NLEP's Board of Directors are chosen by investors and represent the 14 North Louisiana parishes served by NLEP. Our board members come from almost every industry sector and provide guidance and direction to our organization.

NLEP Board of Directors

NLEP encourages an active board culture to enhance participation and involvement in economic development among its investors. The input and guidance from board members provide invaluable feedback to staff as they perform their daily operations. North Louisiana Economic Partnership (NLEP) is governed by its Board of Directors, who are elected annually by its investors. Board members then elect Officers who work directly with senior staff on high level initiatives. Board members are further broken down into working committees. 

2021 Board Officers 

CHAP BREARD     CHAIR MOEbiz	GREG LOTT  CHAIR-ELECT Progressive Bank
JAMES MOORE, III      SECRETARY     Moore Family Interests	Eric Basinger, CEcD  TREASURER       AEP SWEPCO

NLEP Executive Committee

Chap Breard	MOEbiz
Greg Lott	Progressive Bank
James Moore III	More Family Interests
Eric Basinger,CEcD	AEP SWEPCO
Chancellor Earl Meador, J.D.	Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Adam Johnston	First Guaranty Bank

Board Members 2021-2022

Jerry Allen   Delta Land and Farm	Greg Lott      Progressive Bank
Raymond Alley Walker-Alley & Associates, LLC	Michael Lowe           Kean Miller, LLP
Eric Basinger, CEcD  AEP SWEPCO	Dr. Chris Maggio Chancellor, Northwestern State University
Dr. Rick Bateman, Jr. Chancellor, Bossier Parish Community College	Chancellor Earl Meador, J.D. Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Linda Biernacki Fire Tech Systems, Inc	Kyle McInnis Ander Feazel Management
Bruce Blanton            Webster Parish Police Jury	Mayor O'Landis Millican Town of Arcadia
Chap Breard              MOEbiz	James Moore III Moore Family Interests
Lloyd Brown Kinsey Interests	Dr. Dave Norris Louisiana Tech University
Christian Burney  Magee Resource Group, LLC	Jeff Parker   Origin Bank
Mike Causey Hunt, Guillot & Associates	Patrick Ramsey Lincoln Builders
Jack Clampit Ouachita Parish Police Jury	Rick Ranson               Cleco Power, LLC
Charles Coleman Citizens National Bank	Barry Regula Boomtown Casino & Hotel
Kevin Cook Enterprise Computing Services	Reggie Roe   DeSoto Parish Police Jury
Hardeman Cordell   Central Oil & Supply	Jackie Richmond Centerpoint Energy
Kevin Crosby Lazenby & Associates, Inc.	Chris Shankle            Argent Financial Group
Anne Dixon Anne Dixon Real Estate	Tom Simms Carr, Riggs, Ingram, LLC
Amanda Edge           Entergy Louisiana	Trey Smith Ivan Smith Furniture
Mark Eldredge          Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLC	Dr. Steen Trawick CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Mayor Friday Ellis City of Monroe	Graham Walker Fibrebond
Dr. Rodney Ellis, Chancellor         Southern University at Shreveport	Mayor Ronny Walker             City of Ruston
Stephen Fortson      Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea	Aphriekah Duhaney-West Oschner LSU Health System
Archer Frierson Vintage Realty	JoAnn Wheless         Northwest Louisiana Association of Realtors
Jeff Harper North Webster Parish Industrial District
Tania Hilburn JPMorgan Chase Bank
Clay Hipp First National Bank
Valarie Jamison Parish of Caddo
Bobby Jelks The Alta and John Franks Foundation
Kay King      Morehouse Economic Development Corp