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Texas tour group full with 120 leaders, BR chamber says
Advocate staff report
07/18/03

The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge has released its final roster of 120 community and business leaders who will head to Texas in September to learn how Austin became an economic powerhouse.

The chamber is keeping a waiting list, which has 11 people on it, for anyone still interested, spokeswoman Nicole David said.

The Greater Baton Rouge Canvas Workshop to Austin, scheduled Sept. 21-23, will give local leaders a chance to visit Austin and attend three days of meetings with officials there.

The cost is $1,500 per person.

New to the list as of Thursday are: Matthew Aguliar, ExxonMobil Chemical Plant; Elizabeth Querbes Andreeff, Southern Women Action Network; the Rev. Chris Andrews, United Methodist Church; Barney Arceneaux, Ascension director of planning and development; Stephen Babcock, Babcock Law Firm; U.S. Rep. Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge.

Calvin Beal, Economic Freedom Association; Gonzales Mayor John Berthelot; J. Terrell Brown, GMFS; Paul Burns, Burns and Co.; Peter Couhig, Source Capital; Baker Mayor Leroy Davis; William Firesheets, Buquet and LeBlanc; Teri Fontenot, Woman's Hospital; Perry Franklin, Mid City Redevelopment Alliance Inc.

Gwen Hamilton, Department of Social Services; Scott Hensgens, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson; Jackson Huff, Union Planters Bank; Stokes McConnell, Long Law Firm; Ben Miller, Kean Miller; Jo Ann Moreau, EBR Emergency Preparedness; William Potter, Postlethwaite & Netterville.

Pamela Price, We Are BR/Swine Palace; Sue Smith, Baton Rouge Green; Willie Spooner, Willie Spooner & Associates; Robert Stuart, Hibernia National Bank; Genny Nadler Thomas, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge; Mark Thornton, BREC.

Michael Trufant, ConnectUtilities Inc.; Jacqui Vines, Cox Communications; U.S. Rep. David Vitter, R-Metairie; attorney Felix Weill; Rabbi Barry Weinstein, Congregation B'nai Israel; and Wynn White, Wynn L. White Consulting Engineers.

Names reported last week include: Paul Arrigo, Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau; Edward Ashworth, Research Park Corp.; Tim Barfield, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Inc.; Wilfred B. Barry, SJB Group Inc.; Bill Benedetto, Entergy; Mark P. Bensabat, Bank One; Lee Michael Berg, Lee Michael's Fine Jewelry; Mahdu Beriwal, Innovative Emergency Management Inc.

David J. Bondy, Louisiana United Businesses Association; Metro Councilman David Boneno; Dan Borné, Louisiana Chemical Association; Jim Brewer, Mayor's Office; Adell Brown, Southern University; Sister Judith Brun, St. Joseph's Academy; Walter Bumphus, Louisiana Community & Technical College System; Troy Bunch, Planning Commission.

J.H. Campbell, Associated Grocers Inc.; Tom Cook, Tom Cook MAI; Kevin Couhig, Source Capital LLC; Elizabeth M. Courtney, Louisiana Public Broadcasting; Metro Councilman Pat Culbertson; John G. Davies, Baton Rouge Area Foundation; Myrtle E.B. Dorsey, Baton Rouge Community College; Mark Drennen, state Division of Administration.

James Ellis, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP; LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert; state Rep. Mike Futrell; Richard Gill, The Shaw Group; Brace B. Godfrey, Adams & Reese; Cordell H. Haymon, Petroleum Service Corp.; Miles Higgins, The Relocation Center; Kenneth L. Hinrichs, Capital Area United Way; William Holman, Baton Rouge General Medical Center.

Don Hutchinson, Louisiana Economic Development; LSU System President William L. Jenkins; developer Ed Kramer; Charles Landry, Jones Walker Law Firm; Kevin Lyle, Baton Rouge Area Foundation chairman; Jimmy Lyles, The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge; Richard Manship, Louisiana Television Broadcasting LLC.

Rolfe McCollister Jr., Baton Rouge Business Report; Merritt McDonald; Markham R. McKnight, Wright & Percy Insurance; Charles F. McMains, Jones Walker Law Firm; School Board member Jacqueline Mims; Timothy Mockler, Mockler Beverage Co.; Michael Moles, Antares Technology Solutions Inc.; C. Cammack Morton, Commercial Properties Development Corp.

Leonard Nachman, Research Park Corp. chairman; Metro Councilman Darrell P. Ourso; Risa Palms, LSU; Gerald Peoples, Southern University; Michael Polito, Mapp Construction Inc.; Raymond Post, Raymond Post Architects; Donald L. Powers, The Chamber of Greater Baton Rouge; Gordon Pugh, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson LLP; Buddy Ragland, city-parish Department of Public Works.

Public Works Director Fred Raiford; Jennifer Eplett Reilly, JER and Co.; Davis Rhorer, Downtown Development District; Roger Richard, Port of Greater Baton Rouge; Nicholas Simonette, WAFB-TV; Baton Rouge Mayor Bobby Simpson; Zachary Mayor Charlene Smith; Curt Soderberg, Chenevert Songy Rodi Soderberg.

John Spain, Baton Rouge Area Foundation; Pete Stewart, Blaze Technologies; Lonnie Stockwell, Postlethwaite & Netterville; Kathryn M. Sullivan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana; Metro Councilwoman Martha Jane Tassin; Elizabeth F. Thomas, Plan Baton Rouge; David Thornton, Thornton, Musso & Bellemin Inc.

Thomas H. Turner, Turner Industries; Metro Councilman Mike Walker; Paul S. West, McGlinchey Stafford LLC; Marlene Weyand, Baton Rouge Growth Coalition; School Superintendent Clayton Wilcox; David York, Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Volunteer Delaine Emmert and Anthony Marino of the Baton Rouge Metro Airport will no longer attend, David said. Two reporters from The Advocate, one reporter from the Business Report and four chamber staff members also will attend.