New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu today announces the creation of fourteen new transition committees. Landrieu said he wants to "bring together a diverse group of citizens, the best and the brightest, to make recommendations on how to move our city forward."
Since his election last month, New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu has formed task forces to help him find a new police chief, improve the economy, and work on ideas to improve education in New Orleans.
"We're not going to fix everything overnight," Landrieu said, "but the task forces will make concrete recommendations on how to deliver results for the people of New Orleans, whether we're talking about eradicating blight, providing accessible health care, or improving customer service at City Hall."
The transition committees and co-chairs announced today are:
1. Blight, co chaired by Ellen Lee, Senior Vice President of Programs, Greater New Orleans Foundation and David Marcello, Executive Director, Public Law Center City Contracting
2. City Contracting, co chaired by Jay Lapeyre, President, The Laitram Llc and Charles Teamer, Chairman, Dryads Savings Bank
3. City Finances, co chaired by Gregory N. Rattler Sr., Senior Vice President, Government and Nonprofit Banking Group and Suzanne Mestayer, managing member, Advisean Partners, LLC
4. Criminal Justice, co chaired by Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., retired chief justice, Louisiana Supreme Court and Ed Lumbard, judge, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
5. Cultural Economy, co chaired by Robin Burgess, President, Burgess Management and Quint Davis, CEO, Festival Productions, Inc.-New Orleans
6. Customer Service, co chaired by Mike Valentino, Owner, Hotel Management of New Orleans, LLC and Angela Thompson, General Manager, W Hotels
7. Health Care, co chaired by Karen DeSalvo, Vice Dean Community Affairs and Health Policy, Tulane University School of Medicine Terry Fontham, Dean, LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health (female)
8. Housing, co chaired by Pres Kabacoff, CEO and Co-Chairman of the Board, HRI Properties, Inc and James Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
9. Flood Protection & Coastal Restoration, co chaired by R. King Milling, Chairman, Governor's Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation; Chairman, America's WETLAND Foundation; Member, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Stephen Rosenthal, Chairman, Strategic Comp; Founding Member, Flood Protection Alliance
10. Neighborhood Development, co chaired by LaToya Cantrell, President, Broadmoor Improvement Association and Denise Thornton, Founder & CEO, Beacon of Hope
11. Recreation, , co chaired by Roy Glapion, Senior Vice President, Professional Service Industries, Inc. and Rod West, President & CEO, Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
12. Social Innovation, co chaired by Timolynn Sams, Executive Director, Neighborhood Partnership Network and Sr. Mary Lou Specha, PBVM, Executive Director, Reconcile New Orleans
13. Sustainable Energy & Environmental, co chaired by Elizabeth Galante, Director, Gloal Green USA and Beverly Wright, Founder, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
14. Youth & Families, co chaired by Calvin Mackie, President and CEO, Channel ZerO Group, LLC and Chair, Louisiana Council on the Social Status of Black Boys and Men and Gina Warner, Executive Director, GNO Afterschool Partnership
Landrieu takes office May 3.
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