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Emerging Leaders Council
In January 2016, LABI established the inaugural Emerging Leaders Council, a select group of distinguished young entrepreneurs from each region of Louisiana who have a demonstrated commitment to making the state a great place to live and work. The 2023 Emerging Leaders Council represents the top talent in the Louisiana business community across a range of industry sectors.
- Logan AndersonLouisiana Government Relations ManagerJones Walker
- Logan AustinSVP, Chief Operating OfficerFranciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health
- Dusty BastionBridge Department ManagerHNTB Corportation
- Jacques BourqueChief Financial OfficerCatalyst Bank
- Connor BradfordEconomic Development Project ManagerCleco Power LLC
- Will ChadwickRetail Sales and LeasingElifin Realty
- Melanie Clouatre, ELC ChairTreasurer/Manager of CreditPlacid Refining Company, LLC
- Hunter CurtisAssociateLiskow
- Courtney DebetazOperations Manager – Pipe FabricationPerformance Contractors
- Matthew DickersonStrategic Marketing ManagerPulpmill Services Inc.
- Joshua EtheridgeOwner – Chief Strategy OfficerEPC
- Jennifer ForestControllerMARTCO, LLC
- Derek ForetPartner – Assurance Service Line LeadHannis T. Bourgeois, LLP, CPA’s
- Philip GiorlandoPartnerBreazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP
- Jordan GleasonPrincipalCornerstone Government Affairs
- Lauren GleasonVice President of External AffairsUnitedHealth Group
- Paxson GuestAttorneyPhelps Dunbar, LLP
- Blake HollingsworthChief Operating OfficerHollingsworth Richards Ford
- James HowellMarket Sector Leader Pipeline & Industrial T. Baker Smith
- Jordan HultbergSenior VP, Commerical BankingRed River Bank
- Seth IrbyChief Marketing & Customer Experience OfficerLWCC
- Rachael JeanfreuAttorneyBreazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP
- Trey LedetDirector of PreconstructionGibbs Construction
- Marissa ManuelHead of Operations/CFPOlivier Group
- Sunny MayhallGeneral CounselThe LDS Group
- Katherine McKeoghAccount Supervisor, Public AffairsThe Ehrhardt Group
- Jen O’ConnellPartnerTaylor Porter
- Nial Patel (Past ELC Chair)Vice PresidentCornerstone Government Affairs
- Mary RobinsonGovernment Affairs/Relations ManagerCox Communications
- Tim RobinsonAssociate Kean Miller, LLP
- Heather RoemerChief of Staffb1BANK
- Will ScottVice PresidentStonehenge Capital
- Jason SistrunkGeneral ManagerCintas
- Caroline WaltersAssociate Davis, Roy & Associates Wealth Management