Jay Addison, LTSL Board President. Jay is Owner and General Manager of Pine Knoll Farms, a full service equine operation located on the Tangipahoa River in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. His extensive travels throughout the U.S. have given him the opportunity to see first-hand how other areas preserve their lands.
Marsha O'Brien, LTSL Vice President. A native of Franklinton and Baton Rouge and passionate about conservation in the Southeast Louisiana, Marsha is a certified project manager and MBA. As a long-time supporter of the Land Trust Alliance and the Nature Conservancy, Marsha has served on the Stewardship Committee of the Catawba Lands Conservancy (NC) since 2003, and has volunteered with other land trusts and non-profit boards. She led even planning for the Polo Friendsraisers in 2009 and 2010 and several other LTSL events.
Walter
Antin, Jr. ("Bud"), LTSL
Board Treasurer. Bud is a Tax Attorney with the Antin Law Firm. He
has BA, MBA, and JD degrees from Tulane University and an LL.M. (in Taxation)
from New York University. Besides serving as a tax attorney, Bud is a
Board Certified Tax Specialist and a board Certified Estate Planning
Administration Specialist. He also maintains his license as a Louisiana
certified public accountant.
Bonnie
Lewis, LTSL Board Secretary. Bonnie is a Professor of Sociology and
Director of the Southeastern Social Science Research Center at Southeastern
Louisiana University. For more than 18 years she has been committed to
community-based research and development in a wide variety of areas, including
urban forestry and natural space preservation.
Sister Shirley Bodisch, LTSL Board
Member at Large. Sister Shirley is with Dominican Sisters of New Orleans
and played an important role in leading Rosaryville through a planned
conservation easement with LTSL. She has extensive leadership experiences
with many of the social service and educational programs of the Dominican
Sisters of Peace.
Honora Buras, LTSL Board Member at Large. She is currently serving as a Coastal Resources Scientist with the Governor’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) in Baton Rouge. She has earned BS and MS degrees from LSU. Honora has been involved in various environmental awareness, restoration, and conservation programs (e.g., her work with The Nature Conservancy and the La. Department of Naturalist Resources, Coastal Restoration Division). Honora hopes to work closely with the Land Trust for southeast LA and others to help build a much more robust land conservation program in Louisiana.
Ed Burns, LTSL Board Member at Large. He has served under various civic and professional organizations such as the Hammond Rotary Club, Louisiana Society of CPA’s, Hammond Chamber of Commerce, and City Club of Hammond. Ed has earned a CPA degree from LSU and runs his own accounting firm. Ed was born and raised in Hammond, LA, and, along with his wife Lisa, they have two children.
Alma Chasez, LTSL Board Member at Large. She is currently serving as a magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana located in New Orleans. Before joining the court, she had a general civil private law practice. Judge Chasez lives in Tangipahoa Parish and has family property on the Tangipahoa River that is currently managed as a private wildlife reserve. Twenty five acres of that property are currently planted in Long Leaf Pine.
P. J. Demarie, III, LTSL Board Member at
Large. PJ is in the health and life insurance industry and very active in
the St. Tammany community. As former state President of Ducks
Unlimited and an active member of that organization, he offers a wide
repertoire of fundraising experiences to LTSL.
Lauren D. Field, LTSL Board Member at Large. Lauren is currently the Executive Director St. Francisville Area Foundation. As a long-time resident of St. Francisville, Lauren has been involved in many community organizations: Former Chairman of the Greater St. Francisville Chamber of Commerce, West Feliciana Historical Society, West Feliciana Country Gardeners, Southern Garden Symposium, and current Youth Director Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Along with husband Rob, they have four children.
Leonard "Tres" Fisher, LTSL Board Member at
Large. Tres' interest in environmental issues started as an undergraduate
student at LSU, when he discovered “The Basin.” He has been an avid
paddler and hiker of the Louisiana landscape ever since. He has a
Certificate in Environmental Law from Tulane, gaining a keen understanding of
all major federal environmental laws. While at the Tulane
Environmental Law Clinic, he was involved in a project that put in place a
consent decree limiting a major oil refinery’s dangerous and risky
practices. He currently practices law representing abused and
neglected children in custody proceedings for CASA, while maintaining his
passionate concern for in Louisiana’s environment.
Arthur W. Landry, LTSL Board Member at
Large. Arthur is a Finance Executive with APR Consulting in Baton
Rouge. He is a financial specialist, entrepreneur, and executive leader
with over 20 years of experience impacting the performance and profitability of
organizations through expert orchestration of fiscal, business and operational
platforms. He has done extensive work with the Cattleman's Association in
the area of purchased development rights, and is well versed in the various
tools for land conservation.
Donny Latiolais, LTSL Board Member at
Large. NRCS, Capital Resource Conservation & Development Coordinator.
Their area of support includes all of the Fla. Parishes. The NRCS is the
U.S. Dept. of AG agency that handles the land conservation programs for the
DoA. This is a valuable ally to the land trust program and in several
communities. There are some proposals to the new Fed administration that
the NRCS role should be enhanced to do even more land conservation
activities. The NRCS office is in the Alley Bldg. in Hammond, 109 South
Cate. The NRCS has a program on rivers and wetlands.
Jill Mastrototaro, LTSL Board Member at Large. Currently regional director of the Sierra Club, she brings over 12 years of experience working on wetlands, water quality, land use, and conservation issues through advocacy, education, outreach campaigns, science, and policy. She advises the LTSL's Land Committee and also serves on the board of Smart Growth for Louisiana.