BRCWA Board of Directors

Melvin L. “Kip” Holden Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge Parish of East Baton Rouge   William Arceneaux Director, Foundation for Excellence in LPB   Paul Arrigo, CDME President and CEO BR Area Convention and Business Bureau   Jim Baronet General Manager WVLA-Channel 33 TV/FOX 44   Henry Battle General Manager Air Liquide   Shahid Khan Director Islamic Center   Adam Knapp President and CEOBaton Rouge Chamber of Commerce   John Hu Baton Rouge Chinese Culture Club   Gioconda Inman Venezuelan Association   Joyce M. Jackson The Links, Inc., Baton Rouge Chapter   Crawford Jones Business Development Manager B.R. Coca-Cola Bottling Company   Philippe Parola President Patran LLC

Hafid Laroussi Director of Development Baton Rouge International School   Martin Braun International Culture Association Baton Rouge Magnet High School   Felipe E. Martinez Project Manager Louisiana Economic Development   Lakshman Velupillai Associate Vice Chancellor Louisiana State University   Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield Executive Director Pennington Biomedical Research Center   Donald A. Hoffman French-American Chamber of Commerce Louisiana Chapter   Rin Hogan Thai-American Association   Michael D. Robinson Senior Director of Development LSU Foundation   Pat Robinson Assistant. Governor, District 6200 Baton Rouge Capital City Rotary   >Karen K. St. Cyr Director of Public Affairs Port of Greater Baton Rouge   John W. Tigue, Ph.D. Dean of Liberal Arts Baton Rouge Community College   Councilwoman Tara Wicker Baton Rouge Metro Council   Ashagre “Ashe” Yigletu, Ph.D. Associate Dean & MBA Director Southern University

 

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

 

Larry Collins
Director International Services
Louisiana Economic Development

 

Roy Johnson, Ret.
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry

 

Tom Ed McHugh
Executive Director
Louisiana Municipal Association

 

OFFICERS

 

Monika Olivier, PRESIDENT-CEO

 

Felipe Martinez, CHAIRMAN
Project Manager
Louisiana Economic Development

 

Karen K. St. Cyr., CHAIRMAN
Director of Public Affairs
Port of Greater Baton Rouge

 

Warner Anderson, Ph.D., VICE CHAIRMAN
Southern University

 

Jeanne Clement, SECRETARY-TREASURER

 

 

Quarterly Board Meeting, May 28th, 2010
Louisiana State Library, 5th Floor Meeting Room
Board members and Guests

 

Quarterly Board Meeting, May 28th, 2010
Louisiana State Library, 5th Floor Meeting Room
Guests Present

 

The Honorable Olivier Brochenin, Consul General of France, attended as an honored guest the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs, Inc. (BRCWA). The meeting was held at Louisiana State Library on May 28, 2010. Other invited guests included Samantha Chareille, Attaché for Education, Gunnery Sergeant Erica James, U.S. Maine Forces Reserve, Orhan Kizilkaya, Atlas Foundation, Yvette Marshall, Recreation and Park Commission (BREC), and Monique Franks, IHC Country Leader. Monika Olivier, President, reported on BRCWA’S recent International Heritage Celebration and several more multicultural projects completed in the first quarter of 2010, including the US Marine Corp Multicultural Day. She then announced plans for the upcoming International Sister Cities Tennis Tournament in October 2010 in Baton Rouge and the Twin Cities International Market in Aix-en-Provence, France, in November 2010.

 

Quarterly Board Meeting, August 11th, 2008
Host: Paul Arrigo, BR Area Convention and Business Bureau

 

Quarterly Board Meeting, December 4th, 2008
Host: Karen K. St. Cyr, Port of Greater Baton Rouge

 

Quarterly Board Meeting, June 11th, 2009
Host: Meagan J. Knapp, Lt. Govenor's Office, Pentagon Barracks
Board Members and Guests