Task Force Members
Colette Pichon Battle
Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, as a member of the environmental and climate justice community
Chip Kline
Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities, Task Force Chair
Designee: Harry Vorhoff
Deputy Director, Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities
Dr. Chuck Brown
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Jay Dardenne
Commissioner of Administration, Division of Administration
Designee: Mark Moses
Assistant Commissioner, Facility Planning & Control
Bren Haase
Executive Director, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Thomas Harris
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Designee: Jason Lanclos
Director, State Energy Office
Don Pierson
Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development
Designee: Brad Lambert
Deputy Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development
Mike Strain
Commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Designee: Joey Breaux
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Soil and Water Conservation
Dr. Shawn Wilson
Secretary, Department of Transportation and Development
Designee: Dr. Eric Kalivoda
Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation and Development
Timothy Hardy
Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., designee for the President of the Louisiana Senate
Selby Bush
Head of Corporate Affairs, BHP Petroleum, designee for the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Bill Robertson
Designee of Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell
Tyler Gray
President and General Counsel, Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Gregory M. Bowser
President and CEO, Louisiana Chemical Association
Jonathan Bourg
Director of Resource Planning and Market Operations at Entergy, as a representative of an electric utility
Dr. Virginia Burkett
Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change at the United States Geological Survey, as a non-voting representative of a federal scientific agency
Karen Gautreaux
Director of Government Relations at the Louisiana Nature Conservancy, as a member of the environmental nonprofit community
Flozell Daniels
President and CEO of the Foundation for Louisiana, as a member with experience in community development and engagement
Dr. Terrence Chambers
Director of the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, as a member of Louisiana’s academic community and climate justice community
Chief Shirell Parfait-Dardar
Tribal Chief of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, as a member of an indigenous tribe, nation, or community
Robert Verchick
Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans, as a member with special qualifications and experience in climate change policy
Camille Manning-Broome
President and CEO of the Center for Planning Excellence, as a member at-large