Greater New Orleans Supporters
panelAdvisory Board
Andrew B. Wisdom, Turbo Squid, Inc.
Dr. Anthony Recasner, Co-Founder and President of FirstLine Schools
David Voelker, Frantzen, Voelker & Conway Investments
Diana Lewis, Civic Leader
Emanuel Blessey, Retired Vice-President at Merrill Lynch
Jane Sizeler, Civic Leader
Joseph Aluise, Board Chair, Senior Counsel at Entergy Corporation
Mary Kay Parker, The Booth-Bricker Fund
R. Hunter Pierson, Jr., Pierson Investments
Robert Reily, President of The Reily Foundation
Sarah Usdin, President & Founder of New Schools for New Orleans
Wendy McCarthy Beron, Partner at The Apollo Group
William Hines, Managing Partner at Jones, Walker
William Sizeler, Founder and Principal of Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects
Lead Investor ($250,000+)
Mr. and Ms. Raymond and Barbara Dalio
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
Anonymous (2)
Graham Sharp
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous (2)
Phyllis Taylor
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Mary Kay and Gray Parker
Jurate Kazickas and Roger Altman
Dorothy and Nathaniel Phillips
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Rhonda K. and Joseph A. Aluise
Anonymous (2)
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, LLC.
Ann and Robert Boh
Cala and John Colbert
Maree Larson
Jane and William Sizeler
Ruth Sladovich and Laney Chouest
Dauphine and Robert Sloan
Tabitha L. Soren and Michael Lewis
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Anne and Herschel Abbott
Anonymous (5)
Wendy and Thomas Beron
Madeline and Manny Blessey
Jeanie and Peter Coleman
Laurie and Brian Doherty
Sally W. and Richard Edrington
Amy and John Haspel
Shirley and Robert Haspel
Walter and Cathy Isaacson
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevant, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P.
Sally and James M. Lapeyre
Thomas and Diana Lewis
Machelle and John Payne
Jill and Minor Pipes
Liz and Lynes R. Sloss
Gary Taylor
Sarah N. and Thomas M. Usdin
Gail and Duncan Warden
Elizabeth and James Williams
Meme and Bertrand Wilson
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Anonymous
Marjorie and Roger Bissinger
Sally and Walter Cockerham
Lisa Eldredge and Kenneth D. Davis
Wilmer Frieberg
Amelia and John Koch
Anne and King Milling
Marlis and David G. Perlis
Virginia and Jack Weinmann
Lead Investor ($250,000+)
AMERICORPS: Louisiana
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Booth-Bricker Fund
Doris & Donald Fisher Fund
Louisiana Department of Education
The Walton Family Foundation
Woldenberg Foundation
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
Anonymous
Chevron Corporation
Entergy Corporation
Goldring Family Foundation
Red Light Management
RosaMary Foundation
Schlieder Educational Foundation
The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation
Trafigura Foundation
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous
Shell Oil Company Foundation
The Brees Dream Foundation
The Toler Foundation
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
Northrop Grumman
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation
Reily Foundation
Selley Foundation
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Boh Foundation
Community Coffee Company
Creative Artists Agency Foundation
Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation
Pro Bono Publico Foundation
Ruth U. Fertel Foundation
Sue Sue Charitable Foundation
The Almar Foundation
The Richard B. Boebel Family Fund
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Arnof Family Foundation
Burkedale Foundation
Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank
German Protestant Orphan Asylum Foundation
Marathon Petroleum Company LLC
Parkside Foundation
The Davis Family Foundation
Whitney National Bank
Zemurray Foundation
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Coughlin-Saunders Foundation
Deltic Timber Corporation
Eason-Weinmann Foundation
The Usdin-Weil Foundation









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