About Us
WLA Advisory Board 2022-2023
Inaugural President - Annie Juttner, CSP (Cohort 2)
Executive Director of Recruitment , Northwestern Mutual of Louisiana and Mississippi
Secretary - Rebekah Olinde (Cohort 3)
Solar Consultant, South Coast Solar
Advisory Board Members
October Ambrose, Director of People Operations & Culture, Center on Rural Innovation (Cohort 1)
Mandy Barton, Manager of Marketing & Special Projects, New Orleans & Company (Cohort 1)
Ronicka Briscoe, PhD, Chair - Department of Education, University of Holy Cross (Cohort 2)
Annette Dowdle, Senior Vice President, HUB International (Cohort 3)
Sorby Grant, Chief Program and People Officer, Climb Hire (Cohort 3)
Stacy Martin, President/Chief External Affairs Officer, Collegiate Academies (Cohort 2)
Sara Neal, Senior Director, Leading Educators, (Cohort 3)
LaShaunda Pickett-Rene, MPA, Vice-President, Managing Director, Texas, TruFund Financial Services, Inc. (Cohort 1)
Evie Poitevent Sanders, Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Greater New Orleans, Inc. (Cohort 3)
Adrienne Savant, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Education Department of Pediatrics, Service Line Chief Pediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital of New Orleans / Tulane University (Cohort 3)
Meet the Staff
Office of Professional and Continuing Studies
Jill Boatright, M.Ed., GCDF, CMCS
Executive Director, Professional and Continuing Studies
Amy Landry
Program Facilitator, Women's Leadership Academy
Cheryl Metoyer
Program Coordinator, Professional and Continuing Studies
Loyola Leadership
Loyola University New Orleans is proud of its diverse senior leadership team.
Current Cohort
WLA Cohort 5 - Class of 2024
Ashley Adams, MA
Julie Babin, M Arch
Angelita Brown, MS
Mary Byargeon, MFA
Sophie Capmartin, PhD
Katelyn Craig, MHA, CAPM
Ashley Daniels-Hall, MEd
Tiffany Delcour, MSPH
Shelita Domino, DSL
Melissa Ehlinger, JD
Paige Farrell, MBA
Jazmin Forbes
Farris Foyil
Amanda Frentz
Chelsea Gaspard
Jade George, IBCLC
Yolanda Greenup'Chatman
Katie Gruzd, MA
Lara Ashley Harrison
Endya Hash, JD
Kate Henry, MBA
Emily Jones, MBA
Kristie Kaaa-O'Brien
Read Kullman
ToniAnn Laborde
Madeline Lennox
Zinnia Lewis, EdD
Talia Livneh, MA
Odilia Lopez
Ava McClain
Kami McDonald
Samantha McKay
Valerie McMillan
Danielle Milner, CPA, PMP
Amber Mitchell, MA
Kassadi Monica
Rebecca O'Brien, CMP
Cigdem Omurlu, PhD
Nicole Parks
Toni Pickett, MEd
Emily Ramirez-Hernandez, MS
Danielle Rauch
Cyla Rome, MBA
Lauren Ruello
Blair Schilling, JD
Elizabeth Sconzert, JD
Christina Serpas, MBA
Christa Talbott
Laura Tolleson, MBA
Janitza Vasquez, MEd
Stephanie Villagran
Anjea Vindel, MBA
Telly Walker, LCSW-BACS
WLA Alumnae
WLA Cohort 4 - Class of 2023
Daphine Barnes, MA
Patricia Boyett, PhD
Reagan Buckley, MA
Sarah Cannon
Jennifer Chaix, MA
Michelle Clarke Payne, MPA
Erin Classen
Lauren Cutuli
Joel Dyson
Jennifer Evans
Dwana Green, ScD, MPH
Tammi Griffin-Major, MA
Rebecca Groom
Rebecca Henderson, JD, CWLS
Patricia Hugger
Allie Irvin, MA
Yashica Julian
Sheryl Kennedy Haydel, PhD, APR
Lori L. Knight, PHR
Melinda Koslowsky
Michelle LaBanca
Tori Luwisch-deLaureal, MLA
Chanda Macias, PhD, MBA
Mary McCullough
Ashley Millet, MEd
Kat Milligan, MPP
Lavonzell Nicholson, MSW
Cindy Osmer, MBA
Lori Oubre, MBA
Hope Owens, MA
Kristin Petry, CFRE
Lauren Phipps, CFRE
Mignon Richard
Ty Salvant
Alex Schoolfield, MS
Chris South
Tai Teamer
Myra Thomas, BSPharm, MBA
Kristi Trail, MS
Jessica Whiteman, PHR, SHRM-CP
WLA Cohort 3 - Class of 2022
Antoinette Abboud
Alison Anderson
Leah Burks
Rayven Calloway
Cheruba Chavez
Alison Cherenek
Annie Clark
Kassie Cosgrove, CFRE
Jenna Cronin
Dymphna Davis, LPC-S, NCC
Shakeatha Davis, JD
Michelle DeMeulenaere, PhD
Cynthia DiCarlo, PhD
Annette Dowdle
Michelle Dunnick, MBA, CPCE
Rose Espiritu
Tracey Flemings-Davillier, JD
Bianca Gilfour
Sorbrique Grant
Sonia Gutierrez, EdD
Erin Hardy, JD
Rachael Harmon, MD
Natalie Harrison, CPWIC, CESP
Bridget Hebert
Shayla Hilaire, EdD
Gloria Hill
Elaine Kimbrell
Ashley King, AIA
Lucy King, CFRE
Andrea Lockwood
Mehr Manzoor
Mikal Matton
Shona McKinney-Williams
Neha Mehta, MD
Tara Miller
Patricia Murret
Sara Neal
Rebekah Olinde
Haley Pegg
Chantelle Pierre
Alexandra Plaisance
Evelyn Poitevent Sanders
Morgan Ripski
Jennifer Roberts
Lisa Sammons
Adrienne Savant, MD
Chaila Scott
Candace Standberry Robertson, EdD
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD
Devon Turner
Candace Williams, EdD
WLA Cohort 2 - Class of 2021
Fallon Aidoo, PhD
Cristina Alvarado
Trish Andermann
Amy Boyle
Ronicka Briscoe, PhD
Joy Bruce
Shellond Chester
Dawn Collins
Lindsey Davidson
Rosalyn Davis
Shelley Dee
Elizabeth Ellison Frost
Emily Engberg
Mary Hoffman
Anne-Louise Juttner, CSP
Fay Kimbrell
Katherine Krikorian
Denali Lander
Halima leak Francis, PhD
Kelley Mackenroth, JD
Priscilla Mantilla
Stacy Martin
Claudia Medina
Olivia Mitchell
Lisa Morrison
Erica Perez
Stephanie Powell
Anna Whitlow
Tammy Lewis Wilborn, PhD
WLA Cohort 1 - Class of 2020
Mary Garvey Algero, JD
October Ambrose, MA
Alexandra Band, DO, FACOG
Stephanie Barksdale
Mandy Barton
Jody Braunig, LMSW
Heidi Colwell
Stephanie Comardelle
Carmen H. Cummings
Lauren DeFrates, MSHCM
Lorey Flick, PE
Renata A. Granger, MBA, MSW
Alejandra Guzman
Avril Habetz
Emily Hartnett
Josephine Heller, JD
Lauren Hickman
Allison Hjortsberg
Michelle Huck
Hannah Huppi
Shirley Kakousky
Riley Kennedy
Suma Sangisetty Maddox
Meaghan McCormack
Krista D. Mincey, MPH, DrPH
LaShaunda Pickett-Rene, MPA
Samantha Pollard
Nicole Powell
Zoey Reed
Karla Rivera
Elizabeth Sallis
Mary Schulingkamp
Rachel Strassel
Jennifer Sutton
Kelli Towers
Liz Marcel Williams, Ed.D.
Amy Winchester, CFP®, CRPS™
Heide Winston
Kate Witry
Tania Zachari
Demographics
