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Breakthrough New Orleans Advisory Board Members

(Effective July 1, 2009)

The Breakthrough New Orleans (BTNOLA) Advisory Board is a standing committee of nineteen volunteers from the Isidore Newman, 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.

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

Kari Ayala, UNO Charter Schools, Esperanza Charter School

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

Deirdre Johnson Burel, Former BTNOLA Director (‘95-98); Summer Teaching Alumni (‘93)

Sherdren Burnside, College Track, Director

Brian Dassler, KIPP New Orleans Schools, Principal

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

Hillary Haspel, Isidore Newman School, Upper School Student

Stephen Kubick, St. Bernard Parish School Board, FEMA Accountant and Disaster Recovery Finance; SB Student Alumni (‘80)                 

Nancy Jones, Virginia State University, Director of Development

Elaine McClain, Sewerage & Water Board, Training Director; Parent of BTNOLA former Student and current Teacher

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

Kathy Shepard, New Orleans Jewish Community Center Early Childhood Program; Parent of Former BTNOLA Teacher

Merry Sorrells, St Paul's Episcopal School, Head of School

Joan Starr, Isidore Newman School, Assistant Head of School

Sally Suthon, Marketability, Owner

Ann Thorpe Thompson, Isidore Newman School Board of Governors

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

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

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