Mission

The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Foundation develops and manages resources to enhance the work of LSMSA.

Goals

  • Intensify academic excellence at LSMSA by supporting educational and intellectual endeavors that go above and beyond a typical classroom experience
  • Support faculty and staff in their professional development and personal research so that LSMSA teachers can continue to be scholars and artists in their own right
  • Improve and expand LSMSA residential and instructional buildings so that the LSMSA community inhabits a living/learning environment that is both safe and stimulating

LSMSA Foundation Board of Trustees

List of 16 items.

  • Ben Marcel, President

    Ben Marcel ('00) is the CEO of Torapath Technologies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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  • Heath DeJean, Vice President

    Heath DeJean ('03) practices corporate and securities law in a large firm setting in Houston, where he counsels companies on SEC compliance and Exchange Act reporting and assists clients with M&A, financing and other transactions.
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  • Tedra Cheatham, Secretary

    Tedra Cheatham is Executive Director of State Economic Competitiveness (SEC) for Louisiana Economic Development. 
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  • G. Brian Smith, Treasurer

    Brian Smith brings over two decades of banking experience to his role as Managing Director of Northeast Louisiana at b1BANK. 
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  • Sam Jensen Augustine

    Sam Jensen Augustine ('94) is a Director of Design and Construction at the University of Utah where he works on Infrastructure, Capital Improvement, and Sustainability focused construction projects.
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  • Jonathan Bailly

    Jonathan (’90) has 20+ years of experience in global equities, fixed income, credit, and alternative investments for the management of balanced, multi-asset portfolios.
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  • Sarah Chaudhry

    Sarah (’00) is a Tulane University Law School graduate with 15+ years of experience as an attorney. She has served as a congressional staffer, Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish, and an attorney for Kilburn Law Firm and later Hess Corporation.
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  • Christopher Coco

    Christopher (’94) has nearly 25 years of experience as a software engineer, dedicating his professional career to building large-scale distributed systems and mentoring others. He is currently working as the Software Infrastructure Lead for a company still in stealth mode. 
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  • Jackie New Fletcher

    Jackie New Fletcher, PMP (‘08) grew up in Berwick, LA with three siblings, all of whom graduated from LSMSA. 
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  • Jay L. Johnson

    Jay L. Johnson ('94) joined Lamar Advertising Company as executive vice president and chief financial officer in October 2019 where he is responsible for all financial aspects of the company.
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  • Teddy Lee

    Teddy (’95) is the director of American Bank & Trust Co, as well as the principal owner of Segnette Capital LLC.  
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  • Kate Lowry, PhD

    Kate Lowry ('06) is the Strategy Director for the Science Philanthropy Alliance, a nonprofit that advances scientific discovery through visionary philanthropy. 
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  • Holly Magliolo

    Holly (’03) has 14+ years of experience in the legal field, serving as counsel for Hudson Advisors L.P., Southwest Airlines, and currently Winstead PC.  She has experience in legal aspects of real estate development and disposition, as well as corporate transactions, governance and ethics.
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  • Patrice Moulton

    Patrice Moulton serves as graduate professor of psychology at Northwestern State University in Clinical Psychology.
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  • Lenny Richoux

    Lenny Richoux (’85) joined Modern Technology Solutions, Inc in 2023. He brings MTSI’s engineering solutions to difficult national security problems with a focus on hypersonic aerospace, data architecture, and flight test.
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  • Clayton Trosclair

    Clayton Trosclair ('96) is Physician Relations Manager at Palomar Health, a hospital system in San Diego County, California. He previously led fundraising and development efforts for The Grauer School, a private 7-12th grade school.
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LSMSA Foundation Staff

List of 3 members.

  • Photo of Michele Robinson

    Michele Robinson 

    Executive Director, LSMSA Foundation
    Office: 225-936-6517
  • Photo of Barbara Caldwell

    Barbara Caldwell 

    Director of Development, LSMSA Foundation
    Office: 262-707-5841
  • Photo of Juliana Sheffield

    Juliana Sheffield MEd 

    Director of Operations, LSMSA Foundation
    Office: 318-357-2578

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