Roster of Board Members + Staff

2025-2026 New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Members

 

CHAIR – Todd Battiste, Sr. Vice President of Community Impact – Education & Youth Initiatives, United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA)
Designee: Pamela Branch, Program Manager for Education & Youth Initiatives

SECRETARY – OPEN

TREASURER – Caroline Durham, Founder, Mindful Justice

PARLIAMENTARIAN – Dr. Berre Burch, Clinical Director, Children’s Bureau of New Orleans
Designee for Dr. Jonas Chartock, President/CEO

Dionne Parker-George, Executive Director of Child and Family Services, NOLA-PS
Designee for Superintendent Dr. Fateama Fulmore

Claudia Vereen, Staff Attorney, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (OPJC)
Designee for Chief Judge Candice Bates Anderson

Monique Green, Legislative Director, Office of Councilmember Eugene Green, District D
Designee for Councilmember Eugene Green

Jessica Strange, Community Liaison, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement, Office of Orleans Parish District Attorney (DA)
Designee for Jason Williams, District Attorney

Dr. Rochelle Head Dunham, Director, Metropolitan Human Services District (MHSD)
Designee: Taylor Dupree, Counselor

Natasha Robinson, Interim CEO, New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC)

Meshawn Siddiq, Deputy Director, Office of Youth & Families, Department of Health & Human Services (NOHHS)

Emily Painton, Executive Director – City Librarian, New Orleans Public Library
Designee: Amy Wander, Head of Youth Programming

Kristen A. Rome, Executive Director, Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR) Designee: Tiye Davis, Policy & Advocacy Director

Carleen Hill, Child Welfare Specialist, Dept. of Children and Family Services
Designee for Denise Evans, Family Service Program Manager

Christine Lobre, Trauma & Resilience Strategy Lead, Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health
Designee: Julie Burke, LA CARE Network Program Supervisor

Monique Robinson, Chief Program Officer, Reconcile New Orleans

Gina Womack, Executive Director, Families & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC)
Designee: Cameron Dumas, Leadership Development Coordinator

Ge’ron Tatum, Executive Director, Teach for America Greater New Orleans

Rashain Carriere, Executive Director, Boys Town Louisiana

Thelma French,President & CEO, Total Community Action (TCA)
Designee: Glenis Scott, Vice President of Programs

open seats

  • New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and/or Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
  • Regional Dir. Office of Juvenile Justice
  • Juvenile Justice Intervention Center
  • Office of Workforce Development

2025-2026 CYPB Youth Advisory Board

 

CO-CHAIR – Cheyenne Lewis
CO-CHAIR – Je’Miyah Suggs
SECRETARY – OPEN
TREASURER – Leena Jain
RECRUITMENT CO-CHAIR – Imany Roches
RECRUITMENT CO-CHAIR – Alex Granger
Makeda Butler
Sierra Gaines
Tytiana Sanders
Max Williams
Nasir Wilson
Gabrielle Blackburn
Nataliya Bartley
Destiny Brown
Briante Causey
Alden Cheatham
Mia Cruz
Sparkle Cyphers
Tahmad Fleming
Jayden Gardere
Demi Harrell
Deonte Hills
Marie Guevara Rivera
Kori Kelson
Breanna Lewis
London Lindsey
Phoenix Lindsey
Kamali McElroy
Leonard McGinnis
Jah’maad McQueen
Jovan McQueen
Kyrie Melancon
Triumph Okpo
Kache Phillip
Ada Power
Cardell Ross
Gabrielle Slater
Jeffrey Slater
Elijah Williams
Maddison Williams
Olivia Williams
Josiah Willis

 

CYPB Staff