Board

The Lighthouse for the Blind Board of Directors
2012 - 2013

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Ms. Katy Casbarian, Chair
Vice President
Arnaud’s Restaurant 

Mrs. Adrienne Casbarian, Vice-Chair
Small Business Consultant 

Mr. Gary F. Reynolds, Treasurer
President
Reynolds & Company, CPA’s

Mr. Curtis Eustis, Secretary
Vice President
Merrill Lynch & Company 

Mr. Chris Casey, At-Large
Senior Manager
KPMG 

Ms. Tabby George, At-Large

Attorney
Fisher & Phillips, LLC  

Ms. Julie Isacks, At-Large 
CPA
Superior Energy 

Mr. Keith Katz, At-Large
Senior Vice President – Wealth Management
Smith Barney

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Mr. Quin Breland
Attorney
Baker, Donelson Law Offices 

Mr. John Charpentier
President
Dawn Services, LLC

Dr. Shehab Ebrahim
Owner
The Retina Institute

Mrs. Amy Farnsworth
Real Estate Agent

Mrs. Carli Fried
Auxiliary President

Mr. Alex Glaser
Attorney
Phelps Dunbar

Mrs. Ginger Gundlach
Special Counsel
Jones Walker

Mrs. Shannon Gunther
Community Activist

Mr. H. Elder Gwin
Assistant Vice President – Commercial Lending
Whitney National Bank

Mrs. Patricia Ramsey Hall
Community Activist

Ms. Jane Heidingsfelder
Attorney
Jones Walker Law Firm

Dr. Jarrett Ann Johnson
Optometrist
Primary Eye Care

Mrs. Lourdes Keiffer
Sales Manager
WWL-TV

Dr. Jay LaCour
Ophthalmologist 

Mr. Joseph Mann, Jr.
Principal
Retail Specialist

Mr. James Reiss
Broker
Howard Weil, Inc. 

Mr. Mark Ripple, AIA
Partner/Architect
Eskew Dumez Ripple

Dr. Alan M. Robson
Medical Director
Children’s Hospital

Mr. Matt Roger
Managing Member
Roger & Associates 

Mr. Andy Romero
Independent Fundraising & Philanthropic Consultant
Louisiana Philanthropic Consultants LLC

Mr. Gaines Seaman
Commercial Agent
Stirling Properties

Mr. Lonnie Stockwell
Vice President/Private Banker
Private Wealth Management
J. P. Morgan
 

ADVISORY BOARD – NEW ORLEANS

Dr. Joyce Adema
Owner
The Adema Vision Clinic

Mr. Mark Brown, CPA
Eye Surgery Center of Louisiana

Mr. Troy Carter

Mr. John Jeremiah
Senior Vice President
JP Morgan Chase

Mr. I. Harold Koretzky
Law Partner
Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier,
Finn, Blossman, & Areaux

Mr. Marc Livaudais
Attorney-At-Law
LeCorgne, Livaudais, & Baus

Ms. Virginia Miller
Partner
Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald

Mr. Kevin Rafferty
Market President, Houston, TX
Iberia Bank

Ms. Elizabeth Ryan
Attorney-At-Law
Lemle & Kelleher, LLP

Ms. Carroll Suggs

Mr. George Villere
Partner
St. Denis J. Villere & Company

ADVISORY BOARD – BATON ROUGE

Mr. Lonnie Stockwell, Chair
JP Morgan Chase
Executive Director/Private Banker
Private Wealth Management

Dr. Marie Acierno
Neuro-Ophthalmologist
LSU Eye Center

Representative Regina Barrow

Mr. David M. Beach
Associate
JP Morgan Chase

Senator Sharon Weston Broome

Dr. Carl Carnagio
The Vision Center

Mr. Warren Drake
Superintendant
Zachary Schools

Councilwoman Ronnie Edwards

Mr. Ty Gose
Commercial Sales & Leasing
Latter & Blum

Mr. Jeff Koonce
Attorney-At-Law
Phelps Dunbar

Mr. Buddy Ragland
Architect
Coleman Partners

Mr. Bobby Simpson
Interim Director
Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired

Mr. Zack Stafford
Producer
Besselman & Little Agency

Erich Stemberg
President
Starmount Life Insurance Company

Councilman Scott Wilson