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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