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!