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 seven Congressional districts.
Below is a list of Louisiana Board of Regents’ 2017 board members:
Robert W. Levy
Chair
One Ridgecrest Drive
Dubach, LA 71235
5th Congressional District
Appointed: 2001, 2007, 2013
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2018
Robert W. Levy is a graduate of Nicholls State University and the Louisiana State University School of Law.
Marty J. Chabert
Vice 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
Secretary
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.
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.
Blake R. David
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.
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.
Richard A. Lipsey
P.O. Box 83280
Baton Rouge, LA 70884
6th Congressional District
Appointed: 2013
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2018
Richard A. Lipsey is the owner of Lipsey’s, one of the nation’s largest sporting goods distributors; HASPEL, a major line of men’s tailored clothing; and the founder and partner in Lipsey Communications, LLC, a chain of Sprint wireless phone stores in Louisiana and Texas.
Edward D. Markle
1100 Poydras St, #1475
New Orleans, LA 70163
2nd Congressional District
Appointed: 2013
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2018
Since graduating from law school, his law practice has consisted of commercial litigation, insurance defense, aviation, governmental relations, insurance coverage, errors and omission, director’s and officer’s liability, products liability, aviation litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation and professional liability litigation.
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
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2018
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
Current Term Expires: December 31, 2018
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.
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.
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.
Anthony B. Kenney, Jr.
Student Member
6440 Celia Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70811
Council of Student Body Presidents
Appointed: 2018
Current Term Expires: May 31, 2019
Anthony B. Kenney, Jr. of Baton Rouge has been selected as the student member of the Board of Regents.