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Chapter Committees

Membership Directory & Database

Responsible for recruitment, introduction and enrollment of new administrators into the New Orleans Chapter. Responsibilities also include mentoring new members and upkeep of the membership database, ala-no group/website updates and publication of membership handbook & pictorial directory.

Chair Cindy P Troyer Taggart Morton, LLC 1100 Poydras Street Suite 2100 New Orleans LA 70163 Office: 504-599-8530 Fax: 504-599-8501 ctroyer@taggartmorton.com

Education & Programs
The Education & Program Committee is responsible for selection and coordination of topics and qualified speakers for the monthly, general membership meeting. The Committee is also charged with polling or surveying the membership regarding concerns or topics that it would like to be educated on and to plan/coordinate education programs to address these concerns/topics. The Committee is responsible for all arrangements and notification to all members, as well as timely sending to Regional, an evaluation of comments received on the various speakers. The Education & Program Committee Chair is also responsible for overseeing activities of the CLM Certification Subcommittee and making recommendations to the Board to help assure appropriate Chapter support of its membership seeking certification.
Chair Lucie Rea Titus Frederick A. Miller & Associates 3850 N Causeway Blvd Suite 1700 Metairie LA 70002 Office: 504-840-4904 Fax: 504-840-4941 lucie.titus.qu84@statefarm.com	Co-Chair Jo Ann Light, CLM Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson Lonero, LLC 3850 N Causeway Blvd Suite 1100 Metairie LA 70002 Office: 504-834-6500 Fax: 504-834-6565 jlight@lpwsl.com

Website & List Serve

Charged with the task of developing and maintaining an economically feasible and informative Chapter website.

Carlotta E. Duhe' Johnson Johnson Barrios & Yacoubian 701 Poydras Street Suite 4700 New Orleans LA 70139 Office: 504-528-3001 Fax: 504-528-3030 cdr@jjbylaw.com

Newsletter & Publicity

Coordinate a team to construct a newsletter that will provide valuable information to our local members, including but not limited to the following tasks: contact vendors or legal industry providers to contribute informative article relating to legal administration and/or new trends; provide a calendar of events of local and national ALA activities; produce (design, format, edit) the newsletter; publish and mail.

GayNell B. Lerille, Chair Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC 909 Poydras Street Suite 2500 New Orleans LA 70112 Office: 504-523-1580 Fax: 504-524-0069 gnl@stanleyreuter.com

Vendor Sponsorship

The Vendor Sponsorship Committee is responsible for securing Vendors for all of the levels from Platinum to Bronze, collecting the fees, planning the annual Vendor Sponsor Appreciation Social, providing the Sponsors with all of their sponsorship benefits, and coordinating the awarding of the various educational scholarships to the National ALA Conference, ALA Region IV Educational Conference and the Chapter Leadership Institute (CLI) for chapter officer training. This program is one of the major fund raising initiatives of the chapter and enables the New Orleans Chapter to provide first-class educational programs for its members. In addition, it is chaired by one of the chapter's leading administrative jugernauts of the industry who happens to be a great person, fun to be with, and can be seen at all of the places to be seen.

Don A Champagne, CPA, Chairman Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP 755 Magazine Street New Orleans LA 70130 Office: 504-593-0665 Fax: 504-566-4060 dchampagne@dkslaw.com

Vendor Fair

Vendor Fair Responsible for event coordination including site selection, securing vendors and collecting fees. The vendor event is the Chapter's primary fundraiser, which supplements membership dues to provide operating funds for educational purposes.

Lynn Martin Johnston, Chair Frilot L.L.C. 1100 Poydras Street Suite 3700 New Orleans LA 70163 Office: 504-599-8049 Fax: 504-599-8149 ljohnston@frilot.com

Salary Survey

This committee coordinates the annual publication of the New Orleans Law Firm Salaries and Benefits Survey, including the collection of data, working with a public accounting firm on presenting survey results, and distribution of the survey booklet.

Malcolm J Martin, Chairman Porteous, Hainkel & Johnson 704 Carondelet St. New Orleans LA 70163 Office: 504-581-3838 Fax: 504-581-4069 mmartin@phjlaw.com

Community Challenge

Community Challenge weekend is held annual every October.

Diana A Stagg, Chair Montgomery Barnett Brown Read Hammond & Mintz 1100 Poydras Street Suite 3300 New Orleans LA 70163 Office: 504-585-3200 Fax: 504-585-7688 dstagg@monbar.com

Meeting Arrangements

Schedule and make arrangements for monthly membership meetings. Responsible for monthly mail-out board meeting minutes and other relevant material with monthly meeting notice, as well as take RSVPs for monthly meeting. Coordinate with Program Committee Chair, who arranges for speakers.

Laura Isom, Chair Lee Futrell & Perles, LLP 201 St Charles Avenue Suite 4120 New Orleans LA 70170 Office: 504-569-1725 Fax: 504-569-1726 lisom@leefutrell.com

Retreat

Charged to coordinate the annual educational weekend seminar, requiring coordination and selection site, topic(s) and speaker(s).

Markell Currault Holmes, Chair Duetsch Kerrigan & Stiles, LLP 755 Magazine Street New Orleans LA 70130 Office: 504-593-0625 Fax: 504-566-4076 mcurrault@dkslaw.com

Legal Secretary Certificate Program

The goal is to encourage and bring to fruition, trained qualified legal secretaries to the greater New Orleans area. To attain that goal, we will work with the Legal Secretaries of the New Orleans and River Region Association to provide Delgado with a review board as well as training assistance. We will also meet with high school guidance counselors to encourage interest in the legal secretarial field.

Lowry R Jackson, Chair Lemle & Kelleher, LLP 601 Poydras Street 21st Floor New Orleans LA 70130 Office: 504-586-1241 Fax: 504-584-9142 ljackson@lemle.com

Region 4 Council

Represents the Chapter at National ALA events and meetings. Provides updates on Chapter activities and accomplishments to National.

Chair Elizabeth D. Shaffette , CLM Degan Blanchard & Nash LLC 400 Poydras Street, Suite 400 New Orleans LA 70130 Office: 504-529-3333 Fax: 504-529-3337 lshaffette@degan.com

Nominating Committee

Renee B. Hymel, CLM, Chair Mouledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, LLC 701 Poydras Street Suite 4250 New Orleans LA 70139 Office: 504-595-3000 Fax: 504-522-2121 rhymel@mblb.com

By-Laws (Ad Hoc)

The Bylaws committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing the Chapter Bylaws each year to assure that the chapter is performing its duties in compliance with the Bylaws. When necessary the Bylaws Committee will make recommendations for revision to the Board and membership and serve as liaison with National to assure that the chapter bylaws are consistent with National's.

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