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Mr. J. Wayne Mumphrey
Chairman |
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Founder of Mumphrey Law Firm LLC; former Louisiana district
court judge for the 34th Judicial District. Appointed to the
Board: September, 2007. |

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Ms.
Valerie S. Cahill
Vice - Chairman |
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Independent investment banker, licensed general contractor
Appointed to the Board: November, 2007.
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Mr.
Joseph F. Toomy
Secretary - Treasurer |
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Mr. Toomy is a self-employed insurance
broker who represented District 85 in the Louisiana
Legislature from 1984 to 2008.
Appointed to the Board: March, 2009. |
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Mr. John F. Fay, Jr.
Board Member |
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Partner in the civil litigation firm of Fay, Nelson and
Fay, LLC. Appointed to the Board: August, 2007. |
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Mr.
Daniel Packer
Board Member |
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Former Chief
Executive of Entergy New Orleans. Currently President and CEO
of Urban Solutions Inc.
Appointed to the Board: January, 2010. |
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Mr.
Gregory R. Rusovich
Board Member |
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Mr. Rusovich is
CEO of Transoceanic Trading and Development Company LLC - an
international consulting firm that connects sellers of
equipment, technology and services to prospective buyers in
the world’s emerging markets. He's the former CEO of
Transoceanic Shipping Company, which was purchased by PWC
Logistics in 2005 and is now known as Agility Project
Logistics. Appointed to the Board: April, 2011. |
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Mr.
Scott Cooper
Board Member |
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President of Crescent Towing and Executive Vice
President of Cooper/ T. Smith. Appointed to the
Board: December, 2011.
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Mr. Gary P. LaGrange
President & CEO
Gary LaGrange has served as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Port of New
Orleans since 2001. Under LaGrange’s direction the Port made
great expansions in spite of great adversity. During his
tenure, the Port opened new, state-of-the art container,
cruise and refrigerated terminals. LaGrange’s leadership
brought the Port of New Orleans back into operation two
weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the most extensive natural
disaster in U.S. history.
LaGrange serves on the Boards and Executive Committees of
the Waterways Council, Inc. and National Waterways Council.
He also serves on the Boards of the Gulf Ports Association
of the Americas and is past chairman and past president of
the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. He serves on the
executive committee member of the Transportation Research
Board. He has served as Chairman of the American Association
of Port Authorities. He is a member of the Committee of 100
Louisiana. He was named the Maritime Person of the Year by
the Propeller Club of New Orleans in 2003, and Maritime
Person of the Year by the Propeller Club of the Port of
Gulfport in 2001. He was named the “Man of Steel” by the
American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), and
received the Leadership Award and named to the Hall of Fame
by the International Maritime Association at the United
Nations in New York. He was also named to the National
Rivers Hall of Fame in Dubuque, Iowa. He serves on the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Advisory Council on Trade
and Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation
Maritime Administration’s Port subcommittee.
Before taking leadership at the Port of New Orleans,
LaGrange served as the Executive Director of the Mississippi
State Port Authority in Gulfport, Miss., the Port of South
Louisiana and the Port of West St. Mary.
LaGrange attended Louisiana State University. He received
his B.A. in Geography/Economics from the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette. He also completed a Master of Arts
in Urban Planning, with honors from USL, in addition to
having earned the Professional Port Manager Certification
(PPM) from
the American Association of Port Authorities.
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Mr. Patrick J. Gallwey
Chief Operating Officer |
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Mr. Theodore "Ted" Knight
Executive Assistant for Operations |
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Ms.
Stacie Ordoyne
Special Assistant to the
President |
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Mr. Robert M. Landry
Division Director, Marketing |
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Mr. Paul Zimmerman
Division Director, Operations |
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Ms. Deborah D. Keller
Division Director, Port Development |
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Mr. J. Robert Jumonville
Division Director, Cruise and Tourism |
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Mr. Gerald O. Gussoni, Jr.
Director, Legal Services, Insurance, Claims, and Risk-Safety |
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Mr. Jim Ruckert
Director, Finance |
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Ms. Cynthia Swain
Division Director, Administration |
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Mr.
Clay Miller
Division Director, Business Planning & Commercial Development |
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Mr. Joseph G. Cocchiara, Jr.
Project Manager, Business Planning & Commercial Development |
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Mr. J.
Michael Orlesh, Jr.
Special Counsel |
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Ms.
M. Eileen Pansano
Director of Internal
Audits |
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Mr.
Christopher W. Richard
Executive Assistant for
Capital Projects |

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Mr.
Chris D. Bonura Manager,
Communications |

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Mr.
Jim Reese
Director,
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zone #2 |

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Port of New Orleans
P.O. Box 60046 • New Orleans, LA 70160
Phone: 504-522-2551 • FAX: 504-524-4156
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