CHELSEA DUFRENE

Board President

Chelsea leads the economic development marketing initiatives for the Entergy Region that encompasses service territories in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. With over 10 years of experience in marketing and brand management, Chelsea leads and executes an international marketing strategy that enhances business development efforts for the four-state region. Chelsea’s expertise also includes communications, organizational and leadership development, strategic planning, digital marketing and workforce technology. Chelsea joined the Entergy Corporation after serving as a Consultant of Development, Technology & Strategy at Success Labs. Prior to Success Labs, Chelsea led several national campaigns and initiatives at Louisiana Economic Development.

Chelsea’s passion for marketing and strategic planning coupled with her creativity and leadership skills led her to join the CAC board in 2017. When Chelsea isn’t in the field, she is busy traveling, enjoying festivals or performing with the Prancing Babycakes of Baton Rouge.

STACIE THEVIS

Board Vice President

Stacie Thevis is a mother, grandmother and native of False River. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University and has been a Realtor since 2005. She is Broker/Owner of Greene Properties of Louisiana and has a strong record of sales and leadership. Being involved in the community and serving others is very important to her and she is passionate about BRCAC!

GREG LACOUR

Board Secretary

30 year Architectural career with Gensler focused on every aspect of the profession. Retired as Principal to return to Alma Mater as Director of Campus Planning. Facilitates refinement of perspective. Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) from Louisiana State University

DONNA K TORRES, CPA

Board Treasurer

Donna graduated from LSU with a BS and an MS in Accounting, is a licensed CPA and a notary public.  Donna joined LSU 30 years ago as Payroll Director and has progressively moved into various roles within LSU with increasing levels of responsibility – she now serves as the Interim Executive Vice President/CFO for the LSU System; she is also an adjunct instructor of Accounting at LSU, and has taught Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting for 25 years.  Donna stays active in her profession and in the community.  She has volunteered with Campus Federal Credit Union for 23 years serving on the Supervisory Committee, and now the board of directors for which she is Chair-elect.  Donna is on the Board of the Directors for the Baton Rouge Symphony, and the Tiger Booster Clubs.    When Donna isn’t working or volunteering she quilts, gardens and spends precious time with family.

BRETT REYNOLDS

Past Board President

Brett Reynolds joined Neighbors Federal Credit Union in 2004 straight out of college, progressing through the ranks to become Vice President of Marketing in 2010. The credit union has long made community service a central theme of its brand with employees encouraged to serve on volunteer boards and become active change agents throughout the greater Baton Rouge area.
He joined the Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center Board of Directors in 2013 bringing a wealth of Marketing and Public Relations experience to the Board. Brett serves on the Marketing Committee and his Neighbors team provides organizational and logistical support during the BRCAC’s biggest fundraiser, Celebrity Waiter. A lifelong Louisiana resident, he currently resides in Baton Rouge with his wife Lauren, and daughter Aubrey.

DR. DAVID HILL

Pediatrician Our Lady of the Lake Hospital

Dr. Hill received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He then completed his residency in pediatrics at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge. Dr. Hill is Board Certified in pediatrics. He served as the president of the East Baton Rouge Pediatrics Society and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association and the Capital Area Medical Society. Dr. Hill is a Louisiana native and has been practicing in Baton Rouge for over 30 years. He treats children of all ages and specializes in the evaluation and care of pediatric illnesses and minor injuries. He provides well-child visits, immunizations, preventive healthcare, and school or sports physicals

AUDREY SCHMOLKE

Red River Bank

Audrey has deep roots in Baton Rouge, from family to financial leadership. Audrey joined Fidelity Bank, which has since become Red River Bank, in 2005 part time while in school. Progressing through her career at the bank she is now Vice President/Private Banker. One of Red River Bank’s core values is community involvement.

She is a mother of three young children and graduate of LSU. Audrey and her husband, Erick, currently live in Baton Rouge with their three children.

BRIDGETTE BYNUM COLEMAN

Owner of Coleman Consulting Group, LLC (CCG)

Bridgette B. Coleman is the Owner of Coleman Consulting Group, LLC which is responsible for hiring and deploying technical staff and resources needed to support the Public Assistance Program to supplement FEMA’s recovery efforts during major disasters and emergencies. A graduate of Southern University, she has served in leadership positions on several national and local boards including Capital Area Network for Women (Immediate Past President), Junior League of Baton Rouge, Quota International (2^nd Vice President) and the American Heart Association (current board member) just to name a few. She is married to Brian K. Coleman and they have one daughter, Bria Kamille Coleman. In her spare time, Bridgette likes to play tennis, make flower arrangements, and simply hang with family and friends.

JOY DENLEY

RN, ADN, BSN, CPEN

Joy has been a pediatric nurse since 1984.  After working on an inpatient pediatric unit for 10 years she spent 25 years in pediatric emergency rooms which included at the Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. She has earned certifications as a nurse specialized in pediatrics and as a Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse. 

     When her last child graduated from high school she prayed for God to give her a passion for something like the one that she had loved for parenting. The pediatric emergency room was seeing greater and greater numbers of children who came in because of child physical and/or sexual abuse which weighed very heavy on her heart and exposed a great need for someone to provide specialized care to these children way beyond their initial visit to the ER.  Through the past 10 years she also had multiple personal relationships with adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The significant short and long term impact on each person emotionally and mentally became clear and again I knew this growing population in our society deserved so much more than what many had received.  Upon learning about the BRCAC and the services that they provide Joy quickly became passionate about helping the CAC in any way that she could and she knew this was the new passion that God had placed in her life. Joy has been actively involved with the annual Celebrity Waiter event for 8 years and would like to become involved in community outreach awareness and education. 

RALPH STEPHENS, JD, CPA, ABV, CFF

Postlethwaite and Netterville (APAC)

Ralph J. Stephens, CPA/ABV/CFF, JD, is a Director in the P&N Tax Services Group. Ralph joined the firm in 1981 and became a Director in 1987. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced law.

Ralph has provided tax planning advice and compliance services to a variety of industries, including distribution, wholesale, professional services, and others.  Ralph also provides business valuation and litigation services to clients in a broad spectrum of industries.

In the tax arena, Ralph has extensive knowledge regarding corporate taxation, individual taxation, partnership taxation, and consolidated returns. He assists his clients with Income and estate tax planning and compliance, succession planning, analyzing corporate business decisions. These areas include financial projections, valuations, financial statement interpretation, acquisitions, and sale planning. Additionally, he also assists clients with decisions in structuring business ventures in appropriate legal entities. He also assists with planning and implementing changes required by new legislation and jurisprudence.

Ralph is both Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. He was a member of the AICPA Business Valuation Task force that issued the first standards for the AICPA for Business Valuation. He has served as an expert witness in numerous Federal and state courts throughout Louisiana and the Gulf South. He has been qualified as an expert in taxation, valuation, damages and accounting.  He has served as an examiner for the US Bankruptcy Court.

Robert Lucky

The Lucky Law Firm, PLC Attorney

Robert was born and raised in the small town of Greensboro, Alabama. During his undergraduate career, he began working in the legal field as a paralegal primarily in the fields of criminal and family law. Robert moved to Baton Rouge to attend law school at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. While at LSU, he earned a position on the law center’s Moot Court Board based on his excellent writing and persuasive arguing skills. He also participated in numerous activities and courses that later would help him when challenging and fighting large insurance companies for his clients. Following graduation in 2002, Robert began his career fighting for those who had been injured at the fault of another and who deserved just compensation for their damages. Today, Robert represents his clients just as zealously as he did when he began his career.

Robert is an avid fan of college football and of the New Orleans Saints. He currently serves on the board of directors for the A. C. Lewis YMCA.

RANDY YOUNG

Kean Miller, Partner

Randy Young is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 1992 and practices in the areas of energy, telecommunications, utility regulation, pilotage regulation, and also in environmental litigation. Randy has 25 years of experience in electric utility regulation and environmental law.

He has represented industrial manufacturing, refining, and related companies before the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He has represented independent generation companies and power marketers in matters before the LPSC and has represented a telecommunications company in multi-state regulatory complaint proceedings. Randy has also represented industry associations in matters before the Louisiana Pilotage Commission.

Randy has extensive experience in complex toxic tort litigation, class action proceedings and settlements, insurance claims litigation, and he has represented clients in connection with environmental remediation and Superfund/CERCLA issues and litigation.

Randy is an AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and was elected to The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc) in 2007-2020 by his peers. He was named by Best Lawyers as a Baton Rouge Lawyer of the Year in Administrative/Regulatory Law for 2018. Randy is also listed among the top energy & natural resources lawyers in the State of Louisiana by Chambers USA in 2011 – 2019.

LINDA CARTER

Consultant with LA Child Welfare Training Academy

Linda graduated from Louisiana State University School of Social Work in 1999 with a Masters in Social Work.  Currently licensed as an Licensed Clinical Social worker (LCSW) and a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor (BACS)  .  She has worked in the social work field for 29 years primarily in Child Welfare for the  Department of Children and Family Services beginning in 1993 and retired in 2019.  Linda has worked at all levels within the Department including direct field work, supervision, management, administration and policy review and development.  She is current working as a contract employee with the Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy.

Outside of child welfare, she has experience in mental health practice, individual and group counseling,  and critical incident stress management.  She has provided crisis counseling to survivors of Adult and Adolescent Sexual Assault.

Linda has served as a Field Supervisor for students in the Master of Social Work program at  Louisiana State University School of Social Work and Tulane University School of Social Work.

Linda has served on the Board of the Children’s Advocacy Center for many years.  In addition, she currently serves on the Board for the East Baton Rouge Truancy Assessment Inc.

Linda was initially appointed to the BRCAC Board as a representative of the Department of Children and Family Services.  She continues as a board member in retirement as she wants to continue to support the center in providing serves to children and families that have been affected by trauma.

CPT. CHIQUITA BROUSSARD

Supervisor, General Detectives EBR Sheriff’s Office

Joe Sciortino

WAFB

Jennifer Dartez

WBRZ

Jennifer Dartez has been the Director of Human Resources at WBRZ-TV for the past four years. She has 30 years combined HR Experience working at ExxonMobil for 10 years prior to WBRZ. Jennifer received her B.A. in Journalism at Southern University and her M.A. in Organizational Communication / Human Resource Management at Purdue University.

Jennifer is an active, life-long member at Elm Park Baptist Church and is involved as a church announcement reader, church program coordinator, finance committee member, and vacation bible school and Sunday school teacher.

As for professional and community involvement. Jennifer is apart of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Greater Baton Rouge Society of Human Resource Management (GBRSHRM) – programming committee, ITI Technical College – Program Advisory Committee, Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) – Diversity Committee, and Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center (BRCAC) – Development Committee.

Jennifer is happily married to her best friend David Dartez who is the Labor Advisor for ExxonMobil where he’s worked in various roles for over 30 years.  She is the proud mother of two sons:  Braelyn Collier, 24, a 2020 UNO graduate with a B.S. in Psychology and Jaedyn Collier, 16 who attends STEM Magnet Academy of Pointe Coupee.

Jennifer and her family live in the small town of Ventress, LA (near New Roads).  She enjoys the simple things in life:  praise and worship church services, spending time with family, cooking, shopping, boating, and relaxing on their False River pier.

A favorite quote of hers is:  If you fail to plan…then you PLAN to FAIL.  In the busy world of HR (and life in general) …plans will often change.  But she believes that having a good plan and working towards a defined goal will ensure you are on the path to a successful future – in all aspects of life!

Elvin Howard

Mayor Security Commander, BRPD Community Services

Rene’ Thibodeaux

Pointe Coupee Sherriff's Office

Dr. Rebecca Hook

Connie Guillory

Area Director, DCFS

Sgt. Keith Kibby

West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office

SONYA CARDIA-PORTER

Assistant District Attorney, 19th JDC

Ali Meronek

Iberville Parish Assistant DA

Brett Stassi

Iberville Parish Sheriff

Mendy Escudier

Sexual Assault Investigator; SANE Coordinator

Ashley Saucier

Medical Director, Pediatric ER, OLOL

Cpt. Nick Gremillion

Captain, Point Coupee Sheriff's Office