Steering Committee

Mr. James M. “Jay” Lapeyre, Jr.
President, Laitram LLC

Mr. M. Pres Kabacoff
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, HRI Properties

Mr. Charles Geron “Gee Gee” Hargon
Retired; Former COO, Hibernia Bank & Trust

Dr. Michael Cowan 
Founder, Common Good

Business Leadership

Mr. L. Lane Grigsby
Founder, Cajun Industries LLC

Mr. James E. “Jimmy” Maurin
Founder and Past Chairman, Stirling Properties LLC

Mr. David Kerstein
President & CEO, Helis Interests
Chairman, Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region

Mr. Charles L. Rice, Jr.
President and CEO, Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Mr. John J. Finan, Jr.
President and CEO, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.

Mr. Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger
Chairman and CEO, Bollinger Enterprises, LLC

Mr. William H. Fenstermaker
Chairman and CEO, C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Clay M. Allen
Managing Partner, Allen & Gooch, A Law Corporation

Mr. Art E. Favre
President, Performance Contractors
Chairman, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI)

Mr. Guy T. Williams
President and CEO, Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company

Mr. Frank X. Neuner, Jr.
Managing Partner, NeunerPate

Dr. Phillip A. Rozeman, MD
Co-Founder, Cardiovascular Consultants

Mr. Randy L. Ewing
Principal, Randy L. Ewing, LLC
Former President, Louisiana State Senate (District-35)

Mrs. Leslie Jacobs
Founder, Educate Now

Mr. Henry Coaxum
President, Coaxum Enterprises, Inc.