LOUISIANA
MEMBERS
| Judy S. Bell President/CEO The Wellspring 1515 Jackson Street Monroe, LA 71202 (318) 651-9314 |
Kevin W. Boyd |
Jane Brandon |
Dianne G. Brathwaite Executive Director St James Council-Department of Human Resources-Council on Aging 5153 Canatella Street Post Office Box 87 Convent, LA 70723 (225) 562-2305 |
David Britt |
Viola deVries Britt Bereavement / Volunteer Coordinator CHRISTUS Hospice 4801 Jackson Street Extension, Suite B Alexandria, LA 71301 |
| Diane Chisholm Department Director Immigration and Resettlement Services Catholic Community Services Migration and Refugee Services 1900 S Acadian Thruway Post Office Box 4213 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 346-0660 |
Mary Lynn Hebert Program Supervisor II Lafayette Parish School Board 113 Chaplin Drive / PO Drawer 2158 Lafayette, LA 70517 (337) 233-2021 or (337) 849-6724 |
Valerie Jackson Jones Executive Director Community Association for the Welfare of School Children 440 North Foster Street Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 924-7506 |
Janet Ketcham Executive Director McMains Children's Developmental Center 1805 College Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 923-3420 |
| Katherine Martin Executive Director O'Brien House 1220 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (225) 344-6345 |
Joy Miguez Share Care 115 Brashear St. Lafayette, LA 70506 (337) 237-8576 (home) (337) 804-2088 (cell) |
Sandra Purgahn |
Deborah A. Roe Executive Director Catholic Community Services of Baton Rouge Post Office Box 1668 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225) 336-8770 |
| Michelle Smith State Coordinator Children's Advocacy Centers of Louisiana 4931 Holloway Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 293-4701 (225) 773-8620 (cell) |
John E. Wyble Chief Executive Officer Louisiana CASA Association 265 Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801 (225) 706-0018 |
INVITEES
| Dorothy Garcia Executive Director Children's Advocacy Center / Hope House 223 W. 28th Avenue / PO Box 1852 Covington, LA 70433 (985) 892-3885 x3
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Carolyn Hammond Marketing / Development Director Volunteers of America. 1808 Roselawn Avenue Monroe, LA 71201 (318) 322-2272 |
| Victor C. Howell Chief Executive Officer American Red Cross, Lousiana Capital Area Chapter 10201 Mayfair Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (225) 291-4533 |
Renee' Menard |
| Wanda Ozier Regional Vice President North Louisiana Volunteers of America 3900 Lee Street Alexandria, LA 71302 (318) 442-8026 |
Norma W. Rutledge Executive Director Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. 4837 Revere Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 924-1431 x 233 |
| Suzy Sonnier 3343 Twelve Oaks Baton Rouge, LA 70820 (225) 802-1823 |
Invitations remain open for three years. The Institute's Board drops from the Invitation List those invitees who do not accept and use their invitation within that three-year window.
State List Chair Board Member
receives and presents nominees to the Institute's Board
Steve Perkins
Executive Director
Wellspring
PO Box 1927
Louisville, KY 40201-1927
(502) 637-4361
(502) 896-6554
(502) 637-4490
Should you be interested in seeking an invitation to attend the Blue Ridge Institute, you may contact Steve Perkins, the Louisiana State List Chair, or any Louisiana member of the Blue Ridge Institute. Nomination forms are generally circulated in the early Fall of each year and must be received by the State List Chair by early October. Nominees are then presented to the Blue Ridge Institute Board of Directors at its November meeting. If nominees are accepted by the full Board, the Institute's Invitations Chair is then authorized to extend an invitation to individual for the the next-July Institute. Invitations generally come out in late April or early May of each year.
Conference Details
DATES
Mid-summer, annually
LOCATION
Fall Creek Falls State Park, near Pikeville, Tennessee.
LODGING
Reserved directly through Fall Creek Falls State Park: 1-800-250-8610 or 423-881-5241.