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YEP Building

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

​Franchesca B. Lorio (President)

Advantage Capital Partners, New Orleans

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Gretchen Chase (Vice President)

Chase Hospitality Group

 

​Lynne Burkart, CPA (Treasurer)

EisnerAmper

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Louis Bartels (Secretary)

b1Bank 

 

Jodi Aamodt 

Community Volunteer

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Benjamin Allen 

PerkUp Financial Health

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​​​Emily Arata

Ochsner Health

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​Anderson Baker

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist

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Elizabeth A. Boh

Philanthropy Volunteer

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​Chef Scot Craig

Katie's Restaurant​ & Francesca 

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Stevie Crovetto

Valero

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Kate deKay

Eustis Mortgage

​​​​​Donna Luke Derokey

Stirling Properties​

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Megan Beer Eustis

M C Bank​

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Ginger Gundlach

Community Volunteer​

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​​​Amanda Hammack, MSW

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist

 

Sandy Levick

Mississippi Innocence Project ​

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​​​Shelley Massengale

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist

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Laura Politz

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist 

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Suzanne Rusovich

Community Volunteer & Philanthropist​

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Brandy Smith, CPA

EisnerAmper

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​​Kelly Walker

HANO

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​John S. Williams

The Law Offices of John S. Williams​

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