The Louisiana Board of Regents is a 15-member volunteer board appointed by the Governor. The Board is responsible for planning, coordinating, and budgeting for all public higher education in the state of Louisiana. Each term is six-years with at least one (but not more than two) Regents drawn from each of Louisiana’s six Congressional districts.
Below is a list of Louisiana Board of Regents’ 2019 board members:
Marty J. Chabert
Chair
P.O. Box 518
Chauvin, LA 70344
1st Congressional District
Appointed: 2015
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2020
Marty J. Chabert served as a state Senator from 1992 to 1996 and owns several businesses across the state.
Collis B. Temple, III
Vice Chair
3636 S. Sherwood Forest Boulevard, Suite 500
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
6th Congressional District
Appointed: 2015
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2020
Collis Temple III of Baton Rouge, is a National Sales Director and agency owner with Primerica, an international financial services marketing organization.
Blake R. David
Secretary
P.O. Box 3524
Lafayette, LA 70502
3rd Congressional District
Appointed: 2017
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2022
Blake R. David, of Lafayette, is an attorney and founding partner of the Lafayette firm of Broussard & David, L.L.C.
Claudia H. Adley
113 Carondelet Court
Bossier City, LA 71111
4th Congressional District
Appointed: 2015
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2020
Mrs. Adley is a partner in the firms of Adley Consultants and RACA Properties. Adley Consultants provides expertise in the field of natural gas transportation, storage, purchasing, balancing and trading to private and public consumers of natural gas.
Randy L. Ewing
923 N. Trenton
Ruston, LA 71270
At-Large
Appointed: 2018
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2023
Randy L. Ewing is a timber businessman from Jackson Parish, who represented District 35 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1988 to 2000. He was the State Senate President in his last term from 1996 to 2000.
Robert W. Levy
One Ridgecrest Drive
Dubach, LA 71235
5th Congressional District
Appointed: 2001, 2007, 2013, 2019
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Robert W. Levy is a graduate of Nicholls State University and the Louisiana State University School of Law.
Charles R. McDonald
P.O. Box 1495
Bastrop, LA 71221
5th Congressional District
Appointed: 2017
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2022
Charles R. McDonald of Bastrop is the president and owner of CMAC & Associates and the co-owner of Freedom Mobility, LLC, and a former member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives.
Darren G. Mire
P.O. Box 57373
New Orleans, LA 70157-7373
2nd Congressional District
Appointed: 2017, 2019
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Darren G. Mire, of New Orleans, is the director of valuation for the Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office.
Sonia A. Perez
301 Main Street, Suite 1030
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
At-Large Member
Appointed: 2017, 2019
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2024
As President of AT&T Louisiana, Sonia A. Perez is responsible for developing the overall strategic direction of AT&T’s corporate activities in the state.
Wilbert Pryor
1150 Saxon Place
Shreveport, LA 71107
4th Congressional District
Appointed: 2017
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2022
Wilbert Pryor, of Shreveport, is an attorney and serves as the Chief Deputy District Attorney for Caddo Parish for the Honorable James E. Stewart, Sr., Caddo Parish District Attorney.
T. Jay Seale, III
P.O. Drawer 699
Hammond, LA 70404
1st Congressional District
Appointed: 2017
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2022
T. Jay Seale, III, of Hammond, is an attorney and founding partner of Seale & Ross, APLC.
Gary Solomon, Jr.
825 Girod Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
2nd Congressional District
Appointed: 2019
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Gary Solomon Jr. is the Co-Founder and President of Solomon Group, a Live Events and Exhibits firm based in New Orleans. Passionate about growth and building a world-class organization to bring stories to life for the next generation of Live Event and Exhibit leaders, Gary focuses on strategic initiatives for the company that have resulted in the group’s tremendous national success.
Gerald "Jerry" Theunissen
436 Second Street
Jennings, LA 70546
3rd Congressional District
Appointed: 2018
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2020
Jerry Theunissen, of Jennings, is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana Senate.
Felix R. Weill
516 West Woodruff Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
6th Congressional District
Appointed: 2019
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Weill is an attorney an owner of the Weill Law Firm, LLC. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He is also a veteran of the United States Army Reserve.
Jacqueline Vines Wyatt
18713 St. Andrews Court, West
Prairieville, LA 70769
At-Large Member
Appointed: 2017
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2022
Jacqueline Vines Wyatt, of Prairieville, is the former senior vice president and regional manager for Cox Communications’ Southeast Region.
William Jewell
Student Member
150 LSU Student Union
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Council of Student Body Presidents
Appointed: 2019
Current Term Expires: May 31, 2020
William Jewell of New Roads has been selected as the student member of the Board of Regents.
William is a senior and the current Student Body President at Louisiana State University. Following his college graduation with a degree in Finance, he plans to pursue a career in Management Consulting. A native of New Roads and lifelong Louisiana resident, he is passionate about higher education and public policy. William is a member of the Council of Student Body Presidents, the LSU Mortar Board, and various other school and community organizations.