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LMNGNO Leadership

President:   Janna Wisniewski, Ph.D.
Vice-President: Tres Fisher
Treasurer:  Michele Mire, CPA
Secretary:   Janell Simpson, Ph.D. [email protected]
Past President:  Julia Lightner

 Board of Directors 2025
(Date following name is expiration year for their term)

  • Meg Adams, retired civil engineer (2026)
  • Byron Almquist, owner Canoe and Trail Adventures (2027)
  • Andrew Barron, Senior Water Resource Coordinator & Quality Assurance Manager (2027)
  • Frank P. Boimare III, M.S., M.F.A., librarian (2026)
  • Kismet R. Collins, M.D., physician (2027)
  • Courtney Egan (2025)
  • Leonard (Tres) Fisher, III, Attorney (2026)
  • Albert P. (Rusty) Gaudé, Area Fishery Extension Agent (2025)
  • Jim Grice (2026)
  • Craig Hood, PhD, Professor, Invited Member (2025)
  • Tanee Janusz, environmental educator and Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator (2025)
  • Julia Lightner, biologist, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (2025)
  • Tricia Leblanc, nature educator (2027)
  • Joe Llewellyn, retired National Park Service Superintendent and Land Resources Branch Chief (2026)
  • Michael Massimi, Coastal Ecologist, Invasive Species Specialist (2025)
  • Marianne Maumus, M.D., Ochsner physician (2027)
  • Rue McNeill, Executive Director of Northlake Nature Center (2026)
  • Michele M. Mire, CPA, LA Master Gardener, native plant and wildlife enthusiast (2026)
  • Mary Mysing-Gubala, Ph.D., retired teacher (2025)
  • Ann Plicque, M. M., gardener, outdoorswoman (2027)
  • Janell Simpson, Ph.D., retired teacher (2024)
  • Rebecca Stilling, LCSW, social worker (2027)
  • Robert (Bob) A. Thomas, Ph.D., Professor (2026)
  • Bill Van der Meer, (2025)
  • Janna M. Wisniewski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (2025)