Board of Directors

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SAM JAMES

Chair

Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, Bank of Zachary

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MARY ELIZABETH HART

Vice Chair

IT Project Manager, EAG Gulf Coast, LLC

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TRAVIS HUTCHINS

Secretary

Director of Donor Services, Baton Rouge Area Foundation

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ROB FAIRLY

Treasurer

Retired President and CEO, United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana (former Founding Member of HOPE)

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NIKI NORTON

Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Management, LSU

WARREN BIRKETT

At Large

WYBIRK & Associates, Inc.

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NIKKI CARR

Senior Consultant, Emergent Method

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JOHN HOLMES

Business Owner and Manager, Holmes Building Materials and Holmes Properties, LLC

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OMER DAVIS

Retired President, Hancock Whitney Bank

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BRENT MANGUM

Business Development Manager, Bellwether Technologies

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BRIAN SKELTON

Vice President of Commercial Banking, Bank of Zachary

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CHARLES SPENCER

Senior Partner, Phelps

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JOELLE MCGEHEE

Vice President of Client Development, Alliance Safety Council

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MEGAN JENNY

Assistant Principal of the Lower School at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School

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REV. KARLI PIDGEON

Ex Officio

The Louisiana Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge and New Orleans District Superintendent

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ELISABETH PATRICK

Community Development Manager, Essential Credit Union

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KATE LAMBERT

CPA, Senior Tax Manager, KPMG, LLC