Committees

SOC2023 Sponsorship Committee

co-chair: Garvin Pittman

The Water Institute of the Gulf

Steve Chustz

CSRS, Inc.

Brendan Hughes

Galloway Law Firm

Heather Layrisson

Jacobs

Clair Marceaux

Alliance Transportation Group

Nathan McBride

Colonial Pipeline Company

Randy Smith

Wingate Engineers

Augusto Villalon

Freese and Nichols

co-chair: Parker Kilgore

Jones Walker, LLP

Daniel Dehon

Fenstermaker

Scott Kirkpatrick

Coast Builders Coalition

Ashley Liuzza

Stag Liuzza, LLP

Greg Mattson

Adaptive Management and Engineering, LLC

Erin Rooney

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Beau Tate

Royal Engineers & Consultants


SOC2023 Program Committee

Chair: Denise Reed

University of New Orleans

Michelle Beauregard

CDM Smith 

Monica Farris

UNO-Chart 

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Rachelle Sanderson

Capital Region Planning Commission

Megan Terrell

Plauche & Carr LLP

Lindsay Cooper

GOCA

Jessica Henkel

The Water Institute 

Jenny Netherton

Southeastern Wind Coalition

alisha Renfro

National Wildlife Federation 

Elizabeth Jarrell

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

program committee team members

•Charles Allen, Audubon Society

•Nina Balan, CPEX

•Kelia Bingham, Acadiana Planning Commission

•Ashley Booth, LSU

•Stu Brown, CPRA

•Damon Burns, Finance NOLA

•Jason Curole, The Water Institute

•Chris Dalbom, Tulane

•Jessica Dandridge, The Water Collaborative

•Rebecca de Jesus Crespo, LSU

•Allison DeJong, The Water Institute

•Jeannette Dubinin, CPEX

•Chris Esposito, The Water Institute

•Austin Feldbaum, City of New Orleans

•Madeline Foster-Martinez, Univ. New Orleans

•Carol Freidland, LSU

•Charmel Gaulden, Foundation for Louisiana

•Teal Harrison, Adaptation International

•LaKesha Hart, Division of Administration

•Eva Hillman, Pontchartrain Conservancy

•Beaux Jones, The Water Institute

•Alex Kolker, LUMCON

•Andy Kowalcyzk, Southern Renewable Energy Association

•Joseph “Wes” Leblanc, CPRA

•Darin Lee, CPRA

•Brian Lezina, CPRA

•David Lindquist, CPRA

•Laura Manuel, Tulane University

•Alicia Mcalhaney, CPRA

•Giovanna McClenachan, Nicholls State University

•Robert Miller, University of Louisiana

•Corel Miller, Pontchartrain Conservancy

•Jimmy Nelson, University of Louisiana

•David Peterson, CPRA

•Jackie Richard, Nunez Community College

•Hugh Roberts, The Water Institute

•John Savell, USFWS

•Courtney Schupp, NOAA

•Leigh Anne Sharp, CPRA

•Heather Sprague, Arcadis

•Jackson Voss, Alliance for Affordable Energy

•Peter Waggoner, GNO Inc.

•Liz Williams Russell, EDF

•Brendan Yuill, USACE

Thank you to all who helped prepare the program!