Advisory Group and Press Committee

Advisory Group

  • Elaine D. Abell, Attorney, Lafayette, LA
  • Jim Clinton, President and CEO, Central Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Gresdna Doty, Alumni Professor of Theatre, Emerita, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Kathryn Grigsby, CEO, The Hospice of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
  • James F. Kilroy, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  • Virginia Noland, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Oliver G. Richard III, President, Empire of the Seed, Lake Charles, LA
  • Michael D. Robinson, Senior Director of Development, LSU Foundation, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Ayan Rubin, Partner, DRW Consultants, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Mary Ann Sternberg, Writer, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Jack R. Van Lopik, Director Emeritus, Louisiana Sea Grant, Baton Rouge, LA
  • James E. Yeldell, Attorney, Bastrop, LA

Press Committee

  • Meredith Blackwell, Boyd Professor, Biological Sciences
  • Gerry Knapp, Associate Professor, Semantic Analysis Lab
  • Kent Mathewson, Associate Professor, Geography and Anthropology
  • Mandi Lopez, Associate Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Vet Med
  • Robert Peck, Associate Professor, Music Theory
  • Elaine B. Smyth, Assistant Dean, LSU Libraries
  • Judith Sylvester, Associate Professor, Manship School of Mass Communication
  • Ann Trousdale, Associate Professor, Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice