Board Members

John Newman
CEO
Co-Founder and CEO
New Hope Lafayette

Kristine K. Newman
Executive Director
Co-Founder and Executive Director
New Hope Lafayette

Sara Townsend
President
Executive Administrator
Keller Williams Acadiana

Mario Abader
Treasurer
Senior Tax Manager, EisnerAmper

Ashley Berthelot
Secretary
Sales & Business Development
Professional Arts Pharmacy

Boyd Bryan
Past-President
Middle School Director
New Hope Lafayette
Attorney, Boyd Bryan Law, L.L.C.

Ivan Ledet
Director
Senior Pastor
Jubilee Nation Christian Ministries Church

Whalen Gibbs
Director
Retired Assistant Secretary to the
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
President Emeritus, 100 Blackmen

Chad Abell
Director
Principal Architect at AQ Studios

Guy Ellison
Director
Retired Oil Man
New Hope Lafayette Volunteer

Olatunde Soyombo
Director
Marketing Director
Devon Communications

Michelle Luquette
Director
Marketing Specialist
LPSS On Track by 5

