Suresh K. Alahari
Fred G. Brazda Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Benjamin Azevedo
Founder and CEO, New Orleans Bow Ties; Fourth year medical student, Tulane University
John Biguenet
Literature and Creative Writing Professor, Loyola University
Charles M. Brown
City Librarian and Executive Director, New Orleans Public Library
Cindy Chang
Special Projects Writer, The Times-Picayune, March 2011-July 2012
Staff Writer, The Times-Picayune, March 207-March 2011
James B. Cook
General Manager, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
Larry Daniels
General Manager, Hyatt French Quarter
Colonel Bill Davis, USMC (ret.)
Commandant, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy
Douriean Fletcher
Artist and Designer, Eklektik Ekhos
Teaching Artist, KidsmART
Peter J. Fos
President, University of New Orleans
Melissa Harris-Perry
Host of MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry”
Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project at Tulane University
Columnist for The Nation
Curtis "CJ" Johnson
Head Football Coach, Tulane University
Walter M. Kimbrough
President, Dillard University
Fred Luter Jr.
President, Southern Baptist Convention; Pastor, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church
Derek Morel
Director of Athletics, University of New Orleans
Kim A. Moss
Executive Director, Project Lazarus
Todd P. Murphy
President, Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Lavonzell Nicholson
Co-founder and Owner, playNOLA Sports
Dr. Justin A Nystrom
Assistant Professor of History, Loyola University New Orleans
Jamie Peckenpaugh
Executive Director, New Orleans Wine & Food Experience
Alex Rawls
Writer, MySpiltMilk.com
Guest editor, Oxford American’s 2012 Southern Music Issue
Tod A. Smith
President and General Manager, WWL-TV Inc.
Monty Sullivan, Ed.D.
Chancellor, Delgado Community College
Susan M. Taylor
Montine McDaniel Freeman Director, New Orleans Museum of Art
William Terry
Owner and Soapmaster General, Bayousoap
Warner L. Thomas
CEO, Ochsner Health System
Red Vaughan Tremmel
Assistant Professor and Director of the Office for gender and Sexual Diversity, Tulane University
Film Director and Producer, Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival
Wendy Vitter
Project Director, Exhibit of Blessed John Paul II, Archdiocese of New Orleans
Craig von Babylon
Founder, New Orleans Watch Company
Cassie Steck Worley
Chairman of the Board of Governors, Le Petit Thêatre du Vieux Carré
Drama teacher, Metairie Park Country Day School
Actress
Producer
Director
Stephanie Young
Designer and Owner, Stephanie Young fashion label
