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Julie Lively is the Executive Director of Louisiana Sea Grant, an extension of the National Sea Grant College Program, located at LSU, that works to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of research, education, and outreach. Julie’s research background centers around commercial fisheries, marine chemical cue ecology, crab biology, and marine invasive species. She is Louisiana Sea Grant’s fourth executive director since the program’s establishment in 1968 and the first woman to lead the organization. 

Louisiana Sea Grant: https://www.laseagrant.org/

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Bren Haase is currently the Board Chairman for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) in Louisiana. Bren has over 20 years of experience working in the coastal restoration sector and has previously held a number of positions at the CPRA including Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, and Division Chief of Planning and Research, among others.

Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority:

https://coastal.la.gov

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Regardt (Reggie) Ferreira, Ph.D., is the Director of Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Executive Director of the Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience, and Associate Professor of Social Work at Tulane University.

Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy: https://tssw.tulane.edu/disaster-resilience

Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience: https://cedrhub.org/

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Captain Karla Beck is the Director of Programming and Reentry at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, as well as the Director of Project COPE, a comprehensive effort to battle opioid addictions in Lafourche Parish. Captain Beck also has a strong background in mental health and crisis care.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office: https://www.lpso.net/

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Dan Favre is the Director of Environmental Programs at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, an institution dedicated to driving positive impact through philanthropy, leadership, and action in the Greater New Orleans Region. Dan has spent many years working in environmental advocacy. In this position, Dan works to ensure equitable climate change adaptation and mitigation in the region.

Greater New Orleans Foundation: https://www.gnof.org/

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Sal Sunseri is the Owner and Director of P&J Oysters, a New Orleans-based oyster company that has been processing and distributing oysters since 1876. P&J has long been a family-run business, with Sal following in the footsteps of several generations of Sunseri’s.

P&J Oyster Co.:  http://oysterlover.com/index.html

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Beaux Jones is the President and CEO of the Water Institute, an independent, non-profit applied research organization that works across disciplines to advance science and develop integrated methods used to solve complex environmental and societal challenges. Beaux has extensive experience in environmental and coastal law and previously served as the General Counsel and Chief of Staff for the Water Institute.

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

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Scott Ancar is the Owner and Manager of Jennie V’s Seafood, an oyster distributor based in Houma, Louisiana. Scott is a pillar in the oyster industry, bringing over 35 years of oyster harvesting and farming experience. He runs Jennie V’s Seafood together with his wife, Jennie V Ancar.

Jennie V’s Seafood: https://www.jennievsseafood.com/

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Riley Essert is the Youth & Environmental Programs Manager at Groundwork New Orleans, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in the City of New Orleans. Groundwork New Orleans works to achieve the mission we share with Groundwork USA, which is to work to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being. 

Groundwork New Orleans - https://groundwork-neworleans.org/

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Jacqueline Richard is the Director of Coastal Studies & GIS Technologies at Nunez Community College, where she has led the program since 2022. She has decades of experience in the field and the classroom studying Louisiana’s disappearing coast. Jacqueline was also recently named among the winners of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s (CRCL) 2024 Coastal Stewardship Awards.

Nunez Community College Coastal Studies Program - https://catalog.nunez.edu/programs/coastal-studies-gis-technology/

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Sandy Ha Nguyen is the founder and Executive Director of Coastal Communities Consulting, Inc., also known as CCC. CCC is a non-profit organization that provides technical assistance, economic development, social support services, and continued disaster assistance to rural entrepreneurs and their families. Established in September 2010, CCC builds off of 20 years of dedicated service to the community by Sandy Nguyen. Since 1996, Mrs. Nguyen has been working with commercial fishermen and Asian-Americans who have needed assistance with business development, social services, and disaster recovery assistance.

Coastal Communities Consulting, Inc. - http://www.ccc-nola.org/

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Kristi Trail is the Executive Director for the Pontchartrain Conservancy, a non-profit organization representing the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, whose mission is to drive environmental sustainability and stewardship through scientific research, education, and advocacy.

Pontchartrain Conservancy: https://scienceforourcoast.org/

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Sage Michael Pellet is the New Orleans Climate Justice Organizer at Healthy Gulf, an organization focused on supporting a thriving ecosystem on the Gulf Coast. Sage Michael is a local and established community activist and organizer working to better the quality of life in his hometown of New Orleans. His work is centered on community building with those underrepresented and most impacted and building coalitions to ensure community decision-making and a just transition in the process moving forward. His commitment and leadership are shown through his advocacy to restore and reopen historic Lincoln Beach. 

Healthy Gulf: https://healthygulf.org/

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Heidi Irwin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Victims’ Assistance Department of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office. This department is designed to aid victims and their family members as they move through the criminal justice system. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Heidi provides emotional support services to aid in the healing and rehabilitation process for victims.

Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office: https://lpda.org/

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Chett Chiasson is the Executive Director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC), a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana that facilitates the economic growth of the communities in which it operates by maximizing the flow of trade and commerce. GLPC encompasses both Port Fourchon and the South Lafourche Airport. 

Greater Lafourche Port Commission - https://portfourchon.com 

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Erik Johnson is the Director of Conservation Science for the Audubon Delta office of the National Audubon Society. Audubon Delta works across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and their habitats. Erik joined Audubon in April 2011 as a Conservation Biologist for the Mississippi Flyway and Gulf Coast Initiative, and since then has helped develop many bird monitoring initiatives including Audubon’s Coastal Bird Survey.

Audubon Delta - https://delta.audubon.org/

Urban Native Greens community science nest monitoring initiative - 

https://delta.audubon.org/urbannativegreens

https://urbannativegreens.fieldscope.org/

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Seth Blitch is the Louisiana Director of Conservation for the Nature Conservancy, a global environmental nonprofit organization that impacts conservation in 79 countries and territories. Previously the Louisiana Director of Coastal and Marine Conservation, Seth has worked at the Nature Conservancy for over 13 years.

Louisiana Nature Conservancy: http://tinyurl.com/rwvu5hek

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Todd Reynolds is the Executive Director of Groundwork New Orleans. Groundwork New Orleans works to achieve the mission we share with Groundwork USA, which is to work to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being. 

Groundwork New Orleans - https://groundwork-neworleans.org/

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Jessica Dandridge-Smith is the Executive Director for The Water Collaborative, an organization dedicated to urban water management in the Greater New Orleans region. As Executive Director, Jessica focuses on community led adaptation and mitigation as the core to water justice and climate resiliency strategies. Today The Water Collaborative focuses on water management, hazard mitigation, water justice through access, affordability, and quality, and equitable community transformation through blue/green jobs and the renewable economy.

The Water Collaborative - https://www.nolawater.org/

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Tina Freeman is a New Orleans-based photographer. For the past forty-five years, Tina Freeman’s photography has focused on revealing interior subjects through the exploration of physical environments and natural light. In addition to architecture and interiors in her native New Orleans and around the United States and Europe, Freeman’s subjects include urban warehouses and Louisiana’s natural landscape and backcountry swamps. Her project, Lamentations, juxtaposes images of the Louisiana wetlands with ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Tina Freeman: https://tinafreeman.com/

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Dana Honn is the the Executive Chef and Owner of Carmo, a New Orleans-based tropical café with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredients and sustainability. The menu is built upon the rich, multi-cultural culinary influences found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Gulf South, and beyond. Dana has also been a longtime advocate for ocean and coastal conservation and restoration, and for the use of sustainably-sourced seafood.

Carmo - https://cafecarmo.com/

Dana Honn - https://danahonn.com/

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Dr. Joseph Orgeron is the Executive Director for Restore or Retreat, a non-profit coastal advocacy group created by coastal Louisiana residents and stakeholders that seeks to identify and expedite the implementation of aggressive, large-scale restoration projects to protect this irreplaceable region. Joseph is also an elected Louisiana State Representative for District 54.

Restore or Retreat: https://restoreorretreat.org

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Rudy Simoneaux is the Chief of Engineering for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, where he has worked as an Engineer since 2004. During his time at the CPRA, Simoneaux has worked on some of the largest and most complex environmental restoration projects in state history.

Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority: https://coastal.la.gov

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Dean Wilson is the Executive Director and Founder of Atchafalaya Basinkeeper. A member organization of Waterkeeper Alliance, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the swamps, lakes, rivers, streams and bayous of the Atchafalaya Basin for future generations. Dean is deeply passionate about the Atchafalaya Basin. When he is not out patrolling or educating communities about the Basin and its many threats and treasures, he works with his family-owned and operated swamp tour business, Last Wilderness Swamp Tours.

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper: https://www.basinkeeper.org/

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Susan Russell is the Executive Director for Keep Louisiana Beautiful, an anti-litter and community improvement non-profit organization focused on achieving a clean and beautiful Louisiana. Susan has served in this position since 2014. Before leading the state office, she served as the local affiliate director for Keep Mandeville Beautiful.  

Keep Louisiana Beautiful - https://keeplouisianabeautiful.org/

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Katie is the Executive Director of the Woodlands Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust organized to preserve and restore forested wetlands and other ecologically or historically significant lands in Louisiana. The vision of Woodlands Conservancy is to be the regional model for the conservation of hardwood forests, and a leader in the advocacy and preservation of Louisiana’s coastal forest ecosystems.

Woodlands Conservancy - https://www.woodlandsconservancy.org/

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Alisha Renfro is the Senior Manager for Science Policy & the Gulf Program at the National Wildlife Federation, a conservation organization that’s part of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta’s 5-group coalition. At the  National Wildlife Federation, Alisha works to ensure the best available science is used to highlight the ecological and economic importance of the Mississippi River Delta and the solutions that are needed in the pathway forward to a more sustainable future.

National Wildlife Federation: https://www.nwf.org/

Restore the Mississippi River Delta: https://mississippiriverdelta.org/ 

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Austin Feldbaum is the Director of Hazard Mitigation for the City of New Orleans. The Hazard Mitigation office aims to lessen the damaging impact of future disasters for the city by taking action now to reduce risk and by working with other local, state, and federal partners to ensure a resilient future for New Orleans.

Hazard Mitigation Office, City of New Orleans: https://nola.gov/hazard-mitigation/

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Dani DiIullo is the Director of Education and Engagement at Louisiana Sea Grant, an extension of the National Sea Grant College Program, located at LSU. In this position, Dani helps to provide urgently important science education, especially as it pertains to the stewardship of coastal environments and natural resources. Dan became LSG’s Education and Engagement director in 2021 and has since continued programs like Ocean Commotion and LaDIA, as well as initiated new programs like Wetland Days and Consider Litter. 

Louisiana Sea Grant Education: https://www.laseagrant.org/education/

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Polly Glover is the Project Coordinator for the non-profit coastal advocacy group, Restore or Retreat, where she plans and executes a variety of volunteer events in the field. Her family roots run deep in the Louisiana wetlands, with her father, John Edgar Land, involved in designing the state’s first large engineered river-diversion project.

Restore or Retreat: https://restoreorretreat.org

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Peter Waggonner is the Public Policy Director for Greater New Orleans, Inc., Southeast Louisiana’s regional economic development organization. His portfolio encompasses infrastructure, insurance, and the environment at local, state, and federal levels. He also manages the Coalition for Sustainable Flood Insurance (CSFI) and GNO, Inc.’s resilience work. 

Greater New Orleans, Inc. - https://gnoinc.org/

Coalition for Sustainable Flood Insurance - https://csfi.info/

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Jessica Henkel is the Deputy Director to the Chief Scientist at the Water Institute as well as the Director of the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana. Jessica brings 15 years of research, collaborative science and planning to her role coordinating technical teams at The Water Institute. Her areas of expertise include science advising and coordination, structured decision making, large-scale restoration planning, and avian ecology. 

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

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Jonathan Foret is the Executive Director of the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center in Houma, LA. Jonathan is responsible for the day to day operations of the organization and implementing the programs of the Wetlands Discovery Center. He has over 10 years of nonprofit administrative, management and fundraising experience on international, national, state, regional and local levels. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a focus in Nonprofit Leadership and is a native of Chauvin, Louisiana.

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Jaime Ramiro Diaz (Rami) is the Urban Design Director at Waggonner & Ball, an internationally active architecture and environment practice based in New Orleans. He is also the leader of Waggonner & Ball’s resilience and Living With Water® practice. Rami is a client liaison, senior project designer, and collaboration leader for climate adaptation projects across the country, including the Dutch Dialogues®, Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, Gentilly Resilience District, Norfolk Ohio Creek NDR, and Resilient Hampton.

Waggonner & Ball - https://wbae.com/

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Dr. Alex Kolker is an Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). LUMCON is a hub for Louisiana marine science through its dynamic and community-oriented research center. Alex is an oceanographer, geologist, and climate scientist and that has worked across the world.

LUMCON: https://lumcon.edu/

Dr. Alex Kolker: https://alexkolker.com/

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On Our Watch is a podcast that examines Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis and the ways in which it impacts our communities, industries and culture. This podcast will explore issues facing the Louisiana coast through conversations with local residents, community leaders, and experts.

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Ryan Mattingly is the Executive Director at Louisiana Green Corps, an organization dedicated to providing career building opportunities for people aspiring to improve their lives and community. 

LA Green Corps offers pathways to upward mobility and civic participation through job training and education services, advocacy and environmentally restorative projects. 

Over the last sixteen years, Ryan's academic and professional efforts have been guided by the goal of helping transform the neighborhoods of New Orleans into healthy communities by improving quality access to education, jobs, and housing for all.

Louisiana Green Corps: https://lagreencorps.org/

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Simone Maloz is the Campaign Director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta, a 5-group coalition consisting of the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, and the Pontchartrain Conservancy.

Restore the Mississippi River Delta: https://mississippiriverdelta.org/

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David Waggonner is the founding principal of Waggonner & Ball, an internationally active architecture and environment practice based in New Orleans. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, David saw an opportunity for New Orleans to reinvent itself as a sustainable city that embraces its lifeblood: water. He championed a process that examines history, soils, biodiversity, infrastructure networks, urban space and habitation, along with the forces of water. This combination serves as a holistic foundation for design, initiated during the Dutch Dialogues®, developed through the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, and now being implemented in multiple projects.

Waggonner & Ball - https://wbae.com/

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Halle Parker is the Coastal Desk Reporter for WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio. She reports on a wide range of environmental topics including Louisiana’s coastal landloss crisis, the energy sector, environmental justice issues, and much more. She is also the co-host of WWNO’s Sea Change podcast. 

WWNO’s Coastal Desk - https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk

Sea Change Podcast - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1172193717/sea-change

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Khai Nguyen is the Co-Executive Director for the Song Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization serving New Orleans East that works to improve the quality of life of residents through their justice work in health, climate, environment, food, education, housing, workforce as well as the culture and arts. 

Song Community Development Corporation: https://www.songcdc.org/

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Michael Massimi is the Invasive Species and Marine Programs Coordinator at the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, also known as BTNEP. He currently manages projects to conduct research, control, management, outreach and public education on invasive species. Michael also represents BTNEP in matters of coastal restoration and storm protection planning. 

Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) - https://btnep.org 

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Andy Sternad is the Principal & Business Unit Leader at Waggonner & Ball, an internationally active architecture and environment practice based in New Orleans. Andy is a leader of Waggonner & Ball’s resilience practice at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and urban design. He focuses on urban- and building-scale solutions that reveal the character of place and integrate issues of climate, nature, economy, and people. Andy works to build long-term collaborative partnerships between clients, communities, designers, and technical experts.

Waggonner & Ball - https://wbae.com/

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Renee Collini, Ph.D., Director of the Gulf Center for Equitable Climate Resilience at The Water Institute, brings years of experience in providing tools and support to federal, state, and local entities pursuing adaptation and resilience strategies. In her position, Renee draws from on-the-ground experience working in underserved communities and navigating federal, state, and local governmental processes and systems to help support effective and equitable climate resilience planning and action in communities across the Gulf Coast.

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

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April Newman is a Project Manager at the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, where she oversees multiple coastal restoration projects for the State of Louisiana. Her academic background is in process hydrology with published research in wetlands, landscape-scale hydrologic connectivity, and soil carbon cycling.

Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority: https://coastal.la.gov

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James Karst is the Director of Communications for The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL), which was Louisiana’s first statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to coastal restoration. James is also a former journalist in New Orleans, having worked for many years as an editor at The Times-Picayune. He was on the newspaper’s staff that won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2006.

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: https://mississippiriverdelta.org

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John Sabo is the Director of the Tulane ByWater Institute, a research institute dedicated to advancing the resilience of water resources in New Orleans, the Mississippi River Basin and in tropical river basins in the developing world. He is also a Professor in the Department of Coastal & River Science and Engineering in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane University. Additionally, John is the host of “Audacious Water,” a podcast about how we can build a world of water abundance for everyone.

Tulane ByWater Institute - https://bywater.tulane.edu/

Audacious Water Podcast - https://www.audaciouswater.org/

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Dr. Denise Reed is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in coastal marsh sustainability and the role of human activities in modifying coastal systems with over 30 years of experience studying coastal issues in the United States and abroad. Dr. Reed has served as a Distinguished Research Professor in the University of New Orleans’ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and spent five years as a Chief Scientist at The Water Institute of the Gulf. She is also featured prominently throughout our documentary, On Our Watch.

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Patty Ferguson-Bohnee is an attorney at Sacks Tierney, a clinical professor of law, and the Director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is also a member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and has substantial experience in Indian law, election law and policy matters, voting rights, and status clarification of tribes.

Arizona State University Bio: https://search.asu.edu/profile/1101447

Sacks Tierney: https://www.sackstierney.com/attorneys/patty-a-ferguson-bohnee/

Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe: https://www.pactribe.com/

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Nicole Bourgeois is a Development Specialist at the Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center, a free counseling service launched by the Lafourche Parish Government. This initiative offers eight sessions of behavioral health counseling and therapy services at no cost to all residents of Lafourche Parish. Nicole is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. 

Lafourche Parish Government: www.lafourchegov.org

Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center: (985) 304-4673

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Mark Schexnayder is the Senior Biologist at Batture, a civil engineering and land surveying firm based in New Orleans that specializes in coastal projects. Mark is a career biologist who has previously held respected roles at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and LSU AgCenter. Mark also helped craft the Bayou St. John Management Plan and lead several restoration projects in the bayou and in New Orleans City Park.

Batture: https://www.batture-eng.com/

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Darilyn Turner is the Executive Director for the Zion Travellers Cooperative Center, a faith-based nonprofit and community development corporation that serves the communities of lower east Plaquemines parish. Zion provides services that are centered around educating, community organizing and leadership, and advocates for healthy, restored wetlands.

Zion Travellers Cooperative Center: https://www.facebook.com/ziontravelerscc/

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Franziska Trautmann is the Co-Founder & CEO of Glass Half Full, a New Orleans based glass recycling company. In response to the lack of recycling options in New Orleans, Franziska started Glass Half Full with her co-founder Max Steitz while they were seniors at Tulane University in 2020. Franziska also serves as Glaf Half Full’s resident chemical engineer and head of research and development for projects such as coastal protection and restoration, new glass products, and process design.

Glass Half Full:

https://glasshalffull.co

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