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Brian Skelton

Senior Vice President, Hancock Whitney Bank

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Sam James

Chair

Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, Bank of Zachary

Niki Norton

Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Management, LSU

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Warren Birkett

At Large

WYBIRK & Associates, Inc

Travis Hutchins

Secretary

Director of Donor Services, Baton Rouge Area Foundation

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Omer Davis

Retired President, Hancock Whitney Bank

Joelle McGehee

Vice President of Client Development, Alliance Safety Council

Kate Lambert

CPA, Senior Tax Manager, KPMG, LLC

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Rev. Karli Pidgeon

EX OFFICIO 

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

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Rob Fairly

Treasurer

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

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Megan Jenny

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

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Brent Mangum

Business Development Manager, Bellwether Technologies

Board Of Directors

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Mary Elizabeth Hart

Vice Chair

IT Project Manager, EAG Gulf Coast, LLC

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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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Charles Spencer

Senior Partner, Phelps

Elisabeth Patrick

Community Development Manager, Essential Credit Union