Melvin L. “Kip” Holden
Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge
Parish of East Baton Rouge

Mitchell J. Landrieu
Lieutenant Governor
State of Louisiana

William Arceneaux
Director, Foundation for Excellence in LPB

Paul Arrigo, CDME
President and CEO
BR Area Convention and Business Bureau

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

Mary Louise Prudhomme
Director
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol

Hafid Laroussi
Director of Development
Baton Rouge International School

Shagun Mathur
International Culture Association
Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Felipe E. Martinez
Project Manager
Louisiana Economic Development

Astrid E. Merget
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
Louisiana State University

Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Hamady Diop, Ph.D.
Louisiana African Association

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

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