Chamber Staff     2000 Leadership

Leadership is the key word in defining the Regional Chamber's vision for enhancing our community as a place in which to live, work and do business. The 2001 chairman of the Regional Chamber is Daniel F. Packer, president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans. Chair-elect is Herschel Abbott Jr., president of BellSouth Louisiana Operations. The Board of Directors is made up of the New Orleans Region's top business leaders from a diverse spectrum of business interests. 2001 Leadership CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Daniel F. Packer Entergy New Orleans ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILLIAM HINES Jones Walker et al ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF AREA COUNCILS MIKE BUSH Mississippi River Bank ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF MEMBERSHIP JOHN KALLENBORN Bank One ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF MEMBER SERVICES WILLIAM ROUSELLE Bright Moments ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF MINORITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEL LEGARDE HCA Delta Division ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF MARKETING MARK ROMIG Peter A. Mayer Advertising ......................................... CHAIRMAN-ELECT OF THE BOARD HERSCHEL ABBOTT JR. BellSouth ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF PUBLIC POLICY DONNA FRAICHE Locke Liddell & Sapp ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LONNIE STOCKWELL Postlethwaite & Netterville ......................................... VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE/ ADMINISTRATION ALDEN McDONALD JR. Liberty Bank & Trust ......................................... IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN WALTER LEGER JR. Leger & Mestayer ......................................... PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ROBERT H. GAYLE JR., CCE ......................................... Members of the Board JERRY ALEXANDER Business Communications Distributors ......................................... CAROL ASHER Asher & Kullman ......................................... NANCY BURRIS MindShare ......................................... ED BUSH Dorsey & Co. ......................................... QUENTIN DASTUGUE Property One ......................................... JOSEPH DIFATTA J & J Fine Jewelry ......................................... STANLEY DUFRENE Union Carbide ......................................... JAMES DUTCHER Cytec Industries ......................................... MALCOLM EHRHARDT The Ehrhardt Group ......................................... KEN FAUST GSE Associates ......................................... ARNOLD FIELKOW New Orleans Saints ......................................... DAVID FRANCIS The Times-Picayune ......................................... WILLIAM GRACE Chaffe McCall Phillips et al ......................................... LARRY GRAHAM Chalmette Medical Center ......................................... MASON GRANGER WDSU ......................................... F. MILLER GUICE Stephen L. Guice & Co. ......................................... JODY GUILBEAU Guilbeau Inc. ......................................... BRAD GRUNDMEYER Cox Communications ......................................... RICHARD HENAULT Methodist Health System Foundation ......................................... JIM HUFFT Group Benefits Association ......................................... EARNEST JAMES Clear Channel Radio ......................................... ERIK JOHNSEN Central Gulf Lines ......................................... TOM KITCHEN Litton Avondale Industries ......................................... CURTIS KLEMENT PricewaterhouseCoopers ......................................... QUINN LANDRY LEGG Mason ......................................... H. MERRITT LANE III Canal Barge Co. ......................................... WILLIAM LEGIER Legier & Materne ......................................... CHRIS LEOPOLD Deep Delta Distributors ......................................... MARK LEOPOLD Chevron Oronite Co. ......................................... LELAND LEWIS Hotel Inter-Continental ......................................... CAROLYN MCCLELLAN New Orleans Publishing Group ......................................... ELISE MCCULLOUGH Staffing Solution ......................................... DR. STEPHEN L. NEWMAN Tenet HealthSystem ......................................... RANDY NOEL Reve Inc. ......................................... FRED PALMER Texaco USA ......................................... PAUL PEREZ Financial Consulting Group ......................................... ASHTON RYAN First Bank & Trust ......................................... JANET SANDERS Louisiana Federal Credit Union ......................................... KIM SPORT Sport & Associates ......................................... GARY STEIN Touro Infirmary ......................................... KENNY STEWART Industrial Pipe ......................................... BEVERLY STUNTZ IBERIA Bank ......................................... LLOYD TATE Deloitte & Touche ......................................... ZELLA TRANCHINA Rapp's Luggage & Gifts ......................................... CAROL WISE Wise Marketing .........................................