The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) Board of Directors provides guidance and counsel at the highest level towards achieving our mission and goals.
Executive Committee: officers
Ralph Bender
CFO,
Manship Media
Chair
Adam Knapp
Baton Rouge
Area Chamber
President & CEO
Lauren Champagne
Vice President, Human Resources,
Excel Group
Personnel Subcommittee Chair
Helena Cunningham
CEO, National
Housing Consulting Services
First-Chair Elect
John Everett
EVP & Market President, Baton Rouge
IBERIABANK
Treasurer
Flynn Foster
President, Guaranty
Broadcasting Co.
Past Chair / FuturePAC Chair
David Mullens
SVP of Commercial Banking,
Capital One
Second-Chair Elect
Raedtha (Rae) Vasquez
Partner,
Jones Walker
General Counsel
Executive Committee: Vice Chairs
| Name | Position | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Janet Britton | At-Large Member | General Counsel, EATEL |
| Rex Cabaniss | Quality of Place Working Group Chair | Partner, Planning & Design Director, WHLC | Architecture |
| Eric Dexter | Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair | Director of Business Development, Civil Solutions Consulting Group, Inc. |
| Mark Drennan | Director | President & CEO, Capital Area Finance Authority (CAFA) |
| John Patrick Galloway Jr. | Director | Regional VP & Market Manager, Cumulus Media |
| Susanne Hall | Business Development Committee Chair | Region Vice President- West Region Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Co. West Region Headquarters |
| Stacy Haynie | Director | Executive Vice President and Provost, Louisiana State University |
| Eduardo Jimenez | Director | Director, Business Economic Development, Entergy |
| Meg Mahoney | Education/Workforce Issue Council Chair | Manager of Public Affairs, Methanex |
| Stephanie Manson | Director | Chief Operating Officer, OLOL Regional Medical Center |
| Craig Netterville | Director | SVP of Credit Bureau Foundation, IBERIABANK |
| David Oldreive | Director | Refinery Manager, ExxonMobil |
| Nial Patel | Legislative Committee Chair | SVP, Cornerstone Government Affairs |
| Ross Reilly | Director | General Manager, Lamar of Baton Rouge |
| Willie Smith | At-Large Member | Chancellor, Baton Rouge Community College |
| Eric Thomas | At-Large Member | Vice President & General Manager, WGMB, WBRL, KZUP/Brproud.com |
| Erin Monroe Wesley | Director | Vice President, Government & Public Affairs Southeast Region, Cox Communications |
Board of Directors
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Ray Belton (Michael Stubblefield) | President & Chancellor, Southern University and A&M College System |
| Chelsey Laborde Blankenship | CLB Consulting, LLC / SoSis Boutique |
| Trent Bondy | LUBA |
| Randy Cangelosi | Kean Miller |
| Jim Carlson | RPCC |
| Nicholas Daigle | Chief Operating Officer, R.J. Daigle & Sons |
| John L. Daniel | Greater Baton Rouge Regional President, Whitney Bank |
| Arthur Ewing | Owner/CEO, Ewing's of False River, LLC |
| Chad Foster | President and CEO Gator Millworks |
| Stacey Gautreau | Public Affairs Director, Dow Chemical |
| Mark Goodson | Resilience Practice Lead, CSRS |
| Kevin Hall | Chief Revenue Officer, The Advocate |
| Rhoman Hardy | General Manager, Shell |
| Brian Haymon | Founder & CEO, Loadstar Product Handling Services LLC |
| Kelvin Hill | Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, City of Baton Rouge |
| Laura Kelley | Project Analyst, The Powell Group |
| Klein Kirby | Chairman, A. Wilbert's Sons, LLC |
| Jeff Koonce | General Counsel, Bernhard Capital Partners |
| Aimee Lavespere | Area President, iHeartMedia |
| Jerold (Jerry) Lebold | SVP and General Manager, BASF Corporation |
| Carter Leak | Executive Vice President, Bank of St. Francisville |
| Eric McMillen | CEO, Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge |
| Johnny Milazzo | President, Lard Oil Company, Inc. |
| Danny Montelaro | President-Central Louisiana, Regions Bank |
| Harry J. "Skip" Philips | Managing Partner, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP |
| Ragan Richard | Partner, Phelps Dunbar LLP |
| Evon Roquemore | CEO, Brightside Clinic |
| Rena Roy | JPMorgan Chase |
| Mike Sanchez | President-Nuclear Division, PACTEC |
| Joe Sciortino | VP General Manager, WAFB/WBXH |
| William Shea | Partner, Adams & Reese |
| Ed Silvey | President/CEO, The Baton Rouge Clinic |
| John Spain | Executive VP, Baton Rouge Area Foundation |
| Jennifer Strong | Site Logistics & Integration Leader, Olin Blue Cube Operations LLC |
| Mawe Takyi | Dent Wealth Advisors |
| Edgardo Tenreiro | CEO, Baton Rouge General |
| Stephen Toups | Senior VP & CIO, Turner Industries Group |
| Steven Udvarhelyi | President & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of LA |