Board Members/Staff

Board of Directors

  • Julio R. Galan, President – Family and Youth Counseling Agency (FYA)
  • Charmaine Caccioppi, Vice President – Louisiana Association of United Ways
  • Dan Bevan, Secretary / Treasurer – Huey Wilson Interests, Inc.
  • Phillip A. Rozeman, M.D., Founder – Cardiovascular Consultants
  • Robert Burgess – St. Elizabeth Hospital
  • Jon Cato – Object 9
  • Greg Davis – Cajundome
  • Curman Gaines, Ph.D. – Rachel Enterprises, LLC
  • Julio Galan – Family & Youth Counseling Agency
  • Lynda Gavioli – Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana
  • Gwen Hamilton – City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge
  • Scott Hughes – Alliance for Education
  • Ann Knapp – Merrill Lynch
  • Robert Levy – Third Judicial District Attorney
  • Mandi D. Mitchell, LLC
  • Stephen Moret – LA Department of Economic Development
  • Jennifer Eplett Reilly – City Year Louisiana
  • Robert "Bob" Reily – The Standard Companies, Inc.
  • Steven Scheurich – Entergy
  • Christel Slaughter, Ph.D. – SSA Consultants
  • Nancy Stich – Capital One Bank
  • Billy Stokes, Ed.D. – Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development
  • Alice Thomas – Center for Development and Learning
  • Blake Wheelis – State Farm Insurance
Staff

  • John Warner Smith – Chief Executive Officer
  • Frances Boyd Farlow – Executive Assistant
  • Dara Shackelford – Director, Louisiana Center for Afterschool Learning
  • Amber Slater, Program Director, Communities in Schools
  • Ashley Churbock, Site Coordinator, Communities in Schools
  • Patrick Gensler, Site Coordinator, Communities in Schools
  • Lawana Jackson, Site Coordinator, Communities in Schools
  • Heidi Henry, Site Coordinator, Communities in Schools

 

  • Louisiana Center for Afterschool Learning
  • Entergy
  • Capital One Bank
  • State Farm Insurance
  • Louisiana Association of United Ways
  • Alliance for Education
  • Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation
  • Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
  • Picard Center
  • Reily Foundation
  • Moran Printing
  • Object 9
  • Charles S. Mott Foundation
  • Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services