2026-2027 Board of Directors
The LAE Board of Directors is composed of association leaders who are active education employees elected by their peers to act for the association in between meetings of the Representative Assembly.
You must be a member for at least three consecutive years to be eligible to serve on the board.
LAE President D'Shay Oaks
LAE Vice President Cynthia Henderson
District 1
Representing Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Union, Vernon, and Webster parishes.
Dr. Elizabeth Sullivan
Dawn Phillips Jordan
Dr. Fredrick Pinkney
District 2
Representing Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Grant, Iberville, LaSalle, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Richland, St. Helena, St. Martin, Tensas, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn, and the City of Monroe.
Tamara Ross
Milton Gholar
LaChina Clay
District 3
Representing Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, St. Landry, and Vermilion parishes.
Gladys Melancon
Laura Francis
Rachael Chapman
District 4
Representing East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes, the cities of Baker, Bogalusa, Central, and Zachary, and the Louisiana School for the Deaf and Visually Impaired (LSDVI), Association for Correctional Employees (ACE-Baton Rouge), and Special School District 1 (SSD1).
Katina Thompson-Givens
Valencea Johnson
Candita Belona-Sims
District 5
Representing Ascension, Assumption, Iberia, Lafayette, and St. James parishes.
DeLisa Washington
Julia Reed
Jema Lefevre
District 6
Representing Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John, St. Mary, St. Tammany, and Terrebonne parishes.
Derron Cook
Brandy Nora
Annette Foret-Riley
Education Support Professional
Dona Festervan
Gwen Hill
Cheryl Shirley
Angela Matthews
NEA Director
Valencea Johnson
Retired
Gregory Mills
Student
LAE Administrator
Jonathan Loveall
