Friends of French Officers and Directors
President
Shawn Braud
French Teacher, Central High School.
1st Vice-President
William Arceneaux
Former President, CODOFIL; Director Foundation for Excellence Louisiana Public Television. Founder La Foundation Louisiane.
2nd Vice-President
Kay Collier
Retired French teacher and French Enthusiast.
Secretary
Cathy Luquette
Retired Distinguished Instructor, Department of French Studies
Treasurer
Todd Jacob
Assistant to the Chair, Department of French Studies
Immediate Past President
Dirk Benedict
Marketing Coordinator, LSU AgCenter Office of Intellectual Property and French Enthusiast
Ex-officio Directors
Rodolphe Sambou Consul général de France à la Nouvelle-Orléans
Jeffrey Leichman
Director, Center for French and Francophone Studies
Greg Stone
Joseph S. Yenni Distinguished Professor
Chair, LSU Department of French Studies
David Marcantel President, CODOFIL
Voting Directors (New)
Daniel Blanchard Louisiana French Advocate and Enthusiast
Charles Gallagher Retired Engineer and Accounting Professional, French Enthusiast
Babeth Schlegel Executive Director at Friends of Magnolia Mound
Voting Directors (Continuing)
Angélique Bergeron
Director, West Baton Rouge Museum
Anne Boussert
Former President, l'Assemblée Française, Société Louis Curet honoree
Michele van den Bold Braud, Baton Rouge, LA World Languages Specialist, Louisiana Department of Education
David Cheramie, Lafayette, LA
Former CEO of Vermilionville, French Poet
Catherine Coates Past President of FFS and French Enthusiast
Bastien Crapain
Assistant Professor, LSU Department of French Studies
Peggy Feehan, Lafayette, LA
Executive Director, CODOFIL
Charly Genco
Realtor and French Enthusiast
Kirk Guidry
Attorney and French Enthusiast
Florent “Pon” Hardy
French Speaker and Francophile, Former Director Archives State of Louisiana
Katelyn Knox
Associate Professor,
LSU Department of French Studies
Amanda LaFleur
Retired LSU Department of French Studies Professor
Kay Martin
French enthusiast and traveler
Christine Renauld Merchant
World Language Coordinator for East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Olivier Moréteau
Professor of Law at LSU; Société Louis Curet honoree , Director LSU Civil Law Center
, Russell B. Long Eminent Scholars Academic Chair.
Jane Perkins
Owner of Enlightening Destinations; French Enthusiast
Bryan Piazza
Director of Freshwater and Marine Science for The Nature Conservancy in LA; FLAIM
parent
Mary Pollard
French Enthusiast; Société Louis Curet honoree
Allison Roark
French Instructor, LSU Department of French Studies
Susan Rolfs
Past President
of Friends of FFS and French Enthusiast
Adelaide Russo
Phyllis Taylor Professor, LSU Department of French Studies, Past-President of FFS'
Sandra Hubbard Sargent Past President of FFS and French Enthusiast
Walter Smith Retired Attorney and French Enthusiast
Michael Vincent
Vice-President, CODOFIL, Past President of FFS
Michael Wolf
Attorney and Francophile
Director Emeritus
Seola Arnaud Edwards
The Woodlands, TX Originator & Facilitator of Ubaye Valley Summer Internship Program
Honorary Board Members
Jeanne and David James, Baton Rouge, LA
Daughter and Son-in-Law of Louis Curet
PAST PRESIDENTS
- 2022-2023 Sandra Hubbard
- 2020-2021 Susan Rolfs
- 2018-2019 Michael Vincent
- 2016-2017 Adelaide Russo
- 2015 Neil Ann Parks
- 2009-2014 Robert Lafayette
- 2007-2008 Catherine Coates
- 2004-2006 Jacqueline Labat
- 2001-2003 Lillie Petit Gallagher
- 1998-2001 Louis Curet