Board Of Directors / Governance
JOIN THE LFNO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The LFNO Board of Directors is currently accepting applications for new board members. If you are interested in shaping the future of Lycée, we encourage you to check out the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools’ website. You will find FAQs, highlights of the past year, videos and even a 10-point “I’m Ready” checklist to help guide your decision to apply for a position on the board. Interested candidates need to fill out the TOP Shelf application. Please specify your interest in participating on the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans Board of Directors in the application section entitled “Your Motivation” or in the section beginning “Please share anything else…” Thank you in advance for your time and commitment to Lycée.
For public records requests, please contact the Custodians of Public Records, Dana Henry and Danielle Dufauchard via email at dhenry@slh-law.com and ddufauchard@lfno.org, Interim CEO & Principal, or call 504.620.5500. Please refer to the Process Guidelines, here for the PDF or here for JPEG 1, JPEG2 .
Louisiana Charter School Board Legal Handbook
ddufauchard@lfno.org | Articles of Incorporation | Original Charter | Charter Renewal
Conflict of Interest Policy
Matthew Moreland, Chair mmoreland@lfno.org – phone: 504-832-3000
Adrienne Warren, Secretary awarren@lfno.org
Ann Meese, Board Member ameese@lfno.org
Lauren Knight, Board Member lknight@lfno.org
Shearon Roberts, Board Member, sroberts@lfno.org
David Amoss, Board Member damoss@lfno.org
Anitra Walker, Board Member awalker@lfno.org
Leandro Fukushima Freitas, Board Member lfukushima@lfno.org
Khrista McCarden, Board Member kmccarden@lfno.org
Cassandra Sanchez, Board Member casanchez@lfno.org
Stephen Sewell, Board Member ssewell@lfno.org
Adrienne Warren
Secretary
Adrienne Warren is the Director of Health Grants at Baptist Community Ministries, and brings over 10 years of administrative, fiscal and programming expertise in the health services arena. She has served in varying roles, providing strategic direction and oversight to public health programs located in Louisiana as well as Africa, the Caribbean and South America.
Adrienne and her husband, Lionel, are proud parents of two Lycee students. She is honored to serve on the Board and is excited to contribute toward LFNO’s ongoing growth and success.
Anitra Walker
Board Member
Anitra Walker currently serves as a high school administrator, student/teacher mentor, professional development facilitator, and author. Ms. Walker has a passion for education and enjoys working with students, teachers, and parents. She received her B.A. in English and her Ed.S. in gifted education from Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge. In addition, she received her M.Ed in secondary education from Southern University, and she is currently working on her Ed.D in educational leadership at Nova Southeastern University. She is extremely excited about her new roles with Lycée Français, and she is committed to doing her best to serve its parents, students, and teachers.
Lauren Knight
Board Member
Lauren Knight is passionate about providing opportunities for students and their families to live active, healthy, choice-filled lives. She was previously a school operations manager and secondary special education teacher who taught at KIPP New Orleans. Lauren is an experienced leader in school operations who has dedicated her career to supporting charter schools.
Shearon Roberts
Board member
Shearon Roberts, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Mass Communication and a faculty member in African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. She holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, a Masters in Mass Communication from LSU and a B.A. from Dillard University. She currently serves as the director of Xavier’s honors program. She is a past president of the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication and serves on the board of the Louisiana Communication Association. She is a co-author/author of three books and a former award-winning journalist.
David Amoss
Board Member
David Amoss, CFA is an Equity Research Analyst covering the Midstream and Upstream energy sectors with Heikkinen Energy Advisors. Prior to joining Heikkinen, Mr. Amoss covered the Upstream energy sector at Howard Weil and Iberia Capital Partners. He previously worked as an economic consultant for AECOM in both Chicago and Sydney Australia, specializing in front-end traffic and revenue forecasting for transportation and energy projects. Mr. Amoss is a CFA Charterholder and currently serves on the Board of CFA Society of Louisiana where he has held the positions of President and Treasurer previously. He has been a member of the Finance Committee at LFNO since 2014 and was Chair of the Marketing Committee for the Board of Crimestoppers New Orleans. David lives in Lakeview with his wife Missy and their three children.
Ann Meese
Board member
Ann Meese is a retired educator who moved to New Orleans in July 2005 from Columbia, Missouri. She received her PhD in General School Administration from the University of Missouri in 1996 with a secondary emphasis in African American Studies. Her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Cincinnati were in American History. After teaching social studies in the West Lafayette and Columbia Public Schools, she served as curriculum director and then elementary principal for the Roselle V School District in suburban Chicago, Superintendent of the Bosworth R-V School District in rural northwestern Missouri and ended her career in the inner city as elementary principal of Jefferson School for the St. Louis Public School district. In New Orleans she served three years on the Lycee School Board beginning in its second year. She currently is a long time member of Rayne United Methodist Church’s Early Childhood Program Advisory Board and also a member of both the finance committee and the mission committee. She is dedicated to the expansion of the Zero to Three Early Childhood System under the Louisiana Department of Education.
Khrista McCarden
Khrista McCarden is the Hoffman Fuller Associate Professor of Tax Law at Tulane University. She earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard College, and she earned her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She began her legal career with Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles and has practiced tax law internationally. She clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City. She serves as the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Section’s Executive Committee. Professor McCarden is also a Contributing Editor for the Nonprofit Law Professors Blog. Professor McCarden is a Board Member of the Tulane Tax Institute. In 2019, she was appointed to the Louisiana State Law Institute, Successions and Donations Committee. She is the parent of a Lycee student and is looking forward to advising and promoting the unique community of Lycée Français.
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS & AGENDAS
Facilities Committee:
to provide optimal learning environment that is efficiently managed both operationally and financially in the short and long term.
Alexandra Plaisance
Governance Committee:
to oversee governance structures and practices of Lycée and report findings and make recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Dr. Shearon Roberts, Chair
Adrienne Warren
Brett Long
Dr. Ann Meese
Ayodele Theard-Lewis, Secretary
Dr. Richard Peters
Geri Robinson
Jeffray Teague
Molly Vigour
Leandro Freitas
Khrista McCarden
Academics Committee:
to provide a holistic academic environment that combines French language immersion with a rigorous curriculum that prepares students to live choice-filled lives.
Dr. Ann Meese, Chair
Lauren Knight, Co-Chair
Karin Barbee
Heather Knight
Kelley Morel
Anitra Walker
Cassandra Sanchez
Ex-Officio: Danielle Dufauchard
Finance Committee: To provide an optimal learning environment that is efficiently managed both operationally and financially in the short and long term.
Brett Long
David Amoss
Catherine MacPhaille
Jeffray Teague
Bernard Guste
Khrista McCarden
Stephen Sewell
Ex-Officio: Keeanya Chenier
Athletics Committee:
To grow the school program into competitive and attractive LHAA program with complementary Middle and High School teams
Brett Long
Holly Kymes
Kier McGuire
Krystal Oliveira
Brett Patron
Lilly Schmidt
Cassandra Sanchez
Ex-Officio: Mary-Devon Dupuy
Ex-Officio: Chana Benenson
Culture & Community Committee:
to integrate our French learning and community with our evolving youth culture encompassing a comprehensive policy with regards to inclusion, race, sexuality, religion and socio-economic background
Dr. Shearon Roberts, Chair
Matthew Moreland, Co-chair
Ayodele Theard-Lewis, Secretary
Adrienne Warren
Geri Robinson
Keisha Green
Cassandra Sanchez
Ex-Officio: Chana Benenson
Ex-Officio: Danielle Dufauchard
LFNO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
05.17.22 - Board Meeting Documents
04.12.22 - Board Meeting Documents
03.29.22 - Board Meeting Documents
03.15.22 - Board Meeting Documents
02.22.22 - Board Meeting Documents
12.15.21 - Board Meeting Documents
11.16.21 - Board Meeting Documents
2021-2022 LFNO Vaccination Policy
Minutes_ 10.19.2021 LFNO Board Meeting
Priestly November 2021 Facilities_Finance Report
Priestly ASI 23 – PR 56_Change Order
Priestly ASI 23 – PR 57_Change Order
Proposal 055- RFI 107 Gym Windows Credit
Proposal 054- RFI 110 NEMA Enclosures
Proposal 053- Flat Roof Proposal
Proposal 009- Cost for Graffiti Removal
10.19.21 - Board Meeting Documents
10.7.21 - Board Meeting Documents
Agenda
Board Resolution – LFNO 210930
Material-amendment – LFNO
Schedule Pay App #13
Application
A101 – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans Priestly Renovation
Priestley Closing 2015
FDIC Request for Lien Releases (00383489xC0AE2)
First NBC loan payoff doc from 2016
9.30.21 - Board Meeting Documents
9.21.21 - Board Meeting Documents
8.23.21 - Board Meeting Documents
Agenda
Governance Committee Report 8-12-2021
LFNO Response to LDOE Notice of Breach_2021.07.30 (1)
BoardCandidateBios_Aug 16 2021
LFNO-FY22Budget-Forecast-Model.xlsx-Proposed-Budget
Minutes_7.12.2021 LFNO Board Meeting
Minutes from Aug 16, 2021 Meeting of Board of Directors
2021.08.16 Public Comment Cards