Warner is a District Manager for the Port of New Orleans, having previously served as the Superintendent of Police for the Harbor Police Department, where he rose through the ranks. Warner is the former Chairman and current Vice-Chairman of the Harbor Police Retirement System Board and serves on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Trustee Education Council. Warner has been very active in boating for several decades and served as President of the Orleans Marina Tenants’ Association. Presently he is the President of the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation.
Greg is a Senior Vice President and Senior Banker in the Government and Non-Profit Banking Group of JPMorgan Chase in New Orleans. Previously he served as Deputy Director and Director of Finance for the City of New Orleans and as Assistant State Treasurer for the State of Louisiana. His current civic commitments include board membership on the Visiting Committee of the Loyola University College of Business, the Center for Development & Learning, Community Sailing New Orleans, Inc., and the Data Center. Greg is also a passionate member of the Silverback Society which mentors young at-risk males in schools throughout New Orleans. He has also previously served in leadership positions on numerous community and civic boards including the Council for a Better Louisiana (C.A.B.L.), the New Orleans Business Alliance – Strategic Advisory Council, Broadmoor Development Corporation, and the Jefferson Business Council. He is a fellow of Louisiana Leadership, Inc., the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute, and the Loyola University Institute of Politics.
For 30 years, Guy has been the President and CEO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company.
He is the current Chairman of GNO, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Baptist Community Health Services, City Park, Jefferson Business Council, NOLA Business Association, and Baptist Community Ministries.
He is an active sailor who served on the Municipal Yacht Harbor Board and helped the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation rebuild the Lighthouse on the New Basin Canal after Hurricane Katrina.
He is the current Chairman of GNO, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Baptist Community Health Services, City Park, Jefferson Business Council, NOLA Business Association, and Baptist Community Ministries.
He is an active sailor who served on the Municipal Yacht Harbor Board and helped the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation rebuild the Lighthouse on the New Basin Canal after Hurricane Katrina.
Ric serves as a Director of Metairie Bank and Trust Company, having retired in 2013 after many years as Chief Executive Officer. He is a past Chairman of the Louisiana Bankers Association, Jefferson Business Council, Jefferson Parish Economic Development and Port Commission, Tulane Association of Business Alumni, East Jefferson General Hospital Foundation and the Jefferson Community Foundation, a Fund of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. An avid sailor, Ric presently serves on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation as its Treasurer.
John is retired, having been a partner with Phelps Dunbar LLP in its New Orleans office for many years. He formed Community Sailing New Orleans, Inc. for the purpose of initiating this project. Previously he served as the President of the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation and as the President of CASA New Orleans, assisting abused and neglected children. John and his family have been heavily engaged in sailing and boating for many years.
Kim is a partner at Phelps Dunbar. She practices in the areas of labor and employment, civil rights, constitutional law, commercial, tort and general litigation. Kim was also elected as the first female African-American president of the Louisiana State Bar Association (2009-2010) and the first African-American president of the New Orleans Bar Association (2003). Kim has been actively engaged in leadership roles in our community for many years, with some highlights including: in 2016 Kim was named vice-chair of Tulane University’s board of directors, having served on the board since 2009. She currently serves on the boards of trustees for Dillard University, Touro Infirmary and the New Orleans Business Alliance. She is president and chair of the board for the Amistad Research Center.
Guy is a Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Capital One N.A. in New Orleans. He has served on the Boards of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Mississippi and Louisiana, the New Orleans Ballet Association and the Gulf Yachting Association. He is a lifelong sailor who got his start with sailing as a child through a community sailing center in Hollywood, Florida. He has served on the board of Southern Yacht Club for 13 years including two as Commodore. For many years Guy served as the principal alum advisor to the Tulane Sailing Team, helping the team in a variety of ways, including improving its facilities and getting back in operation after Katrina.
Lynne is a Director with Postlethwaite & Netterville, serving on their Board and Executive Committee, in their Accounting and Assurance Services Group and as Director of Assurance Services. Prior to joining the firm, she was a senior manager with a Big Four firm, providing external audit and SOC services to clients. Additionally, Lynne has been very active in the civic life of our community, serving a number of respected area nonprofits and institutions including serving as a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, on the Finance Committee of St. Michael’s Special School, as Treasurer of A Studio in the Woods, as a Board Member and Officer of Youth Empowerment, as a Finance Committee Member of Greater New Orleans Crimestoppers, Inc., as Treasurer for Lighthouse for the Blind and as Treasurer, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) New Orleans. Lynne has also served on other boards and advisory boards including the American Red Cross, Louisiana, Second Harvest Food Bank, Presidential Advisory Board of Xavier University, University of New Orleans Accounting Advisory Council, Southern Region Diversity Committee of the Boy Scouts of America and the Advisory Board for What You Give Will Grow.
Frank is a principal of Mount Royal Capital, LLC., where is co-head of a “best ideas” investment vehicle for a Fort Worth, TX-based family office. He leads the investment, due diligence, and performance tracking processes for direct and LP investments. Frank sources and manages investments across a wide spectrum ranging from early-stage tech to equity long/short hedge funds. He is a lifelong sailor, who lives in New Orleans with his wife and two young children. Frank is on the Board of the New Orleans Speech and Hearing Center and on its Investment Committee, as well as being an advisor to the GWR Fund, a Fort Worth, TX-based charity.
Bob is the Senior Vice President for Capital Projects for The National WWII Museum and manages all facets of the Museum’s $370M capital expansion program. Previously the Director of Design and Construction the Harrah’s New Orleans Casino and Executive VP for Design and Construction for Columbus General Properties, Bob has 30 years of experience as a general contractor and 20 years representing owner’s interests in major developments. He is a past president of the Associated General Contractors of Louisiana and a former member of YPO, also having served on the boards of Ideal Savings and Loan, Metairie Park Country Day School, the Louisiana SPCA, the Louisiana Children’s Museum, the New Orleans Federal Alliance and Belle Chasse Academy Charter School and is currently on the Board of Ursuline Academy.
Raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, Catherine graduated in 1992 from Sweet Briar College in Virginia with a B.A. in International Affairs. She worked in New York City and Atlanta before moving to New Orleans in 1995 when she then served as Development Director at Longue Vue House and Gardens and later Foundation Manager of the Ella West Freeman Foundation and RosaMary Foundation. Most recently Catherine enjoyed discovering and profiling local nonprofits for St. Charles Avenue magazine’s “Making a Difference” column. Over the years she has served on many local non-profit boards, including The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Isidore Newman School, the Junior League of New Orleans, Trinity Episcopal Church, Herman-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses, and the Legacy Donor Foundation. In addition, Catherine has Chaired several fundraisers including Longue Vue’s “Sentimental Journeys,” Audubon Zoo’s “Zoo-To-Do,” HGGHH’s “Amazing Grapes”, Children’s Hospital’s “Sugarplum Ball” and more. Catherine is married to a native New Orleanian and is the proud mother of three children.
Whit is Managing Director-Americas for ED&F Man Liquid Products, a fully owned subsidiary of London based ED& Man Ltd. – a business engaged in global molasses trading and distribution, fish oil trading and distribution, other agricultural product trading and ownership of one of the largest North American animal feed manufacturers, Westway Feed Products. In addition to his professional career, Whit is very active with several civic organizations and serves on the Boards of the following non-profit organizations: LCMC Health (Children’s Hospital) where he served as Board Chair and remains on the Executive Committee, St. Michael Special School and HeartGift.
Susan is the Director of Communications for the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans and editor of its award-winning magazine, Preservation in Print. Prior to joining the PRC, she was the Home and Garden Editor for The Times-Picayune and its website, NOLA.com. Susan also serves on the Board of Directors for the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans, the Metro Area Horticulture Foundation and has previously served on the Louisiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication Alumni Board. She is an active sailor and a volunteer scuba diver with the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.
Robert M. Kottler is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of Whiteclay, a leading provider of banking software and solutions, after a 37-year banking career. In his role, he is responsible for regional bank relationships and partnership opportunities. Bob served as Executive Vice President and Director of Retail, Mortgage and Small Business for IberiaBank.
He is also responsible for government relations. Prior to joining IberiaBank, Bob was Executive Vice President for the Small Business Banking business for Capital One Bank. Originally from Cleveland, Bob earned his Bachelor of Science in management and his Master of Business Administration from Tulane University. He also is a graduate of the Graduate School of Retail Banking, Consumer Bankers Association, at the University of Virginia. Bob’s community activities include being the board chair of the Louisiana/Mississippi chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is active in Tulane as a member of the Presidents Council, Business School Council and a past member of the Tulane Associates and past President of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni. Bob is an avid sailor – locally, on Chesapeake Bay and points south.
He is also responsible for government relations. Prior to joining IberiaBank, Bob was Executive Vice President for the Small Business Banking business for Capital One Bank. Originally from Cleveland, Bob earned his Bachelor of Science in management and his Master of Business Administration from Tulane University. He also is a graduate of the Graduate School of Retail Banking, Consumer Bankers Association, at the University of Virginia. Bob’s community activities include being the board chair of the Louisiana/Mississippi chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He is active in Tulane as a member of the Presidents Council, Business School Council and a past member of the Tulane Associates and past President of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni. Bob is an avid sailor – locally, on Chesapeake Bay and points south.
Mikki is a Vice President of Piper Sandler. She serves as a banker covering the Louisiana and Mississippi markets. For the ten years prior to joining the firm, she worked as a vice president in commercial banking at J.P. Morgan. There, Mikki worked directly with government clients and managed diverse facets of the relationship including direct placements, note financing, and equipment financing. Mikki, her husband and young children live in New Orleans
Judge Smith, Section A of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, is a graduate of Morehouse College and Tulane University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he served as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Revius Ortique, Jr. Clint has practiced broadly across many areas of the law. Clint serves on the boards of the Legacy Donor Foundation, the Louisiana Affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation, the Faith & Marriage Advisory Board, Willwoods Community, and has served as a board member of the Audubon Commission and the New Orleans Soccer Association. Clint is a member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Sigma Pi Phi, Fraternity, Inc. (Boule’). He has served as an adult member and volunteer for Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. He has mentored in the Archdiocese Isaiah 43, and Omega Psi Phi programs. He is active in the Boule’s social actions program and as a mentor and speaker for the Silverback Society.
Bill is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Professional Liability practice group of the law firm of Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP. He has been active on professional boards and committees and has been recognized a leader in his practice areas by Best Lawyers and SuperLawyers. During his career Bill has been actively involved in the community, having served on the boards of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (Board President, 2010-11), Louisiana Mississippi Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (chair of Leukemia Cup Regatta 2006), Louisiana Bar Foundation, Associated Builders & Contractors, Louise S. McGehee School and Trinity Episcopal Church. He has also participated in the governance of Southern Yacht Club where he served as Commodore in 2002 and 2003.
