Board of Directors
LDRF's Board of Directors is comprised of professionals who, among them, have intimate connections to every part of the state, as well as leadership skills and philanthropic experience that has been recognized nationally and throughout the world. This combination of local investment and world-class talent makes our Board one of LDRF's most valuable assets.
(Click on Board members' names for bios)
Ambassador James A. Joseph, Chairman
Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
C. Berwick Duval, II, Vice Chairman
Attorney at Law
Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery, Lovell & Watkins
John R. Redd, III, Secretary/Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
Arsement, Redd & Morella, LLC
Dr. Brenda S. Birkett
Former Dean, School of Business, McNeese State University
E. Renae Conley
President and CEO, Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC
Kit Conroy
Former CFO, The New York Community Trust
Lt. General Russel L. Honore'
Retired, Lieutenant General, United States Army
Julio R. Galan
Executive Director, Family Foundation of Southwest Louisiana
Linetta J. Gilbert
Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Robert Mann
Manship Chair, Manship School of Mass Communication & Senior Public Policy Fellow, Reilly Center for Public Affairs, Louisiana State University
R. King Milling
Director, Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank
