Advisory Council

Chairman: Zachary P. Mitchell, Sr – Senior Pastor of Word of Hope World Outreach Church

Vice Chair: Jane H. Braud – City of New Iberia Director of Planning & Zoning, New Iberia Main Street Program

Allen Bacque – Architect, LLC (Retired)

Shane K. Bernard, Ph.D. – Author and Louisiana historian, Family Historian and Archivist, McIlhenny Company

Burt Cestia III – Founder & President,  Cestia Wealth Management

Emanuel J. Harding – Principal, New Iberia Senior High School

Patrice Melnick – Director of Opelousas Museum and Interpretative Center

Marissa H. Petrou, Ph.D. – Endowed Professor of History and Director of Guilbeau Center for Public History at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Charles L. Porter – Retired District Court Judge, Chief Tribal Judge, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

Angela Provost – Farmer and Executive Director of Provost Farm Heritage Center and Community Garden

Sandra B. Solomon – Retired educator and librarian, community volunteer