Baton Rouge Reporter

Baton Rouge, LA (January 12, 2023) – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) today announced the members of its Leadership Baton Rouge class of 2023. The selected participants represent a cross-section of the Capital Region’s business, civic and non-profit communities.
Members of the 2023 class include:

Adam Beary – Bear Process Safety

Allie Diefendorf – The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition

Amanda Stout – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC

Anna Johnson – West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce

Anthony B. O’Connor – Cadence Insurance

Beau Bourgeois – Kean Miller LLP

Brandi Simmons – LSU Communication across the Curriculum

Brian Cordasco – OLOL Children’s Hospital

Casey Meyer – Kuvare

Chrisdelin Lyles – East Baton Rouge Parish School System

Chynsia Robertson – b1BANK

Dr. Allison Smith – Louisiana Board of Regents

Ed Halphen – Woman’s Hospital

Elizabeth Beckham – Turner Industries

Elizabeth Liner – Baker Donelson

Erica A. Johnson – Community Volunteer

Gibbons Addison – Jones Walker

Jaleesa Thompson, M.Ed. – Coach on the Geaux Consulting

James Mack – Baton Rouge City-Parish Employees’ Retirement System

Jesse Watson Ph.D. – Discovery Schools

Jessica Guinn Johnson – E Pluribus Unum Institute

Jonathan Grimes – Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Jordan Gleason – Cornerstone Government Affairs

Kimberly Littlefield – Keyfinders Team Realty

Lizzie Cossé – Watershed Advisors

Luz Randolph, Ed.D. – City Year Baton Rouge

Marie Mullen – Teach for America

Mathilde Silverberg – The Louisiana Public Health Institute

Morgan Almeida – Baton Rouge Area Chamber

Niles Haymer – Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Paula-Marie Mensah – BASF Corporation

Paxson Guest – Phelps Dunbar LLP

Perryn Keys – The Advocate

Rachel Carroccio – Emergent Method

Shawn Zeringue – LWCC

Sinella Aghasi, DMA – Kids’ Orchestra

Taylor LeDuff – Adams and Reese LLP

Terri Ricks – Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Trisha Guidry – Baton Rouge General Medical Center

Viveca Johnson – Forward Moving Counseling and Consulting Services

Wendy Daniels – Beechwood Residential

Leadership Baton Rouge was founded in 1985 to prepare a diverse group of professionals for leadership positions in the community. The program’s goals are:

•    to seek out, train, and promote high achievers for positions of voluntary responsibility in the community;

•    to provide these developing leaders with practical information concerning community issues and problems;

•    to establish a communication network among the existing and emerging leaders of the community; and

•    to challenge these leaders to increase their involvement in community affairs.

The program focuses on topic areas such as education, diversity and inclusivity, city and state government, health care and social issues, economic development, the arts and culture, and the criminal justice system. Graduates leave the program with first-hand knowledge of the issues facing the region and the potential for a positive community experience through volunteerism.

 

The program commences 10 months of training in January. From February to October, the class devotes an entire day each month for lectures, discussions, and practical exercises pertinent to community issues. The program concludes in November with a graduation ceremony. The program is led by Anita Byrne, MBA.

About Leadership Baton Rouge

Leadership Baton Rouge was founded as a program of BRAC to prepare a diverse group of professionals for leadership positions in the community. There are now more than 1,400 graduates of the program, many of whom serve in leadership positions on boards and commissions, and hold local, state, or federal elected offices. More information is available at brac.org/leadership.

About the Baton Rouge Area Chamber

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) is an aggressively ambitious regional economic development organization with a bias for action. BRAC seeks to push Baton Rouge beyond the status quo, unleash its potential, and support a vibrant business community that believes the finish line does not exist. BRAC seeks to accelerate economic opportunity in the Baton Rouge Area, for everyone, through BRING IT! Baton Rouge, its five-year, regional strategic plan. Learn more about BRAC at brac.org.

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