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The NLEDF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focused on marketing the ten parishes ofNorthwest Louisiana as a competitive and profitable business location and encouraging capital investment and job creation by both existing employers and prospective companies.  The regionally focused foundation, originally formed in 1982, is based at the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. 

The Northwest Louisiana Economic Development Foundation (NLEDF) recently established a new board of directors, geographically representative of the ten-parish region and its investors, and named Harold Turner of Red River Bank as Chairman of  the Board.  The newly established board is currently drafting new By-laws and will meet monthly for updates on the Foundation’s program of work and goals set forth as part of its 5-year economic development Campaign, Forward Northwest Louisiana. 


Officers

Chairman of the Board          Harold Turner – Regions Bank

President, Ex-Officio            Dick Bremer - Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce

Vice President, Ex-Officio     Kurt Foreman - NLEDF

Treasurer                            Carol Barnes, CPA – Cole, Evans & Peterson

Secretary                            Charles Coyle – Coyle Engineering
Assistant Treasurer              Bill McKellar - Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company


Bill Altimus                         Bossier Parish Police Jury

Eric Barkley                        CenterPoint Energy

Ross Barrett                       Louisiana Ventures LLC

Keith Bergeron                   Capital One Bank

Linda Biernacki                   Fire Tech Systems Inc.

John Buske                         Ruston Lincoln Chamber of Commerce/IDC

Tommy Davis                     Minden City Council (BDI, LLC)

Todd Davison                     Davison Petroleum Products, LLC

Jim Elrod                           Willis Knighton Health System

Jim Hagan                         Balar Associates, Inc.

Don Horton                        Premier Management, LLC

John Hubbard                     AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Company

Bobby Jelks                        Franks Management Company, LLC

Dennis Lower, Ex-Officio    Alliance Northwest Chairman, (Biomedical Res. Found.)

John Peak                          JPMorgan Chase Bank

Markey Pierre                     Southern Strategies Group

Mickey Prestridge                Red River Waterway Commission (LSU HSC)

Dan Reneau                        Louisiana Tech University

Bruce Roberts                     NW Louisiana Association of Realtors

Reggie Roe                         DeSoto Parish Police Jury

David Smith                        North Webster Industrial District (Carter FCU)

Mayor Eugene Smith           Town of Arcadia

Marty Smith                        CLECO

Woody Wilson                     Parish of Caddo

Pete Zanmiller                    The Shreveport Times



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