Roster of Board Members + Staff
2023-2024 New Orleans Children & Youth Planning Board Members
- CHAIR
Monique Robinson
Chief Program Officer,
Café Reconcile
- TREASURER
Rashain Carriere-Williams
Executive Director,
Boys Town Louisiana
- SECRETARY
Dr. Shannon Perry
Executive Director of Student Support and Attendance,
NOLA Public Schools
Designee for Dr. Avis Williams, Superintendent
- Larry Barabino Jr.
CEO,
New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC)
- Dr. Torin Sanders
Pastor,
Sixth Baptist Church
- Joshua Young
CYPB Youth Leader
- Lavonte Lucas
CYPB Youth Leader
- Dr. Roland Bullard
Vice President of Division of Student Success,
Dillard University
- Gina Womack
Executive Director,
Families & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC),
,
Designee: Timolynn Sams, Director of Programs
- Dr. Rochelle Dunham
Executive & Medical Director,
Metropolitan Human Services District (MHSD)
Designee: Dr. Lakisha Mamon, Director of Child and Youth Services
Not Currently Pictured
- PARLIAMENTARIAN – Dr. Berre Burch, Clinical Director, Children’s Bureau of New Orleans (Designee for Charlotte Cunliffe, President/CEO)
- Mary Ambrose, Chief Impact Officer, United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA)
- Curtis Nelson, Deputy Secretary, Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice (Designee: TBD)
- Chief Judge Ranord J. Darensberg, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (OPJC)
- Councilmember Lesli Harris, District B, (Designee: Alison Poort, Chief of Staff)
- Carleen Hill, Child Welfare Specialist, Dept. of Children and Family Services (Designee for Leslie Lyons, Family Service Program Manager)
- Asya M. Howlette, Director, Mayor’s Office of Youth & Families (OYF) (Designee: Jack Shaevitz, Deputy Director of Policy)
- Keith D. Lampkin, Chief of Operations/External Affairs, Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office (DA) (Designee for Jason Williams, District Attorney)
- Christine Lobre, Trauma & Resilience Strategy Lead, Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health (Designee for Dionka Pierce, Interim Data to Action Team Lead)
- Emily Painton, Executive Director – City Librarian, New Orleans Public Library (Designee: Tamyka Miles, Deputy Director)
- Kristen A. Rome, Co-Executive Director, Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights (LCCR) (Designee: Ashley Hill-Hamilton, Policy Manager)
- Tenisha Stevens, Criminal Justice Commissioner, Office of Criminal Justice Coordination (Designee: TBD)
- Sunae Villavaso, Director, Office of Workforce Development
- TBD, Juvenile Justice Intervention Center (JJIC)
open seats
- Open, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and/or Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
2021-2022 Youth Advisory Board Members
- CHAIR
Christina You
- SECRETARY
Sofia Chavez
- TREASURER
Alastair Deng
- MEDIA CHAIR
Ravien Burns
- RECRUITMENT CHAIR
Eve Chambers
- Tamia Cenance
- Cameron Dumas
- Yasmine Fontenot
- Ryan Foreman
- Terry Franklin
- Saanvi Gambhira
- Maya Garner
- Felicia Hart
- Amanda Hayden
- To’Nae Hilliard
- Kayla Jackson
- Hannah Jacobs
- Jes-Zahre Johnson
- Mitchell McMickens
- Brianna Robertson
- Piper Thompson
Youth Advisory Board Alumni Network & Friends
- Nijah Narcisse
- Jada O’Mally
- Reion’ne Stewart
- Charlotte Martinez
- Amari Ann Shepherd
- De’Andrew Thomas
- Tyler Finley
- Noelle Haydel
- Samarah Bentley2021-2022
- Michelle Snowden2020-2021
- Keva Pierre
2021
- Abigail Hu
2020-2021
- Madison Hilliard
2020-2021
- Lauren (Cloud) Benn
2020-2021
- Miya Scaggs
2020-2021
- Christiana Williams
2020-2021
- John Davillier
2020-2021
- Anne-Marie Fortenberry
2020
- Blair Augillard
2020
- Gerren Smith Jr.
2020
- Durund Elzy II
2020
- Kaleb Nelson
2020
- Kimani Hamilton
2020
- Dominique Newton
2020
Not Currently Pictured
- Marneisha Gilmore, 2020
- Rio Shattuck, 2020
- L. Malik Shahir, 2022
CYPB Staff
- EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Karen Evans
- PLANNING +
INITIATIVES MANAGER
Maggie Hermann