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Working for Louisiana's Exporters

Our members

CHAIRPERSON

Jerry Hingle, Jr.

President & CEO
International Trade Associates

VICE CHAIR

Brenda A. Stelly

President
Oil Center Research International, L.L.C.

TREASURER

Warren O. Bares

Business Development
J. Maxime Roy, Inc.

SECRETARY

John Henry Jackson

Director
U.S. Commercial Service
Louisiana
U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Chair Emeritus

Alta Baker

President & CEO
Safe Haven Enterprises, Inc.

Sheena Bryant

Vice President
North Louisiana Economic Partnership

Caitlin L. Cain

Vice-President
LISC

Charis Charalambous

Senior International Sales Executive
FedEx

Paige Carter

Chief Development Officer, Office of International Commerce
Louisiana Economic Development

Lisa F. Cookmeyer P.E.

Managing Partner
Trigon Associates llc

Ben Elder

CEO
Aerowest Industries

Trivia Frazier

President and CEO
Obatala Sciences Inc.

Preble Glitz

Mach Flynt, Inc.

Bryan L. Greenwood

State Director
Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC)

Marc Hebert, Esq.

Senior Partner
Jones Walker, LLP

Michael Hecht

CEO
Greater New Orleans

Dr. Sharron Herron-Williams

Southern University at Shreveport

John T. Hyatt

Louisiana Maritime International Chamber of Commerce

Robert Le Blanc Jr.

Le Blanc and Smith

Raynell Lewis-Ogiugo

Lead, Supply Chain Information Systems & Global Logistics
PHI Aviation LLC

Jay Ligon

Director, International Student & Scholar Services
Louisiana Tech University

Taslya Mejia

New Orleans Jazz Museum

David Mesa, Jr., CFE

Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer
Ballard Brands

David Milla

Director of Contracts
GlobalStar

Eric Nelson

General Manager
Neltec Industrial, LLC

Saul Newsome

Principle
Newsome International Law, LLC

Katrina Nichols

Founder/CEO, Trade Innovations Director, Export Controls, Schneider Electric

Shane Purvis

Vice President,
Bonvenu Bank N.A.

Jon Renthrope

Cajun Fire Brewing Company

Robert A. Socha

Vice President Sales & Marketing
Conrad Shipyard, LLC

John Thompson

Founder
Exepron

Robert B. “Bob” Wetta

President
Dredging Supply Company, Inc.

Tania Zachari

Techniques International Corp

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