Breakthrough New Orleans Advisory Board Members

The Breakthrough New Orleans (BTNOLA) Advisory Board is a standing committee of twenty volunteers from Isidore Newman, and the education and business community of New Orleans. The Board is structured by three sub-committees: Governance, Development, and Programming. All members serve two-year terms and were selected by a nomination committee comprised of individuals on the Advisory Board, based on criteria that is aligned with current three-year goals and needs of the organization.

(Effective July 2011)

Lee Adler, Phelps Dunbar LLP, Attorney; BTNOLA Advisory Board Chair

Allison Bach, Isidore Newman School, Art History Teacher; Former BTNOLA Mentor Teacher

Brian Dassler, KIPP Renaissance High School, Principal

Stephanie Davis, Isidore Newman School, Spanish Teacher; Parent of BTNOLA Teacher Alumni

Kara French, Attorney; Isidore Newman Parent

Hillary Haspel, University of Texas, Student; Current BTNOLA Teacher; Isidore Newman School Alumnus

Elaine McClain, Sewerage & Water Board, Director; Parent of BTNOLA Student and Teacher Alumnus

Laurie Milani, Med Meetings, Inc., President, Parent of BTNOLA Teacher Alumni

Laney Langenstein, Isidore Newman School, Upper School Student; Current BTNOLA Teacher

Gale Pick, Special Education Teacher (Retired); Parent of BTNOLA Teacher Alumnus

Annie Sarpy Phillips, BTNOLA Teacher Alumnus (’91,’92,‘93)

Kenneth Polite, Liskow & Lewis, Attorney; Breakthrough Teacher Alumnus

Mallory Rippner, Isidore Newman School, Upper School Student, Current BTNOLA Teacher

Carol Starr, Capital One Southeast, Vice President of Institutional Sales

Joan Starr, Isidore Newman School, Dean of Faculty

Sally Suthon, Marketability, Owner

Ann Thorpe Thompson, Isidore Newman School Board of Governors

Michael Walker, Canal Barge Company, Inc.; Breakthrough Student and Teacher Alumnus                           

Semmes Walmsley, Hughes Walmsley and Co., Inc., Insurance Agent

Sassy Wheeler, Louisiana State University, Instructor and Clinical Student Teacher Supervisor

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