Officer
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Jena Hausman
Senior Accountant
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Kristina Kent
Director for Workforce Programs
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Sarah Koenig
Senior Accountant
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Richard A. Martinez
Senior Program Officer
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Heather A. Nelson
Development Officer
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Breizen Peralta
Administrative Assistant
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Kristin Petry, CFRE
Major & Planned Giving Officer
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Charla Smith
Staff Accountant
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Rachel Swan
Program Officer
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Devon Turner
Director of Nonprofit Leadership and Effectiveness
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Roy Williams
Director of Grantmaking
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Shawn Wyatt
Operations Manager