Having served Greater New Orleans since 1938 with a mission to assist underserved communities in securing economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights, the Urban League expanded to a statewide entity in 2016, becoming the Urban League of Louisiana (ULLA). That expansion began in East Baton Rouge Parish and plans to continue throughout the state.
For 85 years and counting, the organization is still relevant in its mission of focusing programs to ensure quality education and access to information, employment, entrepreneurial and economic inclusion opportunities, and shared dignity under the law. ULLA provides services to citizens through programs housed in three essential Centers of Excellence, which take a holistic approach to addressing issues that concern low to moderate-income families: The Center for Education and Youth Development, the Center for Workforce and Economic Development, and the Center for Policy and Social Justice.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Judy Reese Morse
President and CEO
jmorse@urbanleaguela.org
Cathy Washington
Executive Vice President
cwashington@urbanleaguela.org
STRATEGIC TEAM
Cherie LaCour-Duckworth
Vice President of Workforce Development,
Center for Workforce Development
cduckworth@urbanleaguela.org
Klassi Duncan
Vice President, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
kduncan@urbanleaguela.org
Debra Vaughan
Vice President for Research And Evaluation
dvaughan@urbanleaguela.org
Tyronne Walker
Vice President for Policy, Strategic Partnerships and Development
twalker@urbanleaguela.org
Belencia Breaux
Director of Urban League Clarence L. Barney Head Start Center
bbreaux@urbanleaguela.org
Ronnie King, Jr.
Director of Apprenticeships
rking@urbanleaguela.org
Gilma Pavon
Director of Parent Information Center
gpavon@urbanleaguela.org
Charles Phipps
Senior Director for Policy, Advocacy, and Legal Affairs
cphipps@urbanleaguela.org
John West
Advocacy Director
jwest@urbanleaguela.org
BOARD
ELECTED OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board
Jade Brown-Russell
J.D. Russell Consulting, LLC
Vice Chairman
Ronald Carrere
Liberty Bank and Trust
Treasurer
Dennis McSeveney
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of New Orleans
Secretary
Christy Slater
Women’s Foundation of the South
Honorary Members
Norman Francis
Charles Teamer
Flozell Daniels, Jr.
President & CEO
Judy Reese Morse
DIRECTORS
Leah Brown
Chevron
Dr. Arnel Cosey
Kingsley House
Shaneika Dabney-Henderson
New Orleans Saints and Pelicans
Monique G. Doucette
Ogletree Deakins
Nick Harris
Dillard University
Paula Hopkins
PepsiCo
Tyler Litt
New Schools Baton Rouge
Kellen Mathews
Adams and Reese
Minh Nguyen
NOLA Prints
Wynn Radford
BP America
Dorothy “Dottie” Reese
DMM & Associates
Jamie Schlottman
New Orleans Healthcare Connections
Tod Smith
WWL-TV
Toya Barnes-Teamer
HCM Strategists
Ricardo Thomas
Thomas-Waddell & Associates
Beth Trotter
First Horizon
C. Reynold Verret
Xavier University
Kyle Wedberg
GFOA
Sharonda Williams
Loyola University
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