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Our Leadership

The City Year Louisiana Board includes the following dedicated corporate, government, nonprofit, and community leaders:

Jennifer Eplett Reilly (Co-Chair)
Co-Founder, City Year, Inc. & Board Chair
City Year Louisiana

Diana Lewis (Co-Chair)
New Orleans Community Leader

Jerry Arbour
President
East Baton Rouge School Board

Byron Arthur
Attorney
Kean Miller

Virginia Barkley
Owner
Let’s Get it Straight LLC

Ross Barrett 
General Partner
VCE Capital / Louisiana Ventures, LP

Lori Bertman 
President & CEO
The Irene and C.B. Pennington Foundation

Dan Bevan 
Trustee and CFO
The Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation

Eli Feinstein
Owner
Feinstein Fixed Assets LLC

Dr. Kirby Goidel 
Director of the Public Policy Research Lab
Louisiana State University

Derek Gordon
Chief Executive Officer
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Gwen Hamilton
Director of Education Reform
Baton Rouge Area Chamber

Luther C. Kissam, IV
President
Albemarle Corporation

Mike Polito 
Founder & President
MAPP Construction, LLC

Norma Jane Sabiston
President
Sabiston Consulting

Brooke Smith
Advisor for Social Innovation and International Relations
Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Tommy Teepell 
Chief Marketing Officer
Lamar Advertising

Stevie Toups
Corporate Vice President
Turner Industries

Kyle Wedberg 
President & CEO
New Orleans Creative Center for Arts

Tim Williamson
President & CEO
Idea Village

Read more about our City Year, Inc. Board of Trustees

Champion's Committee
Renae Conley
President & CEO
Entergy Louisiana
 
President & CEO
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
 
Richard Montgomery
Partner
VCE Capital / Louisiana Ventures, LP
Patty Riddlebarger
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility
Entergy Corporation
 
Mark Romig 
Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations
Hospital Corporation of America Inc., Delta Division
Janet Pace
Executive Director
Louisiana Serve Commission
 
Gary Solomon
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Crescent Bank and Trust