Xavier Gold December 2025

THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS OF XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

DECEMBER 2025

Our Legacy

The Fabric of Tradition INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Raymond “Raybo” Bourgeois ‘75 Honored with Xavier’s Esteemed Victor H. Labat Sr. Alumnus of the Year Award

Elevating Voices, Driving Impact: Xavier’s Alumni Thought Leadership Series

Xavier Gold Live Podcast Expands Global Reach and Welcomes New Hosts for 2025 Season

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is produced annually for Alumni and Friends of Xavier University of Louisiana through the Office of Institutional Advancement. For more information, please call (504) 520-7575.

Reynold Verret, Ph.D. President Phillip D. Adams Vice President of Institutional Advancement Kimberly Reese, ’95, ’98 Associate Vice President of Institutional Advancement Leslie D. Rose, ’05 Interim Associate Vice President of University Communications Special Recognition: Terese Bennett Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer Cierra Johnson Communications Manager, XOCOM Jimmie Johnson, ’13 Alumni Relations & Development Coordinator Marcia Pecot, Ed.D., ’96 Director, Alumni Relations Kaye Rolland ’83 Visual Communications Specialist Demetria Sloan ’95 Alumni Leadership Giving Officer Kendra Tircuit, ’95 Executive Director, Advancement Services

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ON THE COVER: Carolyn White ’72 presents a Xavier Centennial-themed quilt she made to University President Reynold Verret.

Xavier University of Louisiana 1 Drexel Drive, Box 66 New Orleans, LA 70125 (504) 520-7575 www.XULA.edu

17 OUR LEGACY: THE FABRIC OF TRADITION

18 1925 LEGACY SOCIETY

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19 A SOUL SHAPED AT XAVIER 20 LOYALTY SOCIETY 21 CLARENCE JUPITER SOCIETY 22 GIVE.LOVE.XAVIER DAY

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24 PRE-ALUMNI COUNCIL SETS

THE STANDARD FOR STUDENT ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT

26 ELEVATING VOICES, DRIVING

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IMPACT

28 WELCOMING OUR NEWEST ALUMNI

31 XAVIER GOLD LIVE PODCAST

Contributing Writers: Jalah Bates ’24 Meaghan Walsh Gerard Photos: Subjects photographed, Office of Marketing and Communications, Office of Alumni Relations

6 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

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EXPANDS GLOBAL REACH AND WELCOMES NEW HOSTS FOR 2025 SEASON

32 CLASS REUNIONS/ SPIRIT OF XAVIER AWARDS

36 ALUMNI CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

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40 WE REMEMBER…

2024

Honor Roll of Donors Alumni

The following Honor Roll of Donors

$100,000 to $249,999

includes gifts received by the University

Mr. Alden J. and Mrs. Rhesa O. McDonald

from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

$50,000 to $99,999

Xavier is thankful for the many gifts

Dr. Frederick M. Toca, Sr. and The Late Mrs. Olivia A. Toca*

it receives from alumni, friends,

$10,000 to $49,999

corporations, foundations, and other

Anonymous Donors Dr. Katrice Annette Albert Mr. Justin T. Augustine, III Daria E. Babineaux, M.D. Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., HD Tara D. Benjamin, M.D. Carolyn Brown Block-Arnelle, Ph.D. Mr. Randall N. Boseman* Mr. Michael P. Breaud* Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brown, III Dr. Torijaun and Mrs. Michelle Dallas Mrs. Dionne DeBose-Hampton* Mr. Learnard G. Dickerson Ms. Denise R. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. John L. Finley, III* Dr. Farrell David Fort* Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Francis, Esq. The Estate of Mr. Lionel Hampton Mr. William H. Harris, Jr., Esq.* Sr. Stephanie Henry, S.B.S. Ms. Teal A. Holden* Dr. and Mrs. John H. Jackson, IV Mrs. Ruth Campbell Jean Mrs. Carolyn Millet Lee Senior Federal Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle and Mrs. Patricia Lemelle* Mr. Geoffrey T. Marshall and Mrs. Rhonda J. Marshall Mrs. Valencia Pearson McCrimmon Sr. Jane M. Nesmith, S.B.S. Dr. Cam Tu Nguyen and Mr. Sid Nguyen, PMP, GCIH Sancerie J. O’Rourke-Allen, D.D.S.* The Estate of Dr. Roland A. Pattillo and Mrs. Patricia Pattillo Mrs. Lila June Courtney Riley* Drs. Derek J. and Shawn S. Robinson Dr. Ida L. Rose Ms. Paula T. Saizan Paula M. Verrette, M.D. Dr. Denise A. Webb, M.D. * - Loyalty Society | HD - Honorary Degree

supporters. Through their generous donations, these benefactors confirm their belief in our educational mission and help to ensure that both current and future students receive a solid academic foundation.

Placement into the respective Honor Roll of Donor categories considers both the sum total of all personal contributions plus receipts from any donor-advised fund and matching gifts during that time frame.

Xavier strives for accuracy and thoroughness. If you believe an entry is listed in error, or have questions about the Donor Honor Roll, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (504) 520-7575.

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Honor Roll of Donors $5,000 to $9,999 Stacy C. Benton, PsyD. Mr. Irvin C. Blackburn and Mrs. Wanda Haney Blackburn Lina Bonita Caldwell, M.D. Ms. Barbara Carmon* Dr. Brenda Mary Ann Chappell Dr. Ryane A. Edmonds, M.D. Mr. Christopher and Dr. Treniece Eubanks Dr. Treniece N. Eubanks Drs. Wille L. Lewis and Mary L. Gauthier-Lewis Dr. Lloyd A. Gavin and Mrs. Eunice C. Gavin* Dr. Rosalind Pijeaux Hale* Tomia Palmer Harmon, M.D. Dr. LeWanza M. Harris Mr. James T. Houston, Jr. and Mrs. Sandra Z. Houston Ashleigh U. Igbokwe-Hamilton, M.D. Dr. LaToya D. Jackson, D.O. Mrs. Michaelle V. Jones Dr. Alison J. Lavigne Dr. Adrena V. Lee Kevin T. Marks, M.D. and Antoinette W. Marks, PharM.D..

Dr. Desmin M. Milner Mr. Chester W. and Mrs. Barbara A. Mitchell Shayla B. Nesbitt, M.D. Captain Vincent L. (Brown) Nzinga Mrs. Claire H. Ojeh and Mr. Olisa Ojeh Dr. James A. Paschal* Mr. Ulysses A. and Mrs. Rise Pichon Dr. Tanya Robinson* Ms. Joyce M. Sandifer* Dr. Keira N. Scanks Mrs. Anna Rita Smith Scott Ms. Chantel Shackleford Ms. Candyce M. Simpson-Pecot Mr. Jeffrey P. Sloan and Mrs. Demetria F. Sloan* Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins* Mr. Perry (Ret. Army) Tillman, III and Mrs. Diane S. Tillman Carita S. Walker, Esq. and Mr. Dominick M. Walker Drs. Joseph F. and Jenelle A. Watts Dr. Constance M. Williams and Mr. Luther S. Williams Lashonda L. Williams, M.D. Yolanda A. Williams, D.D.S. Mr. John and Dr. Krystene Woodard Cheynita Woodson-Jones, M.D.* Mrs. Charlotte H. Wooten Dr. Stanley J. Wiltz $2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous Donors Captain Eugenia Foster Adams, Ret.* John S. Adams, Sr., M.D. Dr. Ashli P. and Mr. Michael Alexander Captain Sanders W. Anderson and Mr. Lewis Anderson*

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Archie Andrews, Ph.D. Mrs. Zita M. Andrus Dr. Melissa V. Antoine Emma L. Aristide, Pharm.D. Angele J. Arthur, M.D. Mr. Rashi J. Bates and Dr. Karmen Robertson Bates Ms. Donn C. Beaubien* Ms. Camillia B. Bell* Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow LCDR Denise A. Boggs-Wilkerson Shameza L. Boyd-Dennis, M.D. Ms. De Etra Branch* Mr. Kenneth J. Broussard Dr. Carolyn M. Brown Mr. Charles J. Brown, Jr. and Mrs. Tammy Honore’ Brown Dr. Evita G. Bynum Dean M. Cannon, M.D. The Honorable Troy A. Carter and Major General Ana Carter Lorena S. Chicoye, M.D. Miss Misti C. Clark Drs. George E. and Christie L. Clayton* Mrs. Melonie A. Coleman-Richard* Dr. LaTedra M. Collins Drs. Errol Crook and Tammy Lawrence Crook Mr. Alvin S. Deloach Dr. Patrice S. Dupart Dr. Kathryn L. Elmore Mrs. Marguerite Rey Florent Ms. Christina M. Francis Lavonne J. Gaffin, DVM Mrs. Yolanda D. Gautier* Dr. Carla E. Gayle Rev. Dr. Peggy A. Gibson Mr. Henry J. Glover, Sr., MBA and Mrs. Janice R. Glover* Dr. Pheophilus H. Glover* Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr. Drs. Eric and Ayanna Hall Mrs. Maria Martin Harold Carol D. Harris, M.D. Ms. Veronica L. Harrison* Mr. William T. Bostick and Mrs. Elizabeth Haydel Bostick* Mr. Troy J. Heard Mr. Ian P. and Mrs. Marielle Heisser Dr. Anna I. and Mr. Trent S. Heisser Mr. Larry G. Higgins Dr. Mary Dean Hunter* Tasha R. Inniss, Ph.D. Ms. Torri A. Jacobus Dr. Patrice P. Jean, J.D., Ph.D. and Mr. Darren Collins Miss Adrienne N. Johnson Ms. Taffie Nicole Jones* Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Joshua, Sr. Dr. Nicole Lee Kerley-McGuire Ms. Kristen R. Labat* Dr. Januari S. Lewis Mr. Marlon Lloyd Dr. Jossie A. McCloud* Dr. Cedrek L. McFadden, M.D. Randy G. McKee, Esq.

Mrs. Tamara J. McLemore Mrs. Patrice E. McNeal Mrs. Erica Lynn Morgan-Taylor* Mrs. Lillian Polk Nash Mr. Donald R. Naylor, Jr., Esq. Ruth E. Reid Neal, M.D. Dr. Diana L. Newby-Boyd Mrs. Tiffany Milam Owens* Alejandro R. Perkins, Esq. and Mrs. Dina G. Perkins* Dr. Michelle A. Perkins Dr. Steven T. Player and Dr. Celeste O. Player Mr. DeVon A. Pruitt Dr. Marina E. Rasnow-Hill Dr. Aisha O. Redmond Dr. Jo Shani Reed Ms. Kimberly M. Reese* Mrs. Lisa Nicholls Ripoll Dr. Melanie Robinson-Woodard Dr. Quintin R. Robinson Dr. Kelley H. Rouse Attorney Juval O. Scott Dr. Courtney B. Scrubbs, Esq.* Ms. Charles Etta Silas Mr. Errol J. and Mrs. Emma Simmons* Dr. Elton J. Smith, M.D. Ms. Louise J. Sonnier Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Stevens Mrs. Kerri R. Stevens Ingrid Taylor, M.D. Dr. Tondra Newman Taylor Mr. Kwame N. Terra Dr. Trevonne M. Thompson and Dr. Nicole C. Thompson* Mrs. Sylvia Haydel Tureaud* Miss Vanessa M. Vavasseur Cynthia Bowman Vernon, Ph.D. Ms. Monique T. Wakefield* Anne Bouise Ward, M.D. JoAnn E. Warrick-Gable, M.D.* Mr. James A. and Mrs. Yvonne Narcisse Watts Angele T. White, Pharm.D., J.D.* Ms. Lisa L. Wilkerson Mr. Damon L. Williams, Jr. Ms. Arletha Michelle Wilson, J.D. Mrs. Erika D. Young The George and Ola Sewell Fund of Infaith Community Foundation $1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous Donors Ms. Clotia C. Abbey-Mensah Dr. and Mrs. Inez Gaudin Adams Dr. Oladapo A. Alade, M.D. Belinda B. Alexander, M.D. Mr. Joe L. Allen, Jr.* Dr. Garrett D. Anderson Mr. Joseph D. Antee Dr. Allister D. Arnold and Dr. Devereaux L. Nollie Dr. Brian G. Ashford* Mrs. Anita Roussel Ashmore Dr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Atkinson, III*

Dr. Jacquelyn A. Bailey Mr. George W. and Mrs. Carla D. Gibson Baker Dr. Reneathia P. Baker, M.D. Mrs. Alfreda Speed Banks Dr. Tracy A. and Mr. Mark Banks Dr. Antoinette M. Bannister Angel Harper Barrymore, M.D. Mrs. Harriet V. Bass Attorney Youshea A. Berry, Esq. Dr. Nia A. Bigby-Hamiter Dr. Montianna S. Bingham Mr. Alvin Blackmon, III* Dr. Loren J. Blanchard Mr. Renard A. Boissiere, Sr. and Mrs. Antoinette L. Boissiere Mr. Edward Holland and Mrs. Melanie Boston-Holland Dr. Michael C. Boucree, M.D. Dr. Sheila D. Bouldin Dr. Kenneth G. Boutte, Sr.* Dr. Brandon L. Bowman Mrs. Paige R. Brooks Mrs. Beverly Anna Avery Broussard* Malcolm Broussard, RPh. Ms. Mercedese Broussard* Dr. Dawn K. Brown Dr. Shawn S. Brown Dr. Shunji Q. Brown-Woods Dr. Sylvester J. Bryan and Mrs. Margaret A. Bryan Charlette M. Cain, DVM* Attorney Benjamin E. Cannon Ms. Joyce A. Carter Kimberly Nichole Carter, M.D. Mr. Kenneth L. and Mrs. LaQuita Carter Colonel Dexter E. Caston and Mrs. Demetria George Caston* Mr. Meyer J. and Mrs. Mary E. Chambers Mrs. Alva D. Chase Mrs. Audra Evans Chavis Ms. Marion Christie-Campbell Mrs. Joan Kiper Clark Drs. Mark A. and Kimberly S. Clay Drs. Christie L. and George E. Clayton Dr. Denise A. Coleman, Pharm.D. Mrs. Christina A. Coleman-Erwin Kimberlee A. Coleman-Henderson, M.D. Dr. Ashte’ K. Collins* Mr. Marcus T. Collins and Mrs. Katherine Glover-Collins Dr. Yvonne C. Collins and Mr. Christopher A. Moore, R.Ph. Attorney Karl J. Connor, J.D., L.L.M. and Mrs. Monika Connor Dr. Erica C. Contreras Dr. Janice M. Knight-Cooper and Mr.

Brent A. Cooper Mrs. Catherine Emerson Cottles Ms. Michelle A. Covalt* Attorney Kimela W. Cox Ms. Karen S. Crawford Mr. Johnny and Mrs. Shirley Crear Drs. Randy A. and Tammie F. Cruell Ms. Helen G. Cuillier Mr. Douglas Cunningham* Dr. Wallace L. Davenport, Jr. Dr. Shawn C. Davis Dr. Kibibi N. Davison Mrs. Verlie R. DeCay Mrs. Kathleen Keyes DeGrange* Ms. Tiffany T. Devereaux* Mrs. Jacquelyn A. Dinvaut Jeniqua R. Duncan, M.D. Beverly Brown Dupre, Ph.D.* Dr. Yolanda A. Dupre Mr. Errol Duronslet Dr. Michelle R. Easton Mrs. Stephanie A. Easton Carmen G. Echols, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Brandon M. Edgerson Dr. Renata D. Ellington Sonni P. Elliott-Libutsi, M.D. Mr. Marvin E. Ellis Mr. James and Mrs. Cheryl B. Elmore* Mr. Claude I. Elmore* Dr. Nicholle B. Espadron, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Reynaud M. Farve Natasha Fievre, M.D.* Mrs. Lisa M. Florence-Ray and Mr. Timothy Ray Aja J. Fowler, M.D. Dr. Holly Bastian-Francis and Mr. Anthony L. Francis Mr. Carroll L. and Mrs. Gloria Frank* Ms. Rita Whitsett Franklin Mrs. Mildred Young Gardner* Dr. Nefretiti M. Garrison-North Dr. Charles J. Gibson, M.D. and Dr. Holly Gibson Kidada N. Gilbert-Lewis, M.D.* Dr. Gisele A. Goff Mrs. Nicole Marchand Golden Dr. Rossie J. Gomez and Dr. Karen Jane Gray-Gomez Marcellus Grace, Ph.D. and Mrs. Laura D. Grace Dr. Kevin Granger, D.D.S., P.C. Ms. Beverly Winona Grant Mr Cedric S. Grant

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Dr. April D. Green Mrs. Annette M. Green Ms. Janice Heard Guidry Dr. Daphne Hayes Guillot Mrs. Carole Guss Mulligan Mrs. Mattie Johnson Hall Dr. and Mrs. Larry K. Hampton Dr. Danielle Haney Adrienne A. Hanson, M.D. Mrs. Cynthia Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Harland, II Drs. Antwar M. and Angelica Harrell Mrs. Imogene Vassar Harrell Ms. Mia H. Harris Mr. William K. Harvey Mrs. Jenna R. Hatton-Cobb Ms. Beverly A. Hawkins, R.Ph. Honorable Ellen M. Hazeur Mr. Ruston G. Henry, Sr. Dr. Cherie C. and Mr. Carl C. Hill Mr. Keith T. and Mrs. Judy J. Hill Mrs. Ruby N. Hill* Drs. MaCalus and Danika Hogan Mr. Gary R. Hollimon Mrs. Denikka L. Hull-Blackmon Mr. Terrence R. Franklin and Mrs. Donelle Humphrey Franklin Charles Hunter, M.D. Mrs. Serena J. Hunter Cynthia Darensbourg Hurd Ms. Camiel J. Irving Mrs. Katherine A. Jackson Ms. Keli D. Jackson* Mrs. Melazie Vavasseur Jacobs* Mrs. Kuiana M. James Dr. Porchia S. James, D.D.S. Dr. Clanford L. Johnson Mr. Jimmie S. Johnson, Jr. Dr. Latasha M. Bright Johnson and Mr. Jerome C. Johnson Mr. Leon L. and Mrs. Sandra Johnson Ms. Amirh M. Johnson Mr. Sedric P. Johnson Mrs. Carolyn A. Carmon-Jones Drs. Lamont Randall-Desean Jones and Teniesha N. Wright-Jones Dr. Nadja N. Jones Dr. Stacy D. Jones-Pedescleaux Mrs. Joy A. Joseph Ms. Kara M. Keller Kimberly J. Keller, M.D.* Dr. Deanna D. King Mr. Paul S. Knecht Mrs. Constance Labat* Ms. Justina M. Lafitte

Dr. Melissa I. Lancaster Courtney A. Landry, M.D.* Katrice K. Larece, M.D. Ms. Gaynell M. Lawrence Leslie E. Lawrence, M.D. Lester A. Lee, Sr., Ph.D. Treva A. Lee, Ph.D.* Dr. Christina A. Levings Dr. Myra Marion Lewis Mr. Louis E. Livers, Jr. Dr. Quinisha K. Logan-Nash* Dr. Rayfield Lotten, D.D.S. Dr. Heidi I. Lovett Mrs. Tracy Ransom Mackie Ms. Andrea S. Johnson Madhere Maxime Madhere, M.D. Judge Njeri B. Maldonado Mrs. Cassandra R. Mallary Ms. Veronica A. Malone Dr. Jarrett Manning, D.D.S., MPH* Dr. Christopher E. Marrero* Roy R. Marrero, Jr, M.D. The Estate of Mrs. Melba Fortune’ Martinez Nicole A. Matthews, D.O. Mrs. Robyn T. Mays Brian L. McGee, M.D. Dr. Jill E. McGovern Mrs. Andrea and Mr. Randall McHenry Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna* Dr. Warren P. McKenna, Jr. Mrs. Carolyn Jennings McLain* The Honorable Jennifer M. Medley Dr. Gwenesta B. Melton and Dr. Kenneth Melton Dr. Asia K. Richardson Michel Mr. Allen C. and Mrs. Imani D. Miller Mrs. Patricia T. Dufauchard Mincer Mr. Adolph J. Moline, Jr. Ms. DawnMarie Montgomery* Mrs. Tomika D. Moody Dr. Calandra R. Tate Moore Dr. James W. Moore (Captain, USPHS, Ret.) and Mrs. Avis Sinegal Moore* Mrs. Raya Llorens Moore Dr. Robin M. Moore, D.O. Dr. Tanisha R. Moore Ms. Joyce Marie Morgan Mr. Brandon M. Morning Dr. Tommy C. Morris Ms. LaToya B. Moseley* Ms. Kimberly A. Moss Dr. Nicole E. Mourillon Adela’ M. Narcisse, M.D.

Kenneth E. Nixon, M.D.* Drs. Victor C. and Nadrea A. Njoku Dr. April R. Noble Ms. Monique Angelia Norfolk, MPH Dr. Lieutenant Colonel. Alisa D. Orduna Selika R. Owens, M.D.* Dr. Kay R. Pace Ms. Javonne D. Patterson Dr. Dolly C. Penn Mr. Larry D. Perkins, R.Ph. Dr. Satira T. Perry Dr. Marjorie E. Person Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Pierce Mrs. Myla Reese Poree* Mrs. Lisa Cochran Porter Dr. Lawrence J. Prograis, Jr. Dr. Errol J. Quintal and Mrs. Linda M. Quintal Dr. Henry Rachal, III and Dr. Funmilayo A. Rachal Atty. Timothy and Mrs. Lisa M. Ray Dr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Red, III Mrs. Tamika H. Reed Mrs. Sondra C. Reine* Dr. Elizabeth Moore Rhodes Dr. Ramona L. Rhodes Dr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Richard The Estate of Mr. Renald J. Richard Dr. Lakeisha W. Richardson* Monica R. Rider, M.D. Dr. Keisha T. and Mr. Michael D. Robinson Rear Admiral (Ret.) Stephen W. Rochon and Mrs. Shirley A. Rochon Dr. Lovie F. Rodgers, Pharm.D. Ms. Janira Rodriguez Mrs. Leslie D. Rose Mrs. Lois Milton Roux Ms. Farrah M. Roybiskie Dr. Donald M. Rozzell Dr. Robert Russell and Mrs. Bridget R. Russell Mr. Kenneth M. and Mrs. Gail D. Sabathia Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Shanks, Jr. Chanda R. Simpson, M.D. Ms. Marla Singleton Dr. Brandi A. Sinkfield Ms. Ada Nicole Smith* Dr. Klyne L. Smith and Dr. Raquel L. Rivera Mr. Lionel Beaver Smith Attorney Monica Lynn Smith* Dr. Stacey L. Smith Dr. Xavier L. Smith, M.D.

Dr. Wendy G. Smooth Mrs. Marcia Armant St. Martin Mrs. Mary M. Stallworth Mrs. Michele Simon Stanley Dr. Margaret C. Stewart Mr. Alvin R. Styles Ms. Gloria M. Sudbury Dr. Samella Sutton Mrs. Cynthia Sylvain-Lear Dr. Jessica D. Tanksley Dr. An’Drea D. Taylor Dr. Laine E. Taylor, Jr Ms. Teresa Spikes Terry* Dr. Christy Valentine Theard, M.D., MBA Mrs. Shelia W. Thompson Dr. Cleopatra E. Thompson Mrs. Evangeline H. Tierney Drs. David A. and Markitta J. Travillion Mrs. Etta O. Tricksey* Mrs. Laura Vinnett Triggs Dr. Jacquelyn S. Turner Dr. Maesha M. Twyner-Steele Mrs. Kamala Valadares-Rimmey Wallisa T. Vaughn, M.D. Mrs. Cassandra M. Walwendah Dr. Carla B. Washington Dr. Krishawnda Rogers Washington Mr. Morris and Mrs. Lee A. Washington Mr. Moses A. Washington Dr. Monica O. Watts Ms. Nicole D. Webb Mrs. Alicia J. Weber Ms. Quo Vadis M. Webster* Mr. Shawn and Mrs. Renee M. Welch Dr. Niesha J. Westmoreland Mr. Philip J. White and Mrs. Carolyn Wallace White* Ms. Jimmie C. Wickham* Mr. Alexander Oscar Williams* Dr. DeLisa Tate Williams and Attorney Sylvester E. Williams Mr. Elijah J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jeryl S. Williams, Jr. Dr. Karen Williams and Mr. Cornelius Lewis Ms. Valarie D. Williams Ms. Lenise R. Williams Ms. Donielle Williams Collins Clarice A. Wimberly, M.D., M.S. Ms. Jocelyn Wright Dr. Michon Irons Wyche Attorney Sharon and Ms. Huiling Zealey-Chen

$500 to $999 Mark T. Adams, Esq. Dr. Clarke M. Allen Mr. Paul K. and Mrs. Doris Andoh, Sr. Ms. Carla M. Armstrong Ms. Quintina A. Ashley Dr. Tonja R. Austin Janeen R. Azare, Ph.D.* Dr. Janel Bailey Wheeler* Ms. Janique D. Bardell Dr. Fronce Barnes Mrs. Monique L. Batiste Dr. Reuben O. Battley and Mrs. Giselle E. Battley Mrs. Katherine L. Beale Dr. Phareisa Jewel Bearden Dr. Rashad J. Belin Dr. Angela M. Bell Mr. Wayne J. Benjamin Tamara R. Bourda, Ph.D. Mr. Darryl R. and Mrs. Cheryl W. Boykins* Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.* Dr. Marcus L. Brinson, Pharm.D. Mr. Joseph A. Brooks, Jr.* Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Darrilyn P. Broussard Donald R. Brown, II, M.D. Mr. Kevin G. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Melvin P. Brown, Jr Mrs. Melanie N. Brown Dr. Yasmin K. Brown* Mrs. Nicole Brunson Miss Jill D. Burns Mrs. Rosiland A. Burton Emmary S. Butler, M.D. Dr. Jarrett D. Cain, DPM, M.Sc., FACFAS Dr. Vivian D. Campbell Mr. Emerson Carey, Jr., Esq.* Dr. Stephanie Carmicle-Davis and Mr. Dereck B. Davis Ms. Kelli E. Caulfield Mr. Kenny K. Chase Attorney MiAngel C. Cody Mr. Edward and Mrs. Jennifer Colbert Dr. Carla D. Collins* Dr. Katherine and Mr. Marcus T. Collins Jacinta E. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Lauren N. Cooper* Ms. Stephanie M. Cooper Mr. Marion J. Cosey Mrs. Brandi T. Craft

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Honor Roll of Donors Dr. Lucius Craig, III and Mrs. Nedra L. Craig Mr. James Leonard Currence* Dr. Glen Winfield Dace, II Dr. Christian O. Davillier, MPH* Ms. Cassandra N. Davis Dr. Kimberly S. Davis TenecQua M. Davis, Pharm.D. Dr. Rachel Davis-Haley Mrs. Roxanne M. Deams Mr. Raymond Decuir, Jr. Mr. Emerson Delaney Dr. Tyrus J. Demouchet Laura L. Deon, M.D. Ms. Adrienne L. Dobbins Ms. Crystal N. Dobbins Dr. Willard L. Dumas, Jr. and Mrs. Karin P. Dumas Rochelle L. Head-Dunham, M.D. Ms. Charmagne M. Eady Ms. La Rhonda A. Eason Rev. Dr. Nathaniel L. Edmond and Mrs. Christine D. Edmond Ms. LaTonya R. Edwards Dr. Danya K. Ellis Mr. Kelvin P. Esters* Dr. Jasmin P. Eugene Mr. Ronnie L. Favors, II, J.D.* Mr. Terry J. and Mrs. Janice M. Felton, Sr. Mr. William J. Franklin and Mrs. Virginia S. Franklin Mrs. Ultra R. Fredricks Mrs. Juanita Marie Freeman Mr. Louis C. Gaignard, Jr. and Mrs. Carol Gaudin Gaignard* Dr. Michelle C. Garner Mr. Norman G. and Mrs. Michelle G. Gobert Ms. Ainka C. Gonzalez* Mr. Marcus I. Graham, PsyD. Mrs. Shanese Y. Graves, MPH Teas E. Gray, M.D. Dr. Keva K. Gwin N. Sundiata Haley, Esq. Ms. Miriam D. Hall Ms. Ethelyn R. Harbin Shellie M. Harden, D.D.S., MPH Mrs. Deidra R. Harper Ms. Lisa R. Harris Narvell Harris, Pharm.D. Dr. Portia M. Harris-White and Mr. Marcus White* Dr. Kenneth D. Hartwill Dr. Soyini A. Hawkins Dr. Angela Bailey Heidel

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Dr. Ayana Rowley Henderson Mrs. Janice A. Rouzan Howard* Mrs. Wanda Minor Howard* Ms. Techecia T. Idowu Ms. Ciara D. Jackson Dr. Aniika R. Jackson-Smith Dr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Jefferson* Dr. Elliot M. and Mrs. Janelle B. Jessie* Adrienne M. Johnson, Pharm.D.* Mr. Harry E. Johnson, Sr., Esq. Jonathan A. Johnson, M.D., MBA Ms. Shirley Johnson-Boyd Miss Jacqueline L. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Jones Ms. Marsha M. Jones* Dr. Ryan C. Jupiter Ms. Kara M. Keller Mr. Todd G. Keller Ms. Chandra J. Kerley Mrs. Helen Kerley Mr. Herman G. King Mrs. Rochelle N. Lampton Dr. Alicia M. Landry, M.D. Mr. Jerrol M. Larrieu* Mrs. Jeanette Latimore Mrs. Philomena D. Lawson Drs. Brandon J. and Velissa A. Lewis Mr. Stephen Lombard Ms. Tanya L. Lombard Mr. Kenneth W. and Mrs. Andrea C. Loyd Dr. Edwin R. and Mrs. LaQuita N. Malone Dr. Ashla L. Martin Dion N. Martin, M.D. Mr. Vernon E. Martin, Jr. and Mrs. Sandra Livsey-Martin Drs. John and Kimberly Massey Dr. Karwin L. McCain and Mrs. Shonte Foster McCain Mrs. Donna Willis McWhorter Mr. Dwayne P. Mennefield Ms. Nicole M. Mikel-Brumfield Mr. Donald C. Miller, III Mr. Eugene H. Mills, Jr. Mr. Jeremy G. Mills Dr. Amya Herrington Mitchell and Mr. Trevor Mitchell* Mr. Brian D. Monette Lakisha D. Moore-Smith, Ph.D. Mr. Jarvis J. Morgan Attorney D’Andrea J. Morning McCants Ms. Joan L. Morris Dr. Sharde D. Morrow

Dr. and Mrs. Dawud Muhaimin* Mrs. Serena N. Muhammad Mr. Johnny S. and Mrs. Linda G. Narcisse Mr. Stevey T. Neal Mr. Kevin A. Nelson Mrs. Nicole Tureaud Newell Drs. Gershom and Tracy L. Norfleet Dr. Shamekia A. Nwafor-Savoy, O.D. Drs. Kofi and Chavon M. Onumah Ms. Tyra N. Ordone Dr. Jacquelynn Y. Orr Mr. Anthony G. Outland Dr. Shenita A. Outland* Mrs. Cheryl Thomas-Paige, CPA Mr. and Mrs. Quillie N. Parker, C.P.A. Mrs. Catina Green Peoples Dr. Hongloan T. Pham Mr. Gary J. Tanner and Mrs. Audrey M. Pinera-Tanner* Mr. and Mrs. David E. Powell Dr. Sarah J. Price-Adekoya Mr. Eugene A. Priestley* Mr. Lewis Pryor and Mrs. Tiffinie N. Payne-Pryor Ms. Kimberly T. Quow Dr. Toi Olden Rachal Mr. Donald A. Reed Dr. Melinda M. Reed-Linton Colonel Terrance J. Reese USMC Dr. Carryn N. Rice* Ms. Marsha Richard-Hart, MSPH Dr. Ken R. Richmond, M.D. Mrs. Candice L. Robinson Ms. Noemi E. Robinson Mr. Kendrick L. and Mrs. Jacqueline L. Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Rush* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Saberre, Sr.* Dr. Ayanna B. Scoggin and Mr. Herbert J. Thomas, III Mr. Elmore J. and Mrs. Alva N. Seraile* Dr. Zakee O. Shabazz Dr. Porscha R. Showers Drs. Raegan Higgins Siwatu and Kamau O. Siwatu* Ms. Tonya N. Sloans Mr. Jimson O. Smith Mrs. Susan Haynes Smith Mr. Todd F. Smith Dr. Melissa D. Smith-Noel Mr. John J. Soto Dr. Shawna D. Steed Mr. Wayne A. Steele, Sr.* Ms. Rena R. Strohmeier

Ms. Michelle D. Strong* Ms. Jameika M. Stuckey Ms. Melanie A. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Tatum Dr. Erica L. Taylor* Ms. Laverne Thigpen Mrs. Danyetta D. Thomas-Ulmer Ms Shelia M. Thompson Shelly L. Thompson, M.D. Dr. Hattie L. Thorn-Black Dr. Roderick O. and Mrs. Courtney Thornton Mrs. Kendra Woodard Tircuit* Ms. Joan Ulmer* Dr. Elizabeth O. Unachukwu* Ericka Vaughn, M.D. Mr. Christopher W. Vincent* Dr. Elliot L. Wade Dr. Nina T. Washington, M.D. Dr. Terri Washington Mr. Shante’ Y. Wells Mr. Warren W. Welters, III Ms. Ciji West Mrs. Gwendolyn Hudson Whitner* Ms. F. Veronica Wilhite Mr. and Ms. Alan C. Williams Chequita S. Williams, M.D. Attorney Sharonda R. Williams Attorney Tiffany Williams Dr. Marian Yvette Williams-Brown Mr. Byron J. Wing Dr. Aurelia C. Holland Wood Ms. Shirley J. Wooden Dr. Najaz Woods-Bishop Mr. Harold W. Wright and Mrs. Margaret Wright* $250 to $499 Anonymous Donors Mrs. Desireia Valteau Abegunrin Dr. Elaine Marie Parker Adams Mr. Jon P. and Mrs. R. Maria Owen Aguilar Danita C. Anderson, M.D. Dr. Gary L. Anderson Mrs. Sauntiese C. Andrew Mr. Wilbert C. Antoine, Jr., CPA Ms. Arlene A. Aranha, R.Ph.* Dr. Jaqwiana S. Baker, M.D. Ms. Raquel Z. Bell* Mrs. Briana K. Hayes-Bennett Ms. Shanda L. Bennett Dr. Angel B. Bettis Dr. Melanie Thibodeaux Bibb and Mr. Christopher Bibb

Ms. Tamara L. Binns, Esq. Mrs. Felicia M. Black-Townsel* Mrs. Donna Blyden Deacon Lynette F. Boland Ms. Arlene C. Booker Dr. Miller W. Boyd, III Drs. V. Lorraine and Marvin T. Boyd Ms. Elease M. Bradford* Dr. Ronda L. Broady, D.O. Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Brock Matilda H. Shields-Bronson, Pharm.D. Dr. Keith S. Brooks, Ph.D. Ms. Felicia M. Broussard Mr. Leroy M. Broussard, Jr. Dr. Joyce R. Brown, Pharm.D. Mr. Stanley G. Brown, Jr. Terrence H. Brown, Pharm.D. Asha S. Bryant, M.D.* Ms. Geralyn L. Buford Miguel A. Burgess, D.D.S. Mr. Ian H. Bush Tarin M. Bynum-Neal, M.D. Dr. Jami S. Cannon, Pharm.D. Mrs. Bernadette Ann Durousseau Carmon Mrs. Michelle W. Carter Mrs. Willie Phillips Chaffers Ms. Ann F. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. John L. Citizen Mrs. Iris A. LeBlanc Clay Dr. Ingenue F. Cobbinah Mr. Octavius T. Coleman Mr. Donald C. Collins Ms. Karen B. Cooper Mr. Damien L. Cuffie Mr. Edward R. and Mrs. Anita Y. Dalferes Judge June Berry Darensburg Dedra Gourdine Davis, RPH, MHA Ms. Shelina D. Davis Mr. Carl F. Dawson Ms. Dana Delpit Mrs. Alaine Cooper De Myers Mrs. Gail Martin Dennis Dr. Tonya R. Dobbs* Mr. Golden R. Donato and Mrs. Sharon Lefrere Donato Victor A. Dubuclet, III, J.D. Ms. Barbara Cooper Duhe* Mr. Leo D. Dunn, Jr Gary P. Dupuy, M.D., Rph. Dr. Byron V. DuVall Mrs. Iris T. Eagleton

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Ms. Patricia M. Ellsworth Mrs. Sarah English-Freddie Mrs. Shyrelle N. Eubanks Ms. Yvonne Evans Mr. Lowen N. Exum Ms. Phyllis J. Ferrouillet Mr. Glyn and Mrs. Gilda Marie Fisher Mr. Verbie C. and Mrs. Dorothy E. Florence Ms. Janice M. Florent* Dr. Kamau E. Foderingham and Mrs. Shelina Davis Foderingham Dr. Erin D. Fonbah Dr. Opal M. Harrison Ford Mr. Fredric L. Fullerton, II, Esq. Mr. Kevin A. Gallien Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Lynne Garibaldi Dr. Brittany Gorden Ms. Lorrie D. Green Mr. Darian L. Green Professor D. Wendy Greene, Esq. Mrs. Julie Smith Griffin* Dr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Guillaume, Jr. Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Vivian B. Guillory* Mr. John C. Hale and Mrs. Ra’Nell A. Davis Hale Dr. Cindy G. Harden Miss Andrea N. Harper* Ms. Courtney E. Harrington Ms. Cheryl J. Harris Toya Rena Harris, Pharm.D. Tyra C. Harris, M.D. The Late Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins Mr. James V. and Mrs. Leslie S. Haydel Dr. Worth Kamili Hayes* Mrs. Glenda G. Hebert Dr. Felicia Higgs-Cooper and Mr. Joseph D. Cooper Mr. Kevin C. Hill, J.D. Dr. Mandy J. Hill Ms. Darlene Hobbs Mr. William D. Holmes, Jr. Dr. Ebony R. Hoskins Mrs. Kellee Knighten Hough Dr. SeBrina B. Houston Mr. David G. Hughes Ms. RaChell L. Hunt Ms. Kimberly R. Izuogu Mrs. Heather R. Jefferson Ms. Candace L. Johnson Ms. Corinn N. Johnson Ms. Karmen L. Johnson Mrs. Lynell Jones Johnson*

Rev. Malene Minor Johnson Dr. Nicholas I. Jones Mr. Ted and Mrs. Evelyn Jones Ms. Tina M. Jones, C.P.A. Mrs. Shirley Melton Judge* Ms. Charee H. Kaufmann Ms. Ruth E. Gardner Kennedy Dr. Earraina R. King, Pharm.D. Mr. Charles Linares and Mrs. Mary T. King-Linares Dr. Erin M. King-Mullins Mrs. Leta M. Knighten* Dr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Laird Monica A. Lane, Pharm.D., MBA* Ms. Cynthia Guillaume Lee Ms. Kyla A. Leon Ms. Latricia M. Lewis Dr. D’Andrea R. Lloyd Mrs. Char Dae S. Love-Jones Mrs. Joycelyn A. Bigard Lyles Dr. Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez Mrs. Jalene M. Mack Dr. Brandy Gallen Malbrough* Dr. Carlos A. Malley Sr. Mrs. Desiree M. Mance L. Karenna Senors Manning, M.D.* Ms. Lisa M. Margerum Mrs. Mavia A. Marsalis Ms. Cynthia Hughes-Martin Mr. Errol J. and Mrs. Carolyn G. Martin Ms. Sheena E. Martin* Mr. William McCandless, Jr., Esq and Mrs. Ursula Brown McCandless Mrs. Felecia Mouton McCree* Ms. Kaamilya J. McCullough Dr. Hope H. McDaniel-Desarmes Mrs. Achontyrausi Y. McFarland Mrs. Lynda P. McGee Ms. Mary McGee Ms. Miyume M. McKinley Mr. Julian A. McKnight Dr. Nikki L. Meadows Dr. April E. Mendoza Ms. Kelly D. Merrick Drs. Kenneth P. and Rochelle A. Metoyer Mr. Lee H. Mitchell and Mrs. La’Keidra Hardeman Mitchell* Dr. Miranda F. Mitchell Ms. Amithyse H. Moore Ms. Crystal N. Moore* Ms. Angela M. Morris Patricia D. Morris, Ph.D. Dr. Jennifer L. Mullen Mrs. Alice U. Murchison*

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Jessica E. Nash Ryan C. Neal, M.D. Mrs. Kelli L. Nelson-Armstrong Mr. Sherril M. Nixon Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Noble Ms. Chiemeka Okoronkwo Fr. Jeffery M. Ott, O.P. Mrs. Nafeesa H. Owens Dr. Tian Merren Owens* Ms. Marian A. Parker Dr. Reginald A. Parquet and Mrs. Elois Foster Parquet Mrs. Tiffany J. Patton Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Paul, Jr. Mrs. Nina H. Payne Eric A. Peters, Pharm.D. Mrs. Ursula M. Pollock* Dr. Alessandra D. Poroj Dr. Adrian A. Price Mrs. Dawn Sherron Purnell Dr. Kristi M. Rapp Mrs. Sadika Rashid-Langston Mr. Julian M. Reed Dr. Paula R. Rhodes Dr. Kyoo Jackson Ricard Mr. Mark D. Richardson Ms. Alana M. Rieras Ms. Synim N. Rivers Mr. Patrick W. Roberson Mrs. Charlene Woods Robins Dr. Akayla D. Robinson Jacquelyn Ann Robinson, M.D. Dr. Tommie M. Robinson, III Mr. Michael J. Ruffin Mr. Michael D. Sanders, Jr. Jeffrey L. Schwab, D.D.S. Earl S. Brown-Sconiers, RPh. Attorney Rhonda Session-Shanklin Mr. Charles L. Shavers Ms. DaRhonda M. Sheard Dr. Ayanna U. Shoulds Mr. Willie D. Simmons Mr. Kyle A. Simon Mr. Michael J. Simon Ms. Na’Diah L. Smith Mrs. Donielle Smith Flynn Mrs. Petrinella Marie Sowell Mrs. Denise G. St. Cyr Ms. Tara G. Stewart Dr. Alexis J. Stokes Mr. Todd H. Stroger Keisha L. Sullen, Pharm.D. Dr. Averell H. Sutton and Mrs. Tara

M. Sutton Ms. Michele L. Terrie Ms. Richele T. Theodore Mr. Jeffery L. and Mrs. Zolee J. Thomas Mr. Brandon A. Thompson Ms. Elizabeth M. Valme Mr. Shaun H. Vincent Dr. LaQuia Walker Vinson* Ms. Paulette W. Wagner* Mrs. Mia Gonzales Washington Ms. Karen DeGrange Watkins* Drs. Marlon A. and Mialika Watkins* Dr. Phyllis E. Weaver, R.Ph. Ms. Kamilah D. Weems Dr. Mia J. Robinson White Amanda C. Williams, D.D.S. Dr. Kenneth L. Williams and Dr. Maritza G. Williams Dr. LaKeisha L. Williams Mrs. Tanya P. Williams Monique Wilson Ms. Carlene D. Wilson Mr. Earl M. Winfrey m,, III Mrs. Pamela R. Woods Dr. Deborah J. Wright Ms. Maya Wyche Poree Dr. Vernon L. York, Jr. Dr. Mrs. Lisa L. Young and Mr. Kevin Young Dr. Michael A. Young, M.D. $100 - $249 Anonymous Donors Ms. Greer T. Adams Ms. Adebowale A. Adeniji Dr. Tremaine J. Afetorgbor Mr. Dwayne A. Aikens, Jr. Mrs. Nanette Harris Ajayi Mrs. Kimberly Waters Alexander Dr. Brittany A. Allison* Dr. Clive L. Alonzo Mr. Timothy Ambrose, Jr. Mr. Charles E. Amos, Jr. Mrs. Lorraine Kiper Amos Mr. Clarence Ancar , III Mr. Charles E. and Mrs. Gloria Anderson Mr. Edward C. and Mrs. Bobbie B. Anderson Mr. Jared S. Anderson Dr. Marquita D. Anderson Dr. Sarah Ann Anderson-Burnett Mr. Phillip P. Andrews Dr. Sharhonda M. Ansley

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Antoine Dr. Patrick and Mrs. Suncerai L. Antoine Mrs. Adrianne D. Appleberry Dr. Rashad V. Arcement Dr. Corey B. and Dr. Chloe Armstead Dr. Stephanie C. Arnaud-Martin Mrs. Michelle Arnaud-Scioneaux Dr. Denise M. Arnaud-Turner Mr. Jay D. Aronowitz Mr. Paul J. Atkins Mrs. Larna J. Atkinson* Mr. Reginald C. Auzenne Dr. Tyeshia V. Babineaux and Mr. Joshua J. Babineaux Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Bagneris Mrs. Mabel Francis Bailey Mr. Maurice C. Baird Mrs. Gwendolyn E. Ball-Julien* Ms. Shandra E. Banks Mr. Keith T. Barker, M.S. Mr. Kevin L. Barnes* Marc A. Barnes, Ph.D. Drs. Rhoneise Y. Barnett-Smith and Elton Smith Mr. Norman E. Barnum, IV and Mrs. Dionne Gremillion Barnum* Mr. H. Jamon Barrow Ms. Stacey M. Bastian Mrs. Gaynielle T. Bastian-Troutman Mr. Roderick M. Batiste Ms. Tenitra R. Batiste Dr. Nichole M. Bauknight-Boles and Mr. Eundra L. Boles Mrs. Denise K. Baxter-Still Ms. Christy P. Beal Mrs. Cynthia K. Beaulieu Mr. Osei Y. Bekoe Mrs. Sonya J. Bellinger Ms. Teniesha M. Biagas Ms. Jacquelyn N. Bickham Tiffany S. Bingham, Esq. Mrs. Clara Joyce Bishop Ms. Debbie Bissett* Mackie J. V. Blanton, Ph.D. Dr. Derick S. Bledsoe Mr. Barry A. Bleidt Mrs. Brittany J. Blue Shelanda C. Bobbitt-Hayes, M.D. Mrs. Tammie Boggan-Brady And Mr. Darryl Brady Dr. Michelle Bell Boissiere Mrs. Monica Boucree Boudouin Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bourgeois Ms. Nicholette L. Bourgeois Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Laverne

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Honor Roll of Donors Mrs. Migheon M. Bey Ms. Sonia B. Boyd Mr. Terence Boyd Ms. Donnye Brady Mrs. Edna V. Branch Dr. Elizabeth A. Breda Mr. Marquis D. Bridges Ms. Heather A. Brightharp Mr. Stanley V. Briscoe , Jr. and Mrs. Janice Briscoe Mr. Gregory D. Brooks and Mrs. Jennifer Theresa Adams Brooks Mrs. Trevia L. Young Brooks Dr. Aliya N. Brown Ms. Chandra H. Brown Dr. Darius K. Brown, Sr. Mrs. Mary E. Brown Mr. Ranald Michael Brown Dr. Rosché P. Brown Dr. Samira L. Brown Mrs. Stephanie Bullock Brown Mr. Whitney P. Brown Mrs. Tiffany M. Brumfield Ms. Maxine Buckles Mrs. Jeanette R. Buffert Ms Lateela J. Burns Miss Tara D. Burt Dr. Rockell A. Brown Burton Attorney and Mrs. Darryl A. Bush, Esq. Mr. Jamin P. Butler Ms. Lavanza K. Butler Francine D. Bynum, M.D.* Mrs. Cheryl Mackie Byrd Dr. Jacinda D. Byrd-Smith Mrs. Santrell M. Caison Ms. Judy K. Caldwell Deacon Larry and Mrs. Phyllis Calvin* Mrs. Mary Cecile Kiper Camp Ms. LaKeeta H. Campbell Dr. Angela R. Canady Dr. Shelita M. Cannon-Hoey, Ed. D. Mr. Steven M. Capers Ms. Charlotte S. Caples Dr. Mark G. Carmon Ms. Cintrella K. Carter Mrs. Mary Carter Sir Samuel Carter Dr. Yvonne Lynette Carter Mrs. Betty J. Caudle* Mrs. Charita K. Champion-Brookins Mr. Jared K. Chargois Mr. Brent J. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Carlton I. Charles

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Drs. Justin N. and Denisa D. Charles Mr. Furnell and Mrs. Gail Rachal Chatman Mrs. Regina Storms Chenault Attorney and Mrs. Milton Lee Childs Mr. Kevin F. Choice Mrs. Melanie R. Christopher Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clark Dr. Valerie A. Clemons Mrs. Jewell Cobb-Pitts Ms. Valena Mirabin Coco Dr. Arthur C. and Mrs. Sarah G. Coleman The Honorable Donna F. ColemanStribling, Esq. Mr. Roderick A. Collette Ms. Francine Collins Mrs. Jennifer E. Charles Collins Ms. Kristin M. Collins Dr. Joseph A. Collins and Dr. Meredith Coleman Collins Mrs. Tira C. Collins Dr. Vonda J. Colquitt* Dr. Charlie W. Colquitt Ms. Lorin P. Comer Miss Terry A. Cook* Dr. Arnette M. Cordova Ms. Donna K. Crawford Dr. Jaime A. Crawley* Rev. David G. Cray, S.S.E.* Mrs. Lynn Sarpy Crean Keturah A. Crease, Pharm.D. Mrs. Kim Rabb Crump Alauna Davis Curry, M.D.* Ms. LaShonna M. Curtis-Hill Dr. Arthur R. and Mrs. Jeanna M. Dampier Dr. Markesha Winn Daniel Mrs. Carol R. Daniels-Bell Dr. Myrna V. Dartson Mrs. Cara Morgan Morgan-Daniels Mr. Patrick A. and Mrs. Kelly R. Davillier Mr. Walter Davis and The Late Mrs. Anise Davis Ms. Charlene S. Davis Mr. Corwyn M. Davis Ms. Doris Davis Mr. Javier M. Davis Ms. Monica Landry Davis Mr. and Mrs. Morris A. Davis Mr. Roger F. Davis Ms. Romona T. Davis Mrs. Takeisha M. Davis Miss Valerie A. Davis Michelle Davis-Dash, M.D.

Ms. Tonja R. Davis-Gilmore Dr. Sharlene A. Sinegal-DeCuir and Attorney Brandon J. DeCuir Mrs. Cheryl Dejoie-LaCabe Mrs. Sherry B. Desvignes Mrs. Tamala P. DeVeaux Mr. John F. and Mrs. Daisy Guitart Dimaggio Mr. James C. Dirden Ms. T’Ann W. Dixon Dr. John D. Dockins Dr. Randy D. Dorsey, Sr. Mrs. Dionna L. Douglas Vanessa L. Dowdy-Sigur, D.D.S., PC Mr. Shane N. Dumas Attorney Lillian A. Dunn-Buffington, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Alton A. and Barbara M. Duplantier The Honorable Royce Duplessis Mrs. Antoinette M. Joe Eagle Judge Erania M. Ebron Ms. Alicia N. Edmonds Dr. Dawn C. Edwards Dr. Ijeoma L. Ejigiri Dr. Vincent Ekenga* Dr. Angela A. Elliott Mr. George W. Ellis, Jr. Mrs. Ericka S. Leonard Elmore Captain Dr. Kelly O. Elmore M.D. MBA Mr. Lawrence Epps, Jr Dr. Candice N. Escalea Jada M. Etienne, M.D.* Dr. K. T. Ewing Dr. Taiya S. Fabre Mrs. Patricia Feagin Mrs. Elvera Mitchell Feist Larry Ferdinand, Jr., M.D. LaReesa M. Ferdinand-Dukes, M.D. Ms. Ingrid R. Fields Dr. Michelle A. and Mr. Perris Fields* Dr. Joi M. Findley-Smith Ms. Adrienne D. Finley Mrs. Therese M. Fitzpatrick Mr. Cquincy A. Fletcher Mr. Sterling J. Fleury Ms. Joni M. Folse Kendra L. Forbes, Pharm.D. Mrs. Jacinta K. Ford Dr. Lionel J. Forstall Dr. Pamela Payne Foster and Mr. Bill Foster Mr. Danny L. Fowler, Sr. Mrs. Lynn Smith-Foxworth Ms. Ashanti S. Frank

Mr. Mikhail Z. Frazier Mrs. Pamela Freeman-Conway Dr. Alecia McCall Gabriel Miss Alexis M. Gabriel LTC (RET) Anthony Gaddis and Mrs. Veronica E. Longley-Gaddis Ms. Phyliss S. Gaines Mr. Ronald D. Gaines* Mr. Joseph J. Gallien Dr. Chantel Kanika Gant* Dr. Kisha M. Gant Ms. Debra P. Ganthier Mrs. Karen B. Gardiner Dr. Tiffani R. Garrett Mrs. Wendy M. Gatlin Ms. Charmel L. Gaulden Dr. Christopher J. Gillard Dr. Veronica C. Gillispie-Bell Dr. Reyna L. Gilmore-Gordon Ms. Lisa M. Givens Mrs. Toni B. Vernon-Glasper Ms. Sharrone M. Godfrey* Dr. Joelle L. Goggans Dr. Susan P. Goggans* Mr. and Ms. Garland F. Goins Ms. Joyce E. Goins-Fernandez Ms. Connie C. Goodly Mr. James H. Gordon Dr. Kimberly A. Gordon-Achebe Mr. Ryan Goudeau Mr. Dudley C. Grady, Jr. Alexis C. Graham, Ph.D. Mrs. Lolita Tillery Grant Dr. William R. Grant, IV Mrs. Jasmine C. Green Dr. Mrs. Tasha Merritt Green Ms. Paula Thomas Grier Dr. Pamela Michelle Grier-Hall Dr. Nicole Chapman Griffin Mr. Ron D. and Mrs. Tereasa B. Grimmette Ms. Yvonne D. Guice Mr. Rhaoul A. Guillaume, Sr. Ms. Anise M. Gulley Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Guynn Karla K. V. Haack, Ph.D. Mr. Blair K. Haley Mr. Brian G. Hall and Ms. Erica E. Townsend-Bell Dr. Daphne L. Richardson Hall Mr. Osama A. HaM.D.an Ms. LaKeasha R. Hamburg Ms. Christina T. Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C. Hamilton, Jr. Mr. Nile J. and Mrs. Phyllis R.

Hamilton Ms. Gladys Hampton* Dr. Ambra M. Hannah Ms. Chantia D. Bobo Harden Col. Virgil M. Hardin, M.D. (Ret.) Miss Aja D. Hardy Ms. LaTarro A. Hardy Mrs. Virginia Todd Hardy Mrs. Cassandra E. Harewood-Pope Mr. Larnzell “Jay” Harper, Jr. Dr. Katrina and Mr. Onaje Harper Ms. Jessica C. Harris Ms. Jazmine A. Harris-Branch* Ms. Jennice F. Hayes Ms. Dawn E. Hebert Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick J. Henley, Jr. Mrs. Elvira Day Henry* Dr. Crystal L. Henson, Pharm.D. Dr. Bernard Hill Mrs. Faye G. Hill Mr. Kurt A. Hill, Sr. Dr. Xavier Hill Mrs. Beverly Wilson Hines Mr. Leonard E. Hinton, Jr. Mrs. Sandy R. Hithe-Brumfield Dr. Elorice Horam Hodge Miss Danielle T. Hodges Dr. Janelle N. Williams Holder Dr. Melodi N. Holley Mr. Jacobe D. Hollins Mrs. Sharon M. Holloway Dr. Candace N. Holmes D.C. Mr. Morris L. Honore Miss Brianna M. Houston Ms. Jewel O. Howard Ms. Mahogany M. Howard Ms. Allison B. Hudson* Attorney Brandon L. Hudson Ms. Keala Jovan Hughes Ms. Jasmin Z. Hunt Mrs. Terrah N. Hunter, M.Ed Ms. Candace N. Hutchen Mr. Dannton C. Jackson Dr. Jeanine A. Jackson Ms. Jennifer D. Jackson Ms. Karen Jackson Mr. Kevin M. Jackson Mrs. Marie Ella Phillips Jackson Professor Cheryl Fernandez Jackson-Harris Ms. Robin A. James, Pharm.D. Dr. Claude D. Jarrett and Mrs. Azzari C. Jarrett

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Ms. Marsha T. Jase Ramona Jean-Perkins, Ph.D. Ms. Jacqueline Jeffrey Dr. Tara M. Jenkins-Montgomery Dr. Alfred D. Johnson and Dr. Ebony Johnson Dr. Andrea C. and Mr. Glenn G. Johnson Mrs. Evelyn La Croix Johnson Mr. Javon M. Johnson Ms. Kristy T. Johnson Mrs. Kimberly I. Johnson-Henry* Mrs. Judith Curry Jones Ms. Ouida L. Jones Mrs. Raynelle C. Jones Miss Remeka S. Jones Ms. Sabrina D. Jones Shirley E. Jones, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Jones, IV Dr. Cindi E. Jones-Woods* Dr. Tomi D. Joseph Mrs. Dione M. Joseph-Breckenridge Ms. Twilynn M. Toy Jourdain Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Jupiter Judge Steven M. Jupiter Ms. Lynette R. Kelley Ms. Danielle L. Kennebrew Mr. Charles J. Kennedy, Jr., CFP Mr. Marc V. Kennedy Mr. Lawrence T. Kerr and Mrs. Julia P. Kerr Dr. Zenita Wade Keys Mrs. Patricia A. Kimbrough Ms. Loren C. Labbe Mr. Leroy and Mrs. Shirley F. Labbe* Dr. Niquelle P. Lackings Ms. Gwendolyn A. LaCroix* Mrs. Dawn L. LaFargue-Armelin Mr. Calvin A. Lane, Jr. Mr. Ernesto K. Lane Mrs. Kim L. Bishop Mrs. Jean S. Lang-Moore Mr. Kirk Lastrapes and Mrs. Joni Broyard Lastrapes Ms. Kailah C. Lathan Mr. Latevi S. Lawson Mrs. Shawnette D. Leach, MPH Drs. Henry and Nichole LeBoyd, III Mrs. Rheesa Richard Leboyd Mr. Craig B. Lee Ms. Rosaria M. Lenox Mrs. Cheryl Buckhalter Lewis Dr. Inga C. Lewis Mr. Livingstone T. Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Tamara N. Lewis

Dr. Leonard Lightfoot and Mrs. Tinesha Lightfoot Dr. Kimberly B. Lockett Dr. Dzifaa Lotsu Ms. Tracy Everson Lotten Mr. Rodney M. and Mrs. Nicole K. Louis Mr. Jonathan G. Love Ms. Deborah Lowe Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lucineo, IV Nicole Sheree Luddington, M.D. Mrs. Trang T. Luu Mrs. Aloma Reed Lykes Ms. Eleanor Nicole Mack, Esq. Mr. Serge Madhere Dr. Renita C. Madu Ms. Allison D. Malone Ms. Alisa P. Maniger Mrs. Laura M. Manson Ms. Kelly P. Martin Ms. Misunique A. Martin Reverend Hardin M. Martin, Sr. and Mrs. Rosary Henry Martin Mrs. Kacey P. Martin-Johnson Mrs. Tinera F. Mathews Mrs. Lori Seibert Matthews Mr. Matt A. Matthews Mrs. Tershara N. Matthews Dr. Roneisha L. McClendon Ms. Wendy T. McClinton* Mr. Kyle J. McClue Ms. Ja’Keria McCowan Mrs. Tashalon R. McDonald Dr. Taylor V. McFarland Mr. and Ms. Ted W. McField Mrs. Delleane Tolliver McKenzie Dr. Kandys R. McKinley-Foster Ms. Latanya D. McKnight Mr. Stephen Gregory-Augustine McMullen Mr. Wayne E. Mebane Mr. Treyvon Merritt* Ms. Michelle Y. Merriweather Mrs. Jennifer Charbonnet Miles Ms. Cicely C. Miller Dr. Leah J. Miller Kimberly E. Miller-Hammond, M.D. Mrs. Lillian E. Millon, Ed.S. Ms. Briaunna M. Minor Dr. Carlos J. Minor, Jr. Ms. Adrianne P. Mitchell Ms. Laura L. Mitchell Dr. Brooke M. Mobley Mr. and Mrs. Tronn W. Moller Dr. Lakia A. Montegut

Mrs. Tanya P. Montgomery Dr. Margo and Mr. Jamaal Montgomery-Richardson Ms. Jaime L. Moody Mrs. Grace Mouton Moolchan Mr. and Mrs. Donnell Moore Atty. Stevens E. and Mrs. Emma Moore Dr. Kristie Y. Moore Mrs. Monita C. Moore Mrs. Jameaker O. Morris Mrs. Dena M. Morrison Dr. Renard L. Murray Dr. Conchita P. Ndege Mr. Carl and Mrs. Tonya L. Neely Dr. Daina and Mr. Richard Nelson Mr. Charles I. Nero Mrs. Vernet A. Clemons Nettles Mr. Cyril G. Neville, Jr. Mr. Ventress S. Newport Dr. Katrina P. Nguyen, Pharm.D. Tran Nguyen Mrs. Elise Tureaud Nicholls Dr. Denyce M. Nichols Dr. Kamisha A. Niter Ms. Tresa M. Northington* Dr. CaTanya A. Norwood, Pharm.D. Nkechi Akudo Nzerem-Johnson, M.D. Dr. Ifeanyichukwu O. Onor Dr. Demitrius O. Onuaguluchi Mr. Calvin J. Ortique, Jr. Ms. Barbara C. Osborne Dr. Lisa Southall Oubre Dr. Lauren G. Outlaw Ms. Vanessa A. Overton Mrs. Yvette M. Palmer Dr. Kalin C. Palmer-King Colonel Rachael L. Parrish, D.D.S. Dr. Joyce McWilliams Patterson Mrs. Roberta M. Patterson Ms. Marva Pattillo Ms. Florastina L. Payton-Stewart Dr. Marcia J. Pecot Mr. Wilbur J. and Mrs. Hope Perez Dr. Quavaundra A. Perry, Ph.D. Dr. Sylvia M. Perry Dr. Christie McGhee Person Dr. LeCresha A. Peters Mrs. Natasha L. Pham Ms. Terrilynn Phillips Dr. Trina A. Lake Phillips Mr. Marc A. Philpart, II Dr. Yolonda R. Pickett Dr. Valerie Pierre* Cassandra M. Pillette, M.D.

Mrs. Angela K. Poe Ms. Stella L. Poindexter Mr. Leslie J. Pollard, Jr. Sebrena J. Pollard Bartlett, R.Ph., J.D. Mr. Scott Ponder Mr. Gregory H. Powell Attorney Wayman Powell, III* Mrs. Dardanella Hamilton Powell Dr. Monique E. Pruitt-Norwood Mrs. Carolyn R. Rachel-Price, R Ph, CMTM Miss Milele M. Ramsay Ms. Kimberly D. Ramsey Mrs. Tameka D. Ramsey The Late Mr. Alfred J. Randolph Mrs. Kristi A. Randolph-Simon Mrs. Glenda Morgan Rankin Ms. Heather J. Ray Mrs. Addie Coleman Raymond Dr. Chanel A. Recasner, MPH Mr. Grady D. Reed, III Dr. Tayiana J. Reed Mrs. Marissa Anne Reliford Dr. Stacy T. Reynolds Ms. Debra M. Richardson Mr. Remington B. Richardson Mrs. Rheneisha M. Robertson, MPH Alyssa G. Robillard, Ph.D. Dr. Candace S. and Mr. Walter J. Robinson, Jr. The Late Mrs. Donna S. Robinson, R.Ph. Dr. Jason N. Robinson Dr. Mary L. Carter Robinson Mrs. Natasha M. Williams Robinson Mr. Allen J. Rochelle Mrs. Agnes L. Rogers Mrs. Pamela Rogers Mrs. Kaye L. Rolland* Ms. Wanda Rouzan Dr. Kimberly M. Lyles Rowsom Mr. Michael R. Rutherford Dr. Cedric L. Salone Mrs. Rosie Walker Sanders Ms. Talisha Sanders Dr. Alix H. and Mrs. Tanaya L. Sanders Mr. Daniel A. Schneider Dr. Akilah S. Scott Dr. Jarelle J. Scott Dr. Samarlos Boykin Scott* Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scott Mrs. Charletta L. Scott-Bennett Mrs. Dorothy M. Seay Mrs. Muriel E. Pitchford Segre’* Dr. Ebonee Faith Shaw

Dr. Kimberly D. Shelton Mr. Cephas Shepard Dr. Abiade C. Short Dr. Erika Sibbie Mrs. Aissatou A. Sidime-Blanton* Dr. Gigi J. Simmons Dr. Sharlene A. Sinegal-DeCuir and Attorney Brandon J. DeCuir Dr. Joseph L. Singleton, Jr., M.D. Mrs. Allyson L. Smith Ms. Engrid S. Smith, MA Ms. Gina M. Smith Mrs. Keisha S. Dubuclet Mr Kevin J. Smith, Jr. Mr. Emmett and Mrs. Larnette Minor Smith Dr. Natalie R. Smith Nathan A. Smith, Ph.D. Ms. Trinity A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Smith Dr. Siobhan E. Smith-Jones Dr. Foluso A. Sokunbi Dr. Kristopher G. and Mrs. Bonita Spears Mr. Mark and Mrs. Rachel S. Spears Mr. Emmanuel V. Spence, MPH Mr. and Mrs. Keith St Cyr Mrs. Teresa M. St. Luce Ms. Tahira S. Stalberte Mrs. Charlene Lillian Stamps Mr. Silas A. Steele Mrs. Yvonne David Stepter Mr. Gerald L. Stevens Ms. Linda J. Stewart Ms. Madeline M. Stewart, M.Ed Mr. Anthony T. and Mrs. Susan A. Stewart Miss Teairra N. Strozier Ms. Joan L. Stuart Mrs. Damita T. Williams-Swanson Mrs. Diane M. Sweezer-Davis Ms. Nikki Y. Swett-Smith Mr. Bradford Sylve Mr. Barry J. Sylvester Dr. Courtney R. Tafesse* Ms. Valencia A. Tanner-Brown Dr. Dolores D. Tarver Mrs. Cherie S. Taylor Mr. Erskin Taylor , III Ms. Paulette Taylor Ms. Samantha A. Taylor Mrs. Catherine M. Tekle-Haimanot Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Tenette Dr. Larry E. Thomas Dr. Ara M. Thomas-Brown

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Honor Roll of Donors Mrs. Tondra K. Thomas-Harris Mrs. Robin A. Tircuit Mr. and Mrs. Ned Tolliver Dr. Erica E. Townsend-Bell and Mr. Brian G. Hall Ms. Shelly T. Tran Ms. Charla M. Travis* Mr. Grant M. Tregre Ms. Charis J. Trench-Simmons Mr. Erroll C. Trouillier Mr. Erbin L. Troutman Dr. Ashley N. Trussel Ms. Marlene M. Turner Mr. Vincent A. Turner, Jr. Ms. Stacy R. Tylor Rheba J. Upshaw, Pharm.D. Mr. Edidiong Utin Mrs. Ollie B. Varner Ms. Jordan N. Vaughn Mr. Torrin W. Velazquez Mr. RaShawn W. Venerable Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell P. Veno Mr. Louis H. Verrett and Mrs. Jane Richardson Verrett Mr. Gerald A. Villavasso, Jr.* Mr. Anthony G. Wagner, II Mr. Derek R. Walker LaToya Renee Walker, M.D. Mrs. Therese E. Ward-Huggins Ms. Sharon D. Ware Dr. Gregory Washington Mr. Gary C. Watson, Jr. Mrs. Pansy R. Watson Drs. Clifton and Taneesha R. Watson Miss Lachelcia K. Watts Mrs. Ellena Melton Weaver Dr. Donald D. Weddington* Ms. Lawana J. Welch Mrs. Zakiyah D. Wesley Ms. Toni T. Wesley-Goins Mrs. Ebonee D. Wheeler Mr. Justin C. Wheeler Ms. Catherine A. White Mrs. Deneen A. White Mrs. Anne Zeta Williams Dr. Horace B. Williams, Jr. Ms. Jaliz N. Williams Mrs. Johnnie Vickerstaff-Williams, R.Ph. Dr. Kimiyo Y. Williams Miss Latoya L. Williams Ms. Lisette Williams Mrs. Mary Thomas Williams Mrs. Renee F. Williams Dr. Tammara Combs Williams

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Ms. Dannielle E. Williams Mrs. Tracee T. Williams-Legette Ms. Janiece H. Williamson Dr. Bridget D. Williams-Simmons and Mr. Chris E. Simmons Mrs. Clarissa Willis Dr. Bruce L. Wilson Dr. Erika P. Wilson Rev. Starsky D. and Dr. LaToya Smith Wilson* Mr. John and Mrs. Montressa Wilson Ms. Shemeka S. Wilson Mrs. Jawan Wiltz-Shivers Ms. Richleen E. Wimberly Dr. Janice H. Winder and Mr. Richard A. Winder, M.S.W. Dr. Sundée A. Winder Ms. Debra A. Winston Dr. Trishawna E. Winston* Angelica T. Garrett, M.D. Dr. LaToya Nicole Woods* Mrs. Shane M. Woods Dr. Zakiya Woods Dr. Alison F. Anderson-Wright Dr. Danielle M. Wright Dr. Byron M. Young Mrs. Ann D. Zanders $1 - $99 Anonymous Donors Ms. Carmichael L. August Ms. Kristal N. Adams Mr. Nelson Alexander Mr. Nicholas T. Alexander Troy A. Alexander-El, M.D. Ms. Brenda A. Alexis Deidra D. Allen, M.D. Dr. Makini M. Alleyne-Paramo Ms. Kimberley D. Alston Dr. Keisa J. Anderson Miss Esohe M. Asemota Mrs. Javanti Gutter Augillard Mrs. Cheri and Mr. Verge Ausberry Mr. Joseph D. Babineaux Honorable and Mrs. Dennis Bagneris Mrs. LaKeesha D. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Banks Attorney Danese K. Banks Mr. Earle S. Banks Mrs. Artay C. Abua Barnes Dr. Felecia F. Barnes Ms. Nicole M. Barnes Mrs. Deidra A. Priestley Barnett Ms. Jessica E. Barnett Miss Taylour M. Barnum

Dr. Gilberte Bastien Ms. Penelope Bates Dr. Rainier C. Batiste Dr. Noel C. Battle, M.D. and Mrs. Bettsye Battle Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Baudy, Sr. Dr. Clarence A. Becknell, Sr. Ms. Mariea A. Becknell Mrs. Alecia Bell Mrs. Andree R. Bell-Fowler Dr. Anika L. Bell Mrs. Dorian A. Bell Ms. Monique Berry Ms. Iesha R. Bethley Mrs. Brenda X. Bethune-Colbert Mrs. Theresa A. Bew Ms. Bridgette T. Bienville Ms. Ayana A. Bishop, C.P.A. Miss Tia M. Bishop Eric D. Blakney, M.D. Ms. Sierra N. Blanchard Ms. Angeli E. Blaze Ms. Bernadette D. Blount Ms. Sharell D. Bolden Mrs. Agnes Piper Boldin Mrs. Eileen R. Bondy Mrs. Lynne M. Boone Mrs. Stephaine Smith Boone Ms. Sheria Williams Borders Ms. Megan R. Bossier Mrs. Tailyr M. Boudreaux Ms. Shamier M. Bouie Dr. Natalie J. Boulware Ms. Shelita Boutte Dr. Yolonda Bourgeois, M.D. Mrs. Lydia T. Boutte’ Mr. Langston Bowles-Fulmore Mr. Kenneth W. Boyd and Mrs. Gilda Declouette Boyd Ms. Javon E. Bracy* Dr. Derrick D. Bradley Ms. Corben Brady Mr. and Ms. Gregory Branch Miss Ashley R. Brewer Ms. Janice A. Briscoe Ms. Shandrell J. Briscoe* Ms. Candice I. Brooks* Mrs. Evelyn J. Brooks Mrs. Raven R. Brooks Mr. Jared C. Brossett Mrs. Brittany B. Broussard* Mr. Bentley J. and Mrs. Olivia M. Broussard* Dr. Damieon G. Brown Sr. Mrs. Faith S. Dagadu Brown

Mrs. Jerlicia Brown Mrs. Julie Jackson Brown Ms. Pamela A. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Todd Bryant Dr. Yolanda Bryant Mrs. Jennifer A. Bullock Attorney Sacia I. Burgess Dr. Bobby Burkes, Sr. Mr. Rufus Burnett, Jr. Angele Thibodeaux Burns, Ph.D. Mrs. Joyce Whitfield Burton Miss Brittany J. Bush Mr. Ian H. and Mrs. Jackie M. Bush Reverend Melvin K. Butler Ms. Katherine M. Byrd Ms. Coneka M. Caleb Dr. Alexis L. Ponder Calloway Mrs. Myra P. Camese Mrs. Alicia M. Cantrell Ms. Rosita E. Carrere Mr. Zachary L. Carroll Ms. Adrienne S. Carter Mrs. Jacquelyne D. Carter Dr. Jason G. Cavalier Dr. Yolanda A. Cavalier Ms. Cheryl A. Celestin Ms. Nakeeta S. Chapman Ms. Sandra M. Chapman Mr. Edward and Mrs. Lolita V. Cherrie Dr. Alfredmy G. Chessor, M.D. Mrs. Linda G. Chevis Mr. Theartris and Mrs. Je’Niece M. Childress Dr. Evella M. Chretien Mrs. Vanessa Christopher Dr. Chika I. Chukwu Mrs. Kendrea L. Clark Ms. Stacy W. Clark Dr. Emile H. Clay, III, Pharm.D. Ms. Ingrid S. Clay Mrs. Tameka A. Mitchell-Clemons Ms. Craiana R. Cleveland Ms. Carol A. Coleman Dr. Charles T. Coleman, D.M.D. Dr. Tania P. Coleman Mr. Frank Collaso Mr. Derrick V. Collins Ms. Oto E. Collins Ms. Tiffany L. Comer-Hull Ms. Rita E. Comer-Skinner Dr. Mrs. Monchiere Commodore Mrs. Dwana A. Cordova Ms. Sandra M. Cormier Ms. Kimberly L. Crenshaw-Martin Mr. Percy P. Creuzot, IV

Mrs. Croscina O. Crockett, MSc Miss Daria L. Cross Angie L. Curtis, M.D. William E. Dailey, Jr., Esq. Ms Dahlia Daniel Dr. John G. Darensbourg Mr. Christopher L. Davenport Attorney Adrienne A. Davis, Esq. Ms. Brandy W. Davis Ms. Christina J. Davis Ms. Cynthia A. Davis Ms. Demadria Davis Mr. Charles J. and Mrs. Donna M. Davis Dr. Keeyan L. Davis, Pharm.D. Mr. Lovell Davis Ms. Myrtle R. Davis Ms. Nisha L. Davis Mr. Ronald A. Davis Ms. Sharelle Davis Mrs. Sharon Winder Gex Davis Ms. Shenitra M. Davis Mrs. Tammara J. Davis Dr. Lauren A. Day-Page Mrs. Maria Brazier Days Pastor James L. DeClouette, P.D. Ms. Joi T. DeFrantz Mrs. Angel C. DeSquare, MSN, RN Mrs. Roberta A. Dickerson-Esmond Dr. Rasul M. Dickey, Pharm.D. Rhonda R. Dickey, M.D. Dr. Michael A. and Mrs. Michelle Dietrich Ms. Aarika M. Diggs Dr. Jasmine M. Dillard Mr. John H. Dixon, IV Miss Morgan T. Dixon Colette M. Dominique-Riley, M.D. Ms. Carol J. Dotson Ms. Danielle S. Doucette Dr. Jhan Doughty Berry* Rashida M. Downing, M.D.* Ms. Jasmine V. Ducre Ms. Mariah A. Dunbar Ms. Monique L. Duncan Mr. Raymond R. Duplessis, Sr. Dr. Martha Brown Earls* Mr. Anthony J. Edgar, Esq. Dr. Clarice W. Edwards Mr. Gabriel I. Ekechukwu, Jr. Dr. Marie E. Ekpema Mrs. Adrienne N. Embry-Ammons Dr. Bridget S. Etter Dr. Jada Evans, Pharm.D. Mrs. Sandra Pratt Evans

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Dr. Temeika L. Fairley Ms. Christian A. Fauria-Robinson Ms. Shatavion R. Favors Ms. Dana R. Feist Mrs. Caron A. Felton-Hinton Mrs. Janelle B. Ferguson Mrs. Chrishawn S. Finister Ms. Monica I. Fitts Ms. Lauren J. Florence Ms. Trese L. Flowers, MPH Miss Na’Charlesia T. Floyd Mrs. Juanita A. Fontenot Attorney Cassie L. Ford Miss Kathryn A. Ford Mrs. Kimberly C. Foster Mr. and Mrs. Roland Foster, Jr. Ms. Ashley M. Fournette Dr. Kimberly H. Francis Ms. Shannell L. Franklin Mrs. Gail Frazier Dr. Alayna J. Freeman Dr. Thomas C. Freeman Mrs. Angela M. French Dr. Candice N. Frye Mrs. Autumn G. Gabriel Mrs. Jeanine Gabriel Ms. Trish R. Gaddison Ms. Jonjelyn T. Gamble* Ms. Monique R. Garibaldi Mr. Robert L. Garland Ms. Felecia I. Garner, M.D. Dr. Tametra L. Garnier Mrs. Terri L. Gaston Mrs. Barbara Ann Gibbons Mr. and Ms. Aaron A. Gibson Mr. Brian K. Gilbert Mr Houston Gilliand, Jr. Theresa Ford Gilstrap, Esq. Ms. Juli K. Gilyard Mrs. Shirley Marsalis Gimblin Ms. Brandi R. Girard Dr. Tunicia A. Giron-Deloney Dr. Christie W. and Mr. Gregory Magee* Dr. Shalanda N. Gordon-Robinson Dr. Veleka N. Grady Ms. Allyson M. Graham Ms. Francesca D. Gransberry Mr. Cary M. Grant Mr. Kurt M. Graves and Ms. Belinda Graves Dr. Barbara Jean Gray Ms. Kendra C. Gray Ms. Kristina M. Gray Mr. Bryant G. Green

Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Green Mrs. Germaine S. Green Dr. Glenn J. Green, Pharm.D. Ms. Janie L. Green Mr. Willie E. Green, Jr. Ms. Yvette Y. Green Dr. Cornelia L. Greene Dr. Rosalind Green-Holmes Ms. Amanda R. Grego Miss Alexandria M. Griffin Elder Sheila Griffin Mr. Bernard W. Griffith Mrs. Octavia B. Gross Mrs. Monica N. Guient, Ph.D. Dr. Sheree M. Guimont Sr. Patsy C. Guyton, S.F.C.C. Ms. Chelsea A. Hall Dr. Jeanine E. Hall Ms. Linda Hall First Lady Tiberni Hall Dr. Regina J. Hall-Ngorima Mrs. Briana M. Hambright Hall Dr. Jasmine M. Hamilton Mrs. Monique A. Pierce-Hamilton Mr. Ricardo X. Hamilton Dr. Tony A. Hampton and Mrs. Karon L. Hampton Dr. Danaka J. Hancock Ms. Valerie E. Harding Dr. Jamie A. Hardy Mr. Andrew P. Harris Ms. Charese J. Harris Miss Jillian G. Harris Dr. Trenise J. Harris Dr. Anthony M. Hart Miss Clarsey A. Hawkins Mrs. Etta L. Hawkins Ms. Tamaria J. Hawkins Dr. Melanie B. Haydel Miss Asia H. Hayes Ms. Mya M. Hayes Dr. Leneshia D. Haynes Ms. Brittani Heath Ms. Le’Sondra A. Hicks Renee B. Hickson, M.D. Miss Kimberly J. Higgs Ms. Chauntina R. Hill Drs. Renard and Vonetta L. Hill Mrs. Monica Hilliard Ms. Lesley C. Hines Mr. Robert A. Hines, Jr. Mrs. Mesha D. Holland Ms. Stacie L. Holland Dr. John M. Hollier and Dr. Eboni M. Hollier

Ms. NaTasha D. Hollis Miss Oma S. Holloway Ms. Maryse E. Holly Ms. Chakita R. Holmes* Mrs. Linda C. Hopkins Mrs. Bennetta C. Horne, M.S. Mrs. Samantha D. House Miss Brandi L. Howard Mr. Richard A. Howe Ms. Kristi G. Hubbard Mr. Jacoby B. Hudson Mrs. Sandra B. Hudson Dr. Charmaine D. Huggins Ms. Natasha E. Husband Mr. Linus A. and Mrs. Terralene Igbokwe Mr. Darryll and Mrs. Daphne Ingram Mrs. Darlene Irving-Richardson Ms. Martina G. Isaac Mr. Calvin C. Jackson Ms. Joi L. Jackson Mrs. Keisha S. Jackson Ms. Lateresa Renae Madison Dr. Raven S. Jackson Dr. Jennifer H. Jacobs and Mr. Everett P. Jacobs Dr. Alfred M. James Ms. Chastity T. James Mr. Jerald F. James, Jr. Mrs. Ann M. James-Miller Dr. Cornelius D. Jamison Dr. Mark A. Jamison Ms. Tedra E. Jamison Mrs. Typhanie T. Jasper-Butler Ms. Carmen Rancifer Jenkins Dr. Enchanta L. Jenkins Mr. Jalen I. Johnson Julie L. Johnson, M.D. Mrs. Mercedes S. Johnson Ms. Nyla A. Johnson Mr. Rashid J. Johnson Mrs. Sydney M. Johnson Miss Taylor A. Johnson Ms. Thea R. Johnson Ms. Winifred Johnson Dr. Ebonee T. Johnson-Milligan Ms. Marilyn A. Jolley Dr. Andrea N. Jones Dr. Courtney Villere Jones Miss Deidra Carr Jones Mrs. Kesler K. Camese Jones Ms. Kim M. Jones Mr. Kurt D. Jones Miss Leslie R. Jones Mrs. Madeline Jones

Ms. Makeba Y. Jones Mrs. Monique M. Jones Mrs. Mykayla E. Jones (Ret.) Gen. Narva H. Jones, Jr. Mr. Ramón M. Jones Mrs. Sonia Wells Jones Dr. Chekesha M. Jordan, D.O. Mr. Jason L. Jordan Mrs. Le’Anza M. Davis Jordan* Dr. Rhonda J. Jordan Mrs. Zina M. Jordan Dr. Jocelyn O. Joseph and Mr. Dobbin O. Bookman Dr. Kendra D. Jupiter-Wilson Mrs. Nannette C. Keller Mrs. Ashley R. Kelly Attorney Angell J. Kennedy Ms. Tanesha M. Key Mrs. Ashley D. King Ms. Robreka Henderson King Ms. Shani G. King Attorney John H. Kitchings, Jr. Dr. Tanaya L. Kizzine Ms. Donna M. Labat Ingrid Labat, M.D. Dr. Crystal J. Lane Ms. Shari Larche Ms. Jennifer M. Lear Mrs. Myra B. Leavy Bazemore Mrs. Davetta N. Cooke Lee, Esq. Mr. Gregory H. Lee, Jr. Dr. Domonique M. Lemieux Dr. Brian N. Lewis and Dr. Tamara H. Lewis Ms. Chante’ R. Lewis Ms. Dorothy L. Lewis Mrs. Danielle Smith Livingston Dr. Tammy Lockett Benjamin Mrs. Phyllis Charbonnet LodrigBurns Ms. Shakira T. Loeb Ms. Emily L. London-Jones Ms. Harolyn G. Lowe Mrs. Nicol M. Lumar Cox Dr. Tonya A. Lyles Mrs. Tammy A. Lyles-Arnold, M.D. LaCanas N. Mack, D.D.S., P.C. Dr. Thomas J. Maestri, Pharm.D. Mrs. Keiyanah K. Magee-Ratleff Ms. Tatiana S. Maldonado Dr. Jonrika M. Malone Dr. Bridgit R. Maniger Dr. and Mr. Eddra Y. Marchand-Von Lotten Marlah H. Mardis, M.D.

Mr. Charles E. Marlin, III Dr. Dale J. Martin, Jr. Dr. Karen M. Martin Ms. Alesia M. Mayfield Dr. Taylor N. McBride Mr. Aaron D. McCalister Miss Phoenix A. McCall Mrs. Tamela McCarthy Redd Mrs. Susan R. McCleskey* Miss Alaina F. McClue Ms. Stephanie McGee Mrs. Candra J. McGowen Dr. Shawn McKinney Dr. Angela McLean-Anderson Ms. Tamela N. Meehan Mr. Edward A. Mendez Ms. Veronica C. Miles Ms. Angela N. Milligan Ms. Angela H. Misshore Ms. Ariana L. Mitchell Dr. Deidre T. Mitchell Mrs. Cami D. Mitchell-Martin Mrs. Grace T. Moffett Ms. Nicole P. Moliere Mrs. Shawn M. Joseph-Montegut Mrs. Jean Broussard Moore Mr. Andre’ E. Morgan Dr. Quinesha L. Morgan, Ph.D.* Mrs. Geralyn Labbe-Morrell Allen E. Moton, Pharm.D. Dr. Misha R. Mullen Mr. Derrick Mullins Ms. Jennifer N. Murray Ms. Lynette M. Murray Mr. Mallyc Murray Mrs. and Mr. Tominko T. Musco Dr. Layana C. Navarre-Jackson Ms. Rachel C. Neal Mr. Fitzpatrick Shawn Nedd Dr. and Mr. Tamischer B. Nettles Ms. Serena F. Newberry Mrs. Sherlett A. Newbill Miss Nina S. Newman Dr. Nwamaka A. Ngoddy, O.D.* Mr. Nam K. Nguyen Mrs. Chari R. Nickerson Mrs. Andronica N. Nkosi Dr. Adrienne Noble-Clark and Mr. Evan Clark Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy J. Oatis Dr. Brandi L. Odom, Pharm.D. Mrs. Karissa L. Ogle Mr. Martin R. Okoth Dr. Kia B. O’Neal Mrs. Erin Shirley Orey

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Honor Roll of Donors Ms. Layna K. Orise Ms. La Dauna A. Overby LeCesne Mr. Antwan A. Padilla Ms. Raquel L. Parent Dr. Diana M. Parker Ms. Rose M. Hart Parker Dr. Monica A. Pasley Mrs. Vanessa M. Patin Mrs. Victoria A. Pearson Mrs. Lashawn Pender Ms. Gretchen N. Peppers Dr. Natalia M. Perry, Pharm.D. Mrs. Angelika H. Phillips Ms. Kristine M. Pichon Ms. Samantha M. Pichon Dr. Duan L. Pierce, M.D. Mr. Fellman J. Pierre, Jr. Dr. Jeffery C. Pierre Mrs. Yvette Whitney Pierre Mrs. Zorata J. Pierson Dr. Carita I. Pinkston Dr. Desha D. Platt Ms. Kendrea L. Pleasant Dr. Chantelle Bickham Plummer Mr. Steven M. Posey, II Dr. Valencia L. Potter* Mr. Jace’que L. Powell Miss Stephanie A. Powell Miss Tiffany L. Pratts Ms. Dainae M. Prejean Dr. Kendra N. Prevost and Mr. Mark A. Prevost Dr. SaCara D. Pride Ms. Brianna Pulliam* Mrs. Ashley M. Quiett Mr. Nijm S. Ramsey Ms. Andrea C. Rance Mr. Bryan V. Redmond Dr. Alisha M. Reed Ms. Rita M. Reed Mrs. Hortense Haydel Reine Ms. Bridget A. Rey Mr. Willis L. Rey, Jr. Mr. Leslie R. Hightower and Mrs. Patricia R. Reynard-Hightower Ms. Gina M. Ricard Mrs. Natasha A. Richardson Dr. Oneka Y. Richardson* Sherril M. Rieux, M.D. Mr. Larry J. Rivarde Ms. Deirdre D. Roberson Professor Diarra O. Robertson Mrs. Ryn L. Robertson Dr. Amber L. Robins Ms. Ariel L. Robinson

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Mrs. Ashley A. Robinson Dr. and Mrs. Jamaal M. Robinson Ms. Melody M. Robinson, MPH Mrs. Tiffany N. Robinson Dr. Gabriel Rochon Mr. Karl-Henry Romain Ms. Roxann N. Roque Mrs. Anne Marie Roussell Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr. Ms. Meckela J. Ruggs Dr. Frenchie D. Russell Miss Gladys Sama Mr. Jared E. Sanders Ms. Jocelyn M. Sanders Miss Alana A. Sarrazin, R.Ph. Mr. Chavez E. Scott Ms. Patrese Scott Ms. Treniece L. Scott Mr. Michael J. Seaberry Dr. Tarrow D. Seals Dr. Erin J. Searles Ms. Dawn E. Segura, Esq.* Mr. Barry L. Sevalia Ms. Yvonne M. Shanks Mr. Anthony D. Sharp, Jr. Mrs. Althea Washington Shedrick Mrs. Rita Denson Shelling Mr. Christopher G. Shelton Mr. Harold A. Sias Mrs. Meshawn A. Siddiq Mr. Dennis N. Sigur, Jr. Mr. Michael T. Simmons Mrs. Chawn L. Harris-Simon Ms. Chante L. Simpson Mr. Peter B. Sims Dr. Tammy Harris Sims Ms. Aziza P. Singletary Mrs. Shannon F. Singleton Rushia N. Slaton, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Torrey Wilson Ms. Candice M. Smith* Mrs. Carleetha Lankster Smith Mrs. DaJanel R. Smith and Mr. Michael B. Smith Mrs. Maria W. Smith Miss Oshanae L. Smith Dr. Shayna A. Roaf Smith and Mr. Tequiero Smith Mr. Willie L. Smith Dr. Shawan Smith-Torregano Mr. Wilbert O. Solomon, Jr. Ms. Marie Annette Sonnier Ms. Janine M. Sorapuru Mr. Jude T. Sorapuru Dr. Gia B. Soublet*

Ms. Monique A. Spears Dr. Devona M. Stalnaker-Shofner Ms. Khaleah M. Stapleton Dr. Alva L. Starling Ms. Elise Sterling Mr. Motier W. Stevenson Mrs. Nicole Stevenson-Mitchell, Pharm.D. Ms. Rachael L. Steward Attorney Anthony B. Stewart Dr. Shirley A. Stewart-Wilson Mr. Stanley S. Strauss Jenee’ J. Gibson Stubbs, M.D. Mrs. Doris B. Sullivan Ms. Courtney Danclar Sutton Miss Jarnelle G. Jones Tate Ms. Angee M. Taylor Mrs. Charletra R. Taylor Ms. Jazmine G. Taylor Ms. Kali G. Castle Mr. Lawrence A. Taylor Dr. Monica J. and Dr. Arnold R. Taylor Mr. Robert Taylor, Jr. and Mrs. Sybil Howard Taylor Mrs. Victoria E. Taylor Ms. Monique R. Terry Mr. and Mrs. Alcide J. Tervalon Mrs. Adrianne Brown Texeira Ms. Christina R. Thomas Ms. Dana N. Thomas Ms. Ingrid E. Thomas Keila A. Brown Thomas, M.D. Ms. Nayah R. Thomas Dr. Ruby S. Thomas Jennifer A. Thomas-Taylor, M.D., MPH Mr. Khalil Thompson Ms. Tiffany V. Thompson Miss Taylor D. Thornton Dr. Desiree L. Tigner Dr. Cea C. Tillis Ms. Angela M. Tillman Mrs. Claudette W. Tolbert, M.Ed Ms. Kei Shay L. Tones Mr. Julius L. Tonzel Dr. Cedric D. Torry Mr. Calvin S. Tregre and Mrs. Judy B. Bergeron-Tregre Dr. Janifer S. Tropez-Martin and Mr. Jeffrey J. Martin Mr. Henry E. Trudell, Jr. Ms. Kara M. Turman Mrs. Ericka W. Turner Ms. Erika D. Turner Ms. Jacqueline Turner Mr. Julius M. Turner

Attorney Kamilah E. Turner Rellamichelle Washington Tyree, RPh, MBA and Mr. Darrell Tyree Ms. Madelyn Yolanda Tyson Dr. Simeon O. Udunka Dr. April L. Ulmer, M.D. Mrs. Tyra L. Valteau-Sorapuru The Late Mrs. Jean A. BenjaminVappie Rev. Troy K. Venning Dr. April N. Tasso Viger Mrs. Richella B. Vincent Lee Mrs. Tiffany C. Vinson Ms. La’Derical D. Wagner Mr. Charles W. Walker, Jr. and Mrs. Lynette M. Walker Mrs. Jasmine L. Walker Dr. Kesha Walker and Mr. Christopher Walker Dr. Tamarah Shelton Walker Mrs. Ann Marie Wallace Ms. Cher L. Wallace Dr. Adrienne Kilgore Walton Ms. Rhonda M. Walton Miss Bria A. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Phil Warmanen Ms. Maia C. Warren Ms. Tabitha A. Washington Mrs. Troye L. Madison Washington Dr. Yashika J. Watkins Austin Mrs. Alicia W. Watley Mr. Leon K. Watson Mr. Branden A. and Mrs. Candace N. Weber Ms. Lisa L. Weber Miss Nia T. Weber Mr. Bartel and Mrs. Raquel Welch Mr. Keith A. Wells and Mrs. Karen Bradley Wells Ms. Anita L. West Mrs. Kendra S. West Mrs. Stacey N. West Mr. Christian M. White Dr. Christina A. White Ms. Danielle L. White Ms. Lillian R. White Miss Maya S. White Ms. Monica Y. Moore White Dr. Mayisha White Dunham Mr. Roderick L. and Mrs. Karen M. Whitfield Ms. Sian N. Whitfield Mrs. Delisa R. Whittaker Ms. Sherronnie M. Wiggins Miss Milahni K. Wilkerson Ms. Tiffany M. Wilkins

Mrs. Adrienne A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Brandon D. Williams Mr. and Ms. Alan C. Williams Mr. Brantley P. and Mrs. Demetra Garibaldi Williams Ms. Ema’n M. Williams Dr. Gerard K. Williams, Jr. Dr. Gregg Joseph Williams, DPM, MBA Mr. and Mrs. James. P. Williams, II John S. Williams, Esq. Mr. Justin D. Williams Ms. Ladonya S. Williams Ms. Maegan L. Williams Mrs. Meagan P. Williams Ms. Patrice E. Williams Ms. Raquel T. Williams Ms. Roslyn B. Williams Mrs. Taja V. Williams Mrs. Tanya L. Williams Dr. Elicia T. Williams-Collins Dr. Jacques P. Williams-Pascal and Mr. Leroy B. Pascal Mrs. Lindsey T. Willis Mrs. Michelle A. Wilson Mrs. Zelquawana M. Wilson Mr. Evan C. Wimberly Ms. Brandy R. Winchester Dr. and Mrs. Keith L. Winfrey, M.D. Ms. Michelle M. Winn Mr. Charles H. Woods Mrs. Diane Bailey Woods Ms. Florida Lagarde Woods Ms. Felecia V. Woolens Dr. Theopholieus S. Worrell, II Mrs. Winifred D. Wright Dr. Felicie G. Wyatt Ms. Denisha Y. Yerger Miss Laquiana T. Young Ms. Jenecia D. Zachery Gifts of Artwork, In-Kind, Other Property Dr. Amanda S. Bercey

Corporations $5,000,000 or Greater SodexoMAGIC, LLC $1,000,000 to $4,999,999 Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A., Inc.

Thank You

$500,000 to $999,999 Healthy Blue Louisiana Healthcare Connections $250,000 to $499,999 Alphabet, Inc. Merck Sharp & Dohme, LLC $100,000 to $249,999 Bayous and Books, LLC Benevity Community Impact Fund Google, LLC Liberty Bank & Trust Company $50,000 to $99,999 American Council of Learned Societies Bank of America Charitable Fund The First Bank FTI Consulting, Inc. HOPE Enterprise Corporation of the Mid South $10,000 to $49,999 Biogen Corporation CLC Fidelity Giving Marketplace First Horizon Bank Gallo Mechanical, LLC Humana Healthy Horizons of Louisiana Jones, Swanson, Huddell, LLC Lockheed Martin Corporation Morgan Stanley GIFT Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors TD Bank Textron, Inc. The Blackbaud Giving Fund The Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund The Players Alliance, Inc. The Polk Wealth Management Group $5,000 to $9,999 A.E.A.O.N.M.S., Inc. A-List Production, LLC Cisco Systems, Inc. Duane Morris, LLP JMJ Advisors, LLC National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc. Kaiser Permanente Microsoft Corporation

$2,500 to $4,999 American Mathematical Society Gilead Sciences Dickerson and Company (DACO, LLC) Jalavision Enterprises Johnson Charitable Shell Oil Company Matching Gifts Program The Childrens Dental Group, LLC The Philomathean Charity Club Inc. $1000 - $2,499 Abbott Laboratories Albertsons Safeway Canal Street Family Dentistry Charityvest, Inc. Entergy Corporation First Rate, Inc. Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC Frontstream Genesis Physiatry LLC HMSHost HUB International Gulf South Louisiana Lottery Corporation Made Leather Company Mass Mutual McKee Law Firm Medtronic, Inc. NextEra Energy New York Life Insurance Company Providence Bank & Trust Stewardship Program Nordstrom Novo Nordisk, Inc. Sephora United Health Group Giving Campaign $500 - $999 AT&T Corp.

Audia Group, LLC Boeing Company Caulfield Hospitality Group CSX Transportation Google, Inc. Humana, Inc. Marcus Graham & Associates Raytheon Royal Frenchmen Hotel and Bar Johnson Controls, Inc. WestRock Company $250 - $499 America’s Charities

AYM Medical Services Inc. Catch 22 Boutique, LLC Crescent City Chapter - Links, Inc. CS Solutions & Strategies Gobert Enterprises, Inc. Telagen, LLC The Rollin’ Creole Catering The J.M. Smucker Co. ChevronTexaco Corporation Ecolab, Inc. GBP Direct, Inc. USAA Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. Salesforce.com $100 - $249 ARAMARK Corporation CITGO Rhonda J Session, Attorney & Counselor at Law, PC San Antonio Chapter of Links Inc SiriusXM Thomas Pharmacy Gardiner Center, LLC Thermo Fisher Scientific Travelers Community Connections $1 - $99 Agilent Technoligies, Inc. Headquarters Barnum Group, LLC Bon Temps Tax Service Cicely’s Jazzy Art CITGO Petroleum Company Erie Insurance Follett Higher Education Group Lagniappe Pharmacy Marathon Petroleum Corporation PAC Murphy Oil USA, Inc. The Black Coffee Company Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government Matching Gifts Whiskey & Sticks Gifts of Artwork, In-Kind, Other Property Black Coffee Company Pernod Ricard USA South Walton Pharmacy, LLC

Foundations $1,000,000 to $4,999,999

The Evelyn Davis Foundation $500,000 to $999,999 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Goldring Family Foundation $250,000 to $499,999 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation $100,000 to $249,999 AFLAC Foundation, Inc. Ochsner Clinic Foundation The FBR Foundation, Inc. United Way of Southeast Louisiana $50,000 to $99,999 The Allen Family Foundation, Inc. The Greater New Orleans Foundation The Patterson Family Foundation The Philadelphia Foundation The Riversville Foundation Truman Capote Literary Trust $10,000 to $49,999 American Endowment Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Charities Aid Foundation of America GHR Foundation Na Pua Foundation The Chicago Community Foundation The Chisholm Foundation The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Inc. The Schott Foundation for Public Education Torijaun & Michelle Dallas Foundation, Inc. $5,000 to $9,999 Abbvie ASHP Foundation Charles L. Young, Sr. Foundation Foundation for Louisiana Gilead Foundation Jack and Jill Foundation Jewish Federations Of North America Laurence Flood Foundation Prince Hall Shriners Foundation, Inc.

Scholarship Foundation of New Orleans Shell Oil Company Foundation The Thomas W. Bean Foundation $2,500 to $4,999 Arizona Community Foundation CVS Health Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Gilmore Foundation Greater Houston Community Foundation John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Kresge Foundation Louisiana Independent College Foundation The Catholic Foundation The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation The Presser Foundation The Rosenfeld Rumford Steckler Family Foundation Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing US Charitable Gift Trust $1,000 to $2,499 Alabama Power Foundation Balgley Family Charitable Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts Program Eskenazi Health Foundation, Inc. Fine Family Foundation Givinga Foundation, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Lander Family Charitable Foundation McKesson Foundation National Christian Foundation North Texas PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Pfizer Foundation The Joshua & Luke Welch Charitable Fund $500 to $999 Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Charities Aid Foundation America Pledgeling Foundation Prietto Cueto Fund of Sacramento Region Community Foundation The Tom Joyner Foundation Verizon

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Honor Roll of Donors $250 to $499 The Progressive Insurance Foundation $100 to $249 AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation Baxter International Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation $1 to $99 Marathon Oil Company Foundation

Individuals $500,000 to $999,999 The Estate of Mr. Alvin S. Lee, Sr. Mr. William Goldring $250,000 to $499,999 Ms. Emma Crosby Deacon Stephen Kaneb and Mrs. Andrea Kaneb $100,000 to $249,999 Ms. Alexandra F. Allen Mr. Gladstone N. Jones, III, P.C. and Mrs. Amanda C. Jones Mr. Terence M. and Mrs. Motoko M. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner $50,000 to $99,999 Elizabeth Clark Dooling, M.D. Ms. Angela E. Vallot and Dr. James Basker $10,000 to $49,999 Mr. Carlin and Mrs. Julie Adrianopoli The Estate of Mr. Hugh J. Arnelle Belinda B. Baptiste Sr. Amelia Breton, S.B.S. Mrs. Paige Carlson-Heim Dr. Dale Mason Cochran Dr. Michelle Detwiler Mr. Richard and Mrs. Sarah Freeman Ms. Vivian J. Galloway Mr. E. Brandon Garrett, Jr. Dr. Marguerite and Dr. Ray Giguette* Dr. Richard Gilder Mr. Victor L. Haydel Mrs. Courtney and Mr. Michael

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Katzenstein Ms. Suzanne Malveaux Mrs. Mandy and Mr. Tim Murphy Mr. Colvin G. Norwood, Jr. Mrs. Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo Mr. Lyon Polk Ms. Julie S. Robbins Mrs. Jenny and Mr. Michael M. Rue, Esq. HD Mr. James R. and Mrs. Marianne R. Swanson Ms. Caryln Taylor Dr. Reynold Verret Mr. William J. and Mrs. Ann Hart Wernz William J. and Ann Hart Wernz Mr. Alexander T. Walsh and Mrs. Sally C. Walsh $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. John A. Clark and Ms. Elizabeth H. P. Barringer Mr. David Beckman Dr. Joan W. Bennett Dr. and Mrs. George L. Bernstein Mr. Anthony Scott Bingham Mr. Verron Brade Ms. Janel Angerberg Callon Mr. Stephen J. and Mrs. Ellen M. Casey Dr. Ollie G. Christian Mr. John and Mrs. Heidi Coleman Dr. Gene A. D’Amour Ms. Cree Duncan Mr. Michael C. Eisenband Mr. Laurence Flood Mr. James and Mrs. Kathleen Gillespie Dr. Debra M. Lewis, Ph.D. Mr. Andrew Marsh Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Lynn Marsh Dr. Joe A. Melcher Mr. James Mitchell, Jr. Ms. Deborah Pattillo Mr. David G. Perlis Dr. Theresa P. Pretlow Mr. Stephen F. H. Revard Rev. Gregory A. Rom Mr. Steven Simmons Mr. Perry and Mrs. Dianne S. Tillman Mr. Joseph K. West Stephanie A. Whyte-Williams, M.D. Mr. Curtis Trent Wright $2,500 - $4,999

Phillip D. and Patricia A. Adams Dr. Sanders W. Anderson and Mr. Lewis Anderson Mr. Rashi J. Bates and Mrs. Karmen Robertson Bates Mr. Kenneth J. Bongort Sr. Mr. Garry and Dr. Gina Bostick Ms. Margaret M. Buckley Dr. and Mrs. William L. Cody Dr. Patrice P. Jean and Mr. Darren J. Collins Mr. James S. Cook Jr. Dr. Tamaatra Lawrence Crook and Dr. Errol Crook Mr. Robert Del Genio Ms. Deneen Donnley Mr. Amos J. Evans and Mrs. Barbara Keyes Evans* Mr. Larry Fitzgerald Jr. Mr. Wayne T. Gibson Ms. Gina Gutzeit Drs. Elliott D. and Elizabeth Y. Hammer Mr. Mark N. Howard Ms. Leah Jordan Dr. Kathleen B. Kennedy Ms. Marjorie O’Connor Mr. Greg A. Otterson and Mrs. Mary Ann Murphy Professor Mary Pattillo Mr. Ashton Phelps, Jr. Mr. Paul Richard Mr. David Smalstig Dr. Nancy P. Stork Mrs. Audrey F. Sudbury Ms. Erica Twyman Mrs. Patricia H. Vaultz* Mr. Jeremey Ward Ms. Nancy J. Workman $1,000 - $2.499 Anonymous Donors Mr. Amir Agam Dr. Renee V. Akbar Mr. Kenneth Bartels and Ms. Jane Condon Mr. Everett Bass Ms. Peggy Bennett Mrs. Terese Bennett Mr. Bradford William Berger Ms. Monica Armstrong Billinger Mr. Darren Blackwell Ms. Kim M. Boyle Ms. Joan K. Bringaze Dr. J Kamala Buckner Ms. Myeasha Burgess

Ms. Lynne Burkart Mr. James Carter Mr. Jim J. Casadaban Dr. Emmett B. Chapital, Jr. Dr. Lyrial Chism Mr. David G. Clunie Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn Mr. Morris C. Coleman Mr. Robert Cox Reverend Edward V. Davis, M.M. Ms. Carol Tureaud Dean Mr. Faruq El Haqq Captain and Mrs. William A. Fagan Mr. Earl R. Falls Mr. Paul and Mrs. Mary Beth Fine Janice M. Foster, Esq. Mr. Henry and Mrs. Judith M. Frantz Dr. Danielle Gilliam* Mr. Matthew K. Gimlett Dr. Jeffrey A. Hale Ms. Bettyanne Hargray Ms. Betty Henson Mr. James D. and Mrs. Eileen S. Holzhauer Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Janine Hundley Mrs. Annie D. James Mrs. Nicole Jones Ms. Shunte Jones Ms. Patricia Joseph Dr. Karen Kennicott Mr. and Mrs. John P. Krolikowski Mr. Derrick R. LeBeauf Ms. Therese M. Lemelle Mr. Cornelius A. Lewis Mrs. Mary C. and Mr. David B. Lowry Dr. Michael R. and Mrs. Patricia A. Lucey* Mr. Louis Lynn Dr. Calvin Mackie, CEO Dr. David Marcello and Ms. Jane Johnson Ms. Claudia Marmolejo Mr. Anthony Mason Mr. Richard D. Matusiak Mrs. Ann Mazzotta Mrs. Sharon W. McCall Mr. Bob Medlin Mr. Kevin and Mrs. Tomika Baker Moody Mr. Derrick Murray Ms. Melissa Murray Ms. Raquel Murray Dr. Camille Nelson Mr. Charles D. Overstreet Ms. Erica Perkins

Ms. Janelle Perry Mr. Edward J. Phillips, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Percy A. Pierre Ms. Halimah DeLaine Prado Dr. Yashoda V. Pramar Mrs. Wanda Pritchett Mr. Peter R. Quirk The Estate of Lesley Richard Ms. Cynthia Robinson Ms. Gwendolyn D. Rouzan Ms. Sujata Roy and The Late Mr. Peter Chines Ms. Selma P. Ryave Mrs. Chimene G. Saloy Ms. Kathy L. Schulz Ms. Jennifer Scott Mr. Eddie Sinkfield and The Late Mrs. Alfreda Sinkfield Mrs. Lynn Skelding Mr. Rodney E. Slater Ms. Nancy D. Smith Ms. Nannette Smith Mr. Michael Wilkes Tierney and Mrs. Evangeline Harris Tierney* Mr. John and Mrs. Rachael Tolliver Mr. Conor P. Tully Mr. Eugene Varnado Ms. Lucy Vasserman Ms. Adicia Waddell Dr. Pamela N. Waldron-Moore* Mr. Jeffrey Waters, Jr Mr. Greg Watson Ms. Nina Wells Mrs. Patricia Whisenhunt Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Patricia Whitman Mr. Alan K. Williams and Dr. Tammie S. Williams, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC Mrs. Melva D. Williams* Mr. Jeryl S. Williams and Mrs. Toye Williams Dr. Donna-Marie Christina Winn Mr. and Mrs. Luis C. Zervigon $500 - $999 Ms. Vickee Jordan Adams Dr. Amy Bellone-Hite Mr. Marion B. and Mrs. Judy Bracy* Ms. Donna Brazile HD Mr. Edgar Chase, IV Ms. Camilla Clarke Ms. Melissa Perrett Cook Dr. Andrea L. Cooper Mr. Chris C. Cote Mr. Joseph T. and Mrs. Genevieve S. Coyle

Thank You

Mr. Kendall Crawford Dr. Cecily DeFreece Mr. Humphrey Doermann HD Mr. John A. Dooley Elizabeth Downing, M.D. Mrs. Stephanie Evans Ms. Roxana Fariborz Mrs. Barbara Fitzhugh Ms. Yvette Frisby Mr. Stephen Furney-Howe Mr. Carlos Gavilondo Ms. Carrie L. George Ms. Kala Gibson Mrs. Elizabeth Grammer Mr. Thomas Brandt Grassey Mrs. Emrie F. Green, TTEE Ms. Geneva Green Mr. Steven E. Gwin Mr. Sean M. Harding Mr. John L. Hartman Mr. Bradley E. Henn Ms. Tanya Holden Ms. Gabriella S. Holland Mr. Barry Honore Dr. Helen R. Houston Mrs. Jasmine Jefferson Ms. Julia Johnson Jacquet Jordan Drs. Anil and Poonam Kukreja* Mr. AJ Labourdette Mr. Christopher Lastrapes Mr. Chris LeWand Ms. Ann P. and Mr. Lee Littlewood Mr. Harold Spencer and Ms. Ruth D. MacNaughton Dr. Madisa Macon Mr. Eric C. Marshall Mrs. Shirley Massenburg* Mrs. Erika McConduit Mr. James R. and Mrs. Olivia McInerney* Mr. Shawn A. Meekins Mr. David Menotti Ms. Cynthia Milner Ms. Adaeze V. Moghalu Ms. Myrna M. Moline Ms. Kimberly Moore-Wright Elsie C. Morris, M.D. Dr. Andrea Murray Mr. Michael J. Murray Mr. Brandon Neal Ms. Leeandra M. Nolting Mr. Shawn F. O’Donnell Mrs. Holly R. Peete Mr. Gregory M. Perry

Ms. Kris Pottharst Mr. Peter Price Dr. Richard D. Quint, M.D. Mr. Coleman Ridley Ms. Diane W. Roberts Dr. T.M. Robinson-Mosley Brigadier General Joan M. Rutherford Mrs. Ingenue’ Schexnider-Fields Mrs. Tiffany Scott-Horton Ms. Amanda M. Seale Ms. Jetasha Shine Ms. Kelley J. Simmons* The Estate of Mr. Daniel J. Stocker Ms. Brittani Stone Mr. Gary J. Tanner and Mrs. Audrey M. Pinera-Tanner Mr. Glenn Tobias Ms. Leah M. Wallace Ms. Regina Wattley The Honorable Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. Ms. Tabitha Wilkins Ms. Beryl Williams Dr. Christopher Williams* Ms. Melva M. Williams Ms. Teyanna L. Williams, Attorneyat-Law Ms. Kizzy Wooten $250 - $499 Mr. Perry Anderson Dr. Marco Barker Jean Ann McCarthy Barry Ms. Sheba Bellazain-Harris Dr. Jason Berntsen Mr. Donald E. Bowen Mrs. Elizabeth A. Brinson Mr. Michael J. Buenzow Mr. Charles Carroll Ms. Su Chen Ms. Shellond Deneen Chester Ms. Anna Marie Cirino Mrs. Ruby C. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Tim and Anna Cook Mr. Michael Criscito Ms. Megan Curran Ms. Katie P. Cutlip Valerie Daniel Mr. Douglas Derbes Mr. Keith V. Dillon* Rev. Donna Faith Eldredge Ms. Donna Epps Mr. Sidney Evans Mr. Brett Evans Mr. Brian J. Flynn

Ms. Eileen Frank Ms. Nicole Franks Mr. David Freddie Dr. Annie M. Garraway Mr. Robert Gibbs Drs. Galina Goloverda and Vladimir Kolesnichenko Mr. John H. and Mrs. Bobbie J. Gordon, III Mr. Paul P. Grifith Mrs. Kimberly R. Harris Dr. Jason T. Hayes, M.D. Mr. Horace Hough Ms. Evangeline Hughes Mrs. Allegra Jackson Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jeffrion Mr. William L. and Mrs. Deborah M. Jeffrion* Mr. Phillip S. Joffray Mrs. Worell B. Johnson* Mr. Gino Jones Ms. Patricia A. Kendrick Mrs. Bonnie Kennedy* Mr. Lawrence S. Kullman Ms. Delores A. Labranche Ms. Marie Louise Landry* Ms. Avis LeDuff Mr. Patrick Millet Lee and Mrs. Pamela Williams Lee Ms. Kimberla Lemon Ms. Nelsy Lipford Mr. Lawrence J. Loomis Mr. Kevin M. Lyman Ms. Kim D. Martin Ms. Sherry McFadden Mr. Eric Mendoza Mr. Darrel Metoyer Mr. Henry Meyers Mr. James Mongoven Dr. Cecilia A. Moore Mr. Steven Murphy Ms. Jan R. Naifeh Mr. Hart and Mrs. Anne Nelsen Ms. Ingrid Noone Mr. Kirk Quigless Mrs. Stella C. Reese Dr. Julie Reuben Mrs. Helena J. H. Robinson Dr. David Robinson-Morris, Ph.D. Dr. Joseph F. Ross* Ms. Sondra K. Ruckwardt Mrs. Kathryn B. Scurlock Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seymour Ms. Alyssa Sharkey Ms. Florina Sheard

Mrs. Paula R. Singleton Mrs. Serena Spurlock Mr. Samuel Star Mrs. Abigail Strawberry Ms. Felicia Tardy Ms. Anne Taylor Ms. Bridgette Thomas Ms. Michele M. Thompson Professor Cristina H. Traina The Late Ms. Antoinette M. Tutt Ms. Solange Isabelle Unger Mrs. Phyllis M. Wadley Dr. Melvia Wallace Ms. Patricia Watson Mr. Dave Winfield Dr. Shael Wolfson Mrs. June Young Mr. Kevin Young $100 - $249 Dr. Jennifer Adams and Mr. Benjamin Adams Ms. Donna Allen Mrs. Deborah C. Alluisi Miss Iolet E. Ambrose, R.Ph. Ms. Sharon B. Anderson Anonymous Donors Ms. Paige Arnof-Fenn Ms. Elisa Arrillaga Mrs. Wale Arshad Mrs. Kathleen R. Astorga Ms. Candace A. Austin Mr. Ziyad Ayyoub Ms. Debra L. Bacon* Mr. Neil Baleva Dr. Peter Barrett* Mr. Dale Barriere Dr. James R. Bartkus Ms. Stephanie Bazille Mr. Ronald Bechet Ms. Stacey Bennett-Dwyer Dr. Nikia M. Bennette-Carter Ms. Kelli Bernard Mrs. Annie Birdsell Dr. Teresa Birdwhistell Ms. Carole Blanks Ms. Kelci Adia Boyard Mrs. Kristyanne Boyd Ms. Ako D. Bradford Mr. Leon M. Bradley Ms. Kristi Brooks Ms. Consolotta Broussard Dr. Jinx Marie Coleman Broussard Ms. Ruth A. Broussard Mr. Robert Browder

Mr. Maurice Brown Ms. Aria Broxton Dr. Glenda Burnett Ms. Deanna Burrell Attorney Yoursheka D. Butler Ms. Frances Bynum The Late Mr. Oscar Camp, Jr. Mr. Ronald M. Carrere, Jr. Ms. Daphane Carter Mrs. Yttria Carter Ms. Glenn Caston Ms. Deidre M. Charlot Mr. Abraham J. Chen Mr. Jeff Chenault and Mrs. Regina S. Chenault Ms. Sonya Childress Ms. Cheryl Francis Cichy Dr. Natashia Clarke Ms. Veralyn Clemons Ms. Kim Cockerham Mr. Christopher Coleman Mr. Gerald Coleman Ms. Marta Collier Ms. Amarilis Comas Dr. Marius Commodore Mrs. Geraldine Connors-Lynch Mr. DePorres Cormier and Mrs. Barbara Cormier Ms. Evelyn F. Crayton Ms. Michelle Cronquist Mr. Edward W. Crowe Dr. William Curatolo Mrs. Elaine K. Czenszak* Ms. Phyllis E. Daniel Ms. Phyllis Daniels Mr. Derwin A. Davis Mr. Walter Davis Dr. Valerio De Angelis Mr. Peter M. DeCaro Ms. Allison de Peralta Ms. Kathryn DeYoung Mr. John Dimry, Jr. Mr. Frederick Dobard, Jr. Chef Lawrence Dodd Ms. Leslie D. Doles Ms. Charley A. Dorand Mr. Thomas Duffy* Ms. Daphne Dukes Ms. Ayesha Dwyer Ms. Velma Eaglin Ms. Paula Edwards Ms. Joy Ekenga Ms. Kathann E. El-Amin Mr. Siddieg Elsiddieg Ms. Nidia Farnum

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Honor Roll of Donors Ms. Tara Favors Ms. Rae Fellows Mr. Tim Flowers Mr. Colin Ford Ms. Mary J Francois Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Gaddis Ms. Lisa Garcia Bedolla Dr. Antoine M. and Mrs. Carol J. Garibaldi Dr. Juan and Mrs. Anna Gershanik Ms. Tiara Gibson Ms. Lorie D. Gie Mr. Robert S. and Mrs. Kathleen A. Gilliam Miss Elizabeth R. Goeke Mrs. Victoria and Mr. John Gold Mr. Jay A. Goldstein Mrs. Constance Gonzalez Ms. Hattie T. Gordon Ms. Cecily Gooch Ms. Savitri Goud Ms. Ouloide Y. Goue Mrs. Ashton Grant Thomas Ms. Barbara L. Gray Mr. David M. Gray and Mrs. Kimberly A. Gray Ms. Candace Gregory Mr. Michael Griffin Prof. Ariela Gross, Ph.D. Ms. Kimberly Guillory Ms. Christine A. Guy Ms. Nadine Hack Ms. Rosemary Hall Mr. Bruce J. Hamilton, Sr. Ms. Charlotte V. Hankton Ms. Agnes H. Harper Dr. and Mrs. John Harris Mr. Qadry Ahmad Harris Ms. Claire A. Hay Mrs. Laura Ann Hewett Haydel and Mr. John P. Haydel, Jr. Ms. Nia Haydel Mr. Roger G. and Mrs. Mary Kay Hehman Ms. Amanda E. Helm Ms. Mary Henderson Ms. Simone M. Henderson Ms. Bridgette Heyward Mr. Charles Hill Ms. Michelle T. Hill Dr. James Hobley Ms. Leslie Holley Ms. Krystal Hopton Mr. Shelton A. Howard* Mrs. Mary Dyer Hubbard Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Rose Hughes

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Ms. Richonda Hunte Ms. Adrienne M. Hunter Ms. Alicia Hunter Father Patrick Hyland, S.J. Dr. Alison G. Hyslop* Pyper Davis Imperial Mr. Huriya Jabbar Mrs. Cheryl Jackson Mrs. Ireon W. Jackson Ms. Nicole L. Jefferson Ms. Juanell Johnson Mr. Robert Keith Johnson Dr. Jesse P. Johnson Mr. Anthony Jones Mr. Bobbie Jones Mr. Frank W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Jones Ms. Juanice Jones Mr. Robert Jones Ms. Vonne Jones Mr. Cornell Jordan Ms. Jacqueline Jordan Mr. Marcus Jordan Mr. Alphonso Joyner Ms. Sangeetha Kandan Ms. Michelle Keagle Mr. Darryl Keller, Jr. Ms. Erin Keller Mr. Fred Kency, Jr. Mr. Frank Kennebrew Ms. Kristin Keough Dr. Viola D. King Mrs. Mapo Kinnord-Payton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Knill Mr. Louis E. Labat Mr. and Ms. Nathaniel Lacour Mr. Gerald Lagarde Mrs. Sunday N. Laird Dr. Stacie Lambert, Ph.D. Ms. Janet Lawson Mr. Montray Leavy Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee Mrs. Mary H. Leitzinger and The Late Mr. Paul Eugene Leitzinger Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leslie Ms. Dannette J. Lewis Ms. Maria Lewis Wyndon Ms. Carla Long Ms. Gia Lott Mr. Chris Lubienski Ms. Deloris Mabins Mr. John P. Mahaffey Ms. Evana E. Mahdi Ms. Patricia Marin Ms. Patricia Matlock

Ms. H. Maxie-Viltz Mr. Eugene Mays Mr. Carl McCalla and Mrs. Margaret Rose McCalla Ms. Rhonda S. McCutchen Ms. Denise McDuffey Ms. Fay McField Mr. Scott McIntosh Ms. Trinity McKenzie Ms. Valerie Mckinney Ms. Robin McMorris Ms. Michelle McNeill Prof. Howard W. Mielke, Ph.D. Mr. Robert A. Miller Attorney Christopher Minias Mr. Darren Mire Mr. Thomas J. Motley Mr. Monroe Neal, Jr. Ms. Monica Nelson Dr. Patrick J. O’Halliran Dr. James A. Oakes, III Dr. Patience Obih* The Late Sr. Josita Marie Ogaldez, S.S.F. Mr. Patrick J. O’Halloran Mr. Mekka Okereke Philip Rodi Otieno Ms. Diane Pangelina Mrs. Virginia Pellerin Mr. Tim Pettey Mr. Thomas Philip Dr. Carol Houser Pineiro Ms. Amna Plummer Ms. Sandra Powell Ms. Jennifer A. Quezergue Mr. Karl A. Quezergue Mr. Derek M. Ramage Mr. Michael Rawles Mr. Simeon B. and Mrs. Linda S. Reimonenq, Jr. Mr. Harold Rhodes Mr. Byron Richardson Mrs. Brenda M. Rideau Mr. Frank J. Rienzo* Mr. Virgil and Mrs. Alexis B. Robinson Ms. Doris S. Robinson Mr. Edward Robinson Ms. Marie Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Robinson, Jr. Ms. Kim Roddy Mr. Charles Rollinger Ms. Laurie Rosen Mr. Michael Rovaris Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Rutledge Dr. Gaibrelle Safford

Ms. Denise Sanders Mr. Keith Schwager Dr. Leonardo Seoane Ms. Marketa Sharp Mrs. Tianay Sherman Ms. Shellie B. Simmons Ms. Sparkle A. Simmons Mr. William H. Simmons, III Mr. Jack M. Simmons, III Mr. Norman W. Slack Dr. Elizabeth A. Slaughter Tyvi Small, Ph.D. Mr. Jeffrey L. Smith Ms. Lisa Smith Ms. Lolita Smith Mr. Maurice Smith Mr. Roland and Mrs. Carmen St. Paul Dr. Monica L. Stallworth, MA, M.D., MPH, MHCA Ms. Robbi Tara Stiell Mr. Bruce D. Strathearn Mr. Drew Thomas Mrs. Tiffany Guillory Thomas Ms. Amanda Titus Ms. Levita Titus Mr. William J. Tobias* Mr. G. Carroll Todd, Jr. and Mrs. Tina M. Todd Dr. Jason Todd Ms. Brenda Trillo Mr. Ed Trionfo Mr. Jeremy Tuman Dr. Brian L. Turner Ms. Karen Vander Ms. Johara Veal Ms. Isabelle Verdini Ms. Cynthia Vernon Ms. Marie Saul Walters Ms. Anna Lovelace Ware Ms. Ieshe Washington Mr. Erik D. Waters Ms. Suzette Webb Mrs. Roxana C. Weber Ms. Consuella Whipple Mr. Barry White, Jr. Ms. Mechelle White Ms. Roshan R. White Ms. Tamika Wiggins Mr. Kevin N. Wilkins and Ms. Ginny Wise The Late Mr. Alfred J. Williams Ms. Sharon Williams Mr. Richard Willock Dr. Janice Harrington Winder Mrs. Deanna Winfield-Gates

Mr. Howard and Mrs. Catherine Winkler Mr. Kevin N. Wilkins Mr. Rene Worland Ms. Karen Y. Mr. Jay C. Zainey, Jr. Dr. Yingnan Zhao $1 - $99 Ms. Nana Yaw Adu-Sarkodie Ms. Dana Agee Mr. Kenny Allen Ms. Robin Allen Mr. Sheldon Allen Mr. Terry Allen Ms. Alma Allison Ms. Angel Anderson Ms. Jabari Anderson Ms. Tina Anderson Mr. Charles Antrum Mr. Michael Askin Ms. Cynthia Atkins Ms. Wanda Aultman Mr. Robert M. Ballasty Ms. Sylvia Battle Ms. Kendra Bazile Ms. Toi Beckum Ms. Nkeba Bell Ms. Suzanne Bergeron Mr. Ricardo Bethune Mr. Charlton Bivins Ms. Brenda Blake Ms. Jennifer Bodnar Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Judith Bonner* Ms. Cynthia B. Boykin Ms. Janice W. Brady Mr. Eric Braley Ms. Lori Brandon Mr. Amos Brazan Mr. Bertrand Brickham Ms. Aimee M. Brignac Mr. Jason B. Brossett, Sr. Mr. Derrick Brown Ms. Marilyn Brown Ms. Lena A. Brown-Owens Mr. Crystal Bryant Mrs. Ayron Butler Ms. Denise Butts Mr. Joseph K. Byrd* Mrs. Anitra Fenae Calvin Ms. Brenda Canady Ms. Shannon Canavin Ms. Whitney Caples Ms. Marrian Carbin Mr. Rex Carter

Thank You

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Ms. Dana Lloyd Mr. Rahim Lockhart Ms. Norma Lombard Ms. Lawren Long Mr. Jimmy Love Ms. Marium Majid Ms. Yvonne Malcolm Ms. Precious Malembeka Mr. Rene A. Maney Ms. Genevieve Matthews Mr. Henry Maury Mr. Kenyon McCall Ms. Nichole McHenry Ms. Commelita Mckee Ms. Halima McKenna Mr. Braxton McShan Ms. Davian M. McWilliams Ms. Elaine P. Menotti Ms. Ambar M. Mesa The Late Deacon Alfred Mitchell Ms. Frances Mitchell Ms. Ann Mongoven Ms. Amaria Montgomery Ms. Annie Moore Ms. Juliet Moore Mrs. Nancy D. Moore Ms. Allien Morgab Ms. Brenda Morgan Ms. Gwen D. Morris Ms. Jordanlindsay Morris Ms. Malaan Moses Mr. Tyson Moss Mr. James Musco Dr. Barry Nagle Ms. Dionne Narcisse Mrs. Shannon P. Neal Christopher Nelson Ms. Melinda Newman Mrs. Donna L. Newsome Ms. Christy Nwaokoro Ms. Zorina Oakley Ms. Jennifer Odem Fr. Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C. Mrs. Nioyonu Olutosin Mr. Aubry F. Osborn Ms. Hara Oyedeji Mrs. Nancy A. Paes Ms. Michele Parham Ms. Hazel Parker Ms. Yolonda Parker Mr. Julian Pena Mr. Sean Perkins T.C. Phillips Mr. Octave L. Picot

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Honor Roll of Donors Ms. Nikki Swain Ms. Keila Tamashiro Mr. Alan N. Tantleff Mr. Pasquelo Tate Mr. Deandre Tate Ms. Asia Taylor Ms. Edna Taylor Mr. Rodney J. Thomas, III* Ms. Valerie Thomas Mr. George K. Thompson and Mrs. Vinnette Clark-Thompson Mrs. Rita Thompson Ms. Rosalyn Thompson Ms. Rosa Thornton Ms. Mikayla Titus Ms. Jane Udoewa Mr. Russell M. Vappie Mr. Earl S. and Mrs. Myrna Vincent Mr. Jalen Wade Mrs. Geanell Wagner Mr. Christopher Walker Mr. Stephen Walker Ms. Kennedi Walls Ms. Kendra Warren Ms. Jill Washington Ms. Latranio Washington Ms. Tracey Washington Ms. Maria Watkins Mr. Chris Watson Ms. Vanessa E. Watson Ms. Tara Way Dr. Enid P. Wells Mr. Derrick West Mrs. Gina M. West Ms. Perlie M. Whitley Ms. Miriam J. Wilbon Ms. Charlotte Williams Mr. Dale Williams Ms. Monique Williams Ms. Tynika Williams Mr. Zachary Williams Mr. Tony Williams Dr. Jacques P. Williams-Pascal and Mr. Leroy B. Pascal Ms. Halee Williamson Miss Shambrekia N. Wise Ms. Lai-Wan Wong Ms. Elaine Wright-Forris Mr. Qiang Zhang* Ms. Angela Castillo Zuleta

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Organizations Gifts of Artwork, In-Kind, Other Property Mr. Lance Lafargue $500,000 to $999,999 Morehouse School of Medicine United Negro College Fund $50,000 to $99,999 Beta Tau Alumni Association Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving The Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $10,000 to $49,999 A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds Black and Indian Missions National Audubon Society Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament The Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust The Historic Fund I, LP The Mandy and Tim Murphy Fund The Student Freedom Initiative UNCF/Mellon Programs Xavier University Alumni Association - Atlanta Chapter #16 Xavier University Alumni Association-Chicago Chapter Xavier University of Louisiana National Alumni Association $5,000 to $9,999 Alcorn State University Epsilon Tau Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority National Sales Network The Hennessy Family Gift Fund Xavier University Alumni Association-Birmingham Chapter Xavier University Alumni Association-Houston Chapter $2,500 to $4,999 Carol Fitzgerald Memorial Fund Knights And Ladies Of Peter Claver Xavier University Alumni Association-Dallas/Fort Worth Xavier University Alumni Association-Northern California

$1,000 to $2,499 Civic Nation Class of 2004 National Urban League Board of Trustees New Orleans Rowing Club LTD Xavier University Alumni Association-Central Florida Chapter Xavier University Alumni Association-Memphis Chapter Xavier University Alumni Association-New Orleans Chapter #1 $500 to $999 Xavier University Alumni Association-Montgomery Chapter You Are Not Forgotten Child Care & Head Start $250 to $499 Archdiocese of New Orleans Class of 1989 Class of 1999 Epiphany Counseling Keep Louisiana Beautiful Xavier University Alumni Association-Shreveport Chapter

Ms. Ka’Niya Bernard Miss Kayla J. Carmichael Ms. Jada Collins Ms. Renee Collins Ms. Morgan Crosby Mr. Khol Davis Ms. Jalen Evans Moore Ms. Cherish Gibson Ms. Mya Guy Ms. Phalen Hamilton Ms. Kileyah Harris Mr. Von Hendrix Ms. Anya Howard Ms. Asyana Howard Mr. Anthony Jeanmarie, IV Ms. Nia Jerro Miss Destiny P. Johnson Ms. Arrington Jones Mr. Jayden C. Leeks Ms. Kennedy McKee Ms. Kelsey Prudhomme Ms. Kamryn Scales Mr. Jalen Seals Mr. Edward Simon Ms. Tywannia Thompson

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Students $100 - $249 Mr. Chase Barrow Miss Parri L. Holton Mr. Michael Jordan Dr. Reanna A. Ursin $1 - $99 Ms. Omaria Ackerson Ms. Daisha Ballard Ms. Monique Barber Ms. Jalah A. Bates

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COVER STORY Our Legacy:

The Fabric of Tradition

BY MEAGHAN WALSH GERARD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Quilt-making was born out of necessity.

It was the practical need to keep warm and to use every available scrap of fabric. Quilt patterns and designs evolved from the artistic talents of the homemakers who constructed them.

They reflected the folk styles of the available materials and cultural moment. It is only in recent decades that the inherent artistic value of these works has been officially recognized.

People often assume two things about quilting: Their grandmothers did it, and it’s a dying art these days. Carolyn White ‘72 proves both of these stereotypes wrong. She didn’t get into quilting because of an ancestor or a matriarchal tradition–and the art certainly isn’t going anywhere.

White earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, married her sweetheart, Philip J. White ‘72, whom she also met at Xavier, and became a career employee at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As an investigator, a supervisor, and a district manager, her work touched on everything from milk safety in the southeast and potable water systems on ocean-going vessels to sterility of blood banks and biologics.

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she and her husband left New Orleans, eventually landing in Atlanta. She continued her work with the FDA, retired in 2011, unretired in 2014, and retired for good in 2020.

“After 40 years with the government, you get a clock. I got my clock. And my badge was retired,” she said.

want to learn it.”

Photo by Justen Williams

“I’m not as prolific as some,” she adds humbly. “My passion is in art quilts, rather than patterns. I only make one to two pieces a year, but it brings me a lot of joy and a creative outlet.”

Though she never quilted before, and her career was in the sciences, she had a latent talent for sewing. As teenagers, she and her sister would sew their own dresses, as most people did then. They made her prom gown and her wedding dress. White recalled with a chuckle that they realized they must have been pretty good at it when other people started asking them to make their gowns too.

White’s talent awoke from its dormancy as she began exhibiting at the Atlanta Quilt Festival. In 2021, she won Best In Show with her work “Awestruck Before an Unforgettable Nubian Queen or From Gee’s Bend to Royalty.” She was inspired by her own 2018 visit to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, as well as the candid image of a little girl taken aback by the painting of First Lady Michelle Obama. White’s quilt incorporates three-dimensional elements, written messages, and a specific nod to the famous Gee’s Bend quilters. In 2023, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta purchased her quilt, which is now part of its permanent collection.

Katherine Jentleson, the High’s senior curator of American art and Merrie and Dan Boone curator of folk and self-taught art, who purchased the quilt, said in a press release about Black quilts: “Quilters deserve credit for making the same kinds of choices about form, color and symbolic meaning as those typically male and white artists who we have historically privileged as the innovators of abstraction.”

But it was shortly after her move to Atlanta that she attended a quilt show, then joined Brown Sugar Stitchers Quilt Guild. The group has about 140 members, from 13 states, who join virtually if they can’t be there in person.

A recent exhibition at the Woodruff Library celebrated the legacy of HBCUs and included quilts dedicated to Xavier as well as institutions around the country and the Divine Nine. Like the act of quilting, HBCUs represent both tradition and the future. These quilts link Black heritage from homesteaders to the High Museum.

“We try to encourage younger folks,’ White explained. “Many of them join because they have ancestors who quilted, and they

Read more about Our Legacy in next year’s special Centennial issue!

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You may already be eligible to join.

Our Legacy Society was created to recognize those donors who have generously remembered Xavier University of Louisiana in their estate plans.

Membership in the 1925 Legacy Society is available to anyone making a planned gift to Xavier University of Louisiana, no matter the amount.

If you have already included Xavier University in your estate plan, let us know. If you are interested in learning more about making a planned gift to Xavier University, contact: Office of Institutional Advancement (504) 520-7575 ia@xula.edu giving.xula.edu

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Mr. Rodney J. Thomas, III Dr. Elaine Parker-Adams Mr. Allegretto F. Alexander* Captain Sanders W. Anderson and Mr. Lewis Anderson Ms. Carmen Maria Austin Mrs. Melody K. Baddoo Mrs. Carla D. Gibson Baker Ms. Stacey M. Bastian Stacy C. Benton, PsyD. Carolyn B. Block-Arnelle, Ph.D. and Mr. Hugh J. Arnelle* Ms. Stephanie A. Bolling* Ms. Linda M. Bolt* Ms. Antonia M. Bossier* Mrs. Louise M. Bouise* Mrs. Nellie M. Reed Bowman* Dr. C. Michael Bowman Mrs. Angela D. Braud Dr. Robert W. Brawley* Mrs. Gladys E. Brennan* Mr. Searl G. Brier* Honorable Lois G. Bronz* and Mr. Charles Bronz* Dr. Joyce R. Brown, Pharm D. Mr. W. O. Bryson, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. David W. Buckalew Rev. John E. Burger, S.S.C. Mrs. Myrtle J. Burns* Mrs. Christine J. Butler-Powell* Ms. Margaret Mary Butz* Dr. Evita G. Bynum Mr. Frederick J. Carter* and Mrs. Joyce Carter Mrs. Louise D. Carter* Ms. Marie M. Cavanagh* Ms. Betty Chambers* Ms. Agnes M. Cizek* Mr. Tilford J. Cole* Mrs. Juliet Brooks Crawford* Ms. Emma Crosby Mr. John J. Cunningham* Mrs. Gladys C. deBen Majeau* Dr. Carolyn M. Dejoie* Mr. Willard Dennison* Mrs. Lorraine Green Desbordes* Anonymous Donor Mrs. Helen B. Drye* Mrs. Audrey H. Duncan* Ms. Denise R. Dunn Ms. Eloise T. Dyson* Mr. Malcolm N. Ellington* Mr. Frances Bruce Ellis* Ms. Yvonne Evans Dr. Patricia E. Evans* Mrs. Marguerite Rey Florent Dr. Norman C. Francis and The Late Mrs. Blanche M. Francis Mr. Noel M. Gagnon* Mrs. Maria Sly-George

Elder Peggy A. Gibson Dr. Jesse F. Goodwin, Ph.D.* Mrs. Jennifer Adger Grant Dr. Lois C. Gray Dr. Noel Gray* Josephine Rebecca Grier* Dr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Guillaume, Jr. Ms. Catherine A. Guillory* Dr. Rosalind Pijeaux Hale Mrs. Melissa Smith Haley Mr. Okyeame Haley, Esq. Drs. Elliott D. and Elizabeth Y. Hammer Mrs. Cynthia Hardy Mrs. Gaylene V. Harris Ms. Brandi M. Harris Mrs. Joyce Guillion Harte* Anonymous Donor Mr. Charles A. Hicks* and Mrs. Earline M. Haydel Hicks* Mr. Rene’ Himel, Jr.* Ms. Mary Eola Hogg* Ms. Velva T. Hollier* Mr. Charles A. Honore’ Mrs. Serena J. Hunter Mr. Albert L. Hyland Dr. Jennifer C. Allen Johnson Dr. Derrick D. and Mrs. Leontyne P. Jones Dr. Eileen J. Julien Mr. Clyde P. Jupiter* and Mrs. Pat Jupiter Mrs. Florence B. Kelleher* Ms. Phyllis C. King* Mrs. Carolyn Millet Lee Ms. Ellen M. Lee Mr. Alvin S. Lee, Sr.* Monsignor Paul A. Lenz, D.D.* Mr. Walter T. Lewis, Jr.* Mr. David H. Lewis Dr. Debra M. Lewis, Ph.D. Mr. Halvan J. Lieteau* and Mrs. Theyon D. Lieteau Mr. Henry Loftin* Ms. Mary Macomber* Dr. John M. Mallette* Dr. Cabrini S. March Mrs. Melba Fortune’ Martinez* Dr. Marie V. McDemmond* Dr. Jill E. McGovern and Dr. Steven Muller* Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna Mrs. Dolly Madison McKinney* Mrs. Carolyn Jennings McLain Ms. Cecelia V. Medley* Ms. Jean B. Meggs* Mr. Cyrus S. Mercier* Mr.Louis H. Meyi, Sr.* and Mrs. Claudia M. Meyi* Ashley K. Miller, M.D. Dr. David R. Miller, M.D.

Dr. Judith G. Miranti Mrs. Veronica LeDoux Mitchell* Dr. Miranda F. Mitchell Ms. Myrna M. Moline Ms. Arizona Moore Dr. James A. Oakes, III Dr. John O’Connor Ms. Frances Parker Dr. James A. Paschal Mrs. Gloria Jefferson Patin* Mr. Charles J. Patio* Mrs. Juanita B. Peterson Mr. James L. Petivan, Jr.* Mr. William R. Porter Dr. Leonard Price Mrs. Oaptar A. Prosper Mrs. Mildred V. Prudeaux* Mr. Roy J. Pugh* Dr. Toi Olden Rachal Mr. Allison B. Randolph, Sr.* and Mrs. Edna D. Randolph* Ms. Nancy G. Rawles Mrs. Corinne Reeves* Mr. Stephen F. H. Revard Mrs. Anna Mae Berhel Rhodes* Mr. and Mrs. Renald J. Richard* Ms. Annie G. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert D. Robichaux* Derek J. Robinson, M.D. Dr. Quintin R. Robinson Mr. Marlon E. Roundtree Mr. Henry E. Rouson* Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr.* Ms. Kathy L. Schulz, In memory of Johann C.F. Schulz Ms. Lillie V. Scott* Mrs. Aissatou A. Sidime-Blanton Mr. Frank B. Stewart, Jr. Mr. Daniel J. Stocker* Mrs. Minola Theriot Stuart* Mr. Wellington D. Swindall* Judge Lucia T. Thomas* Mr. Trevor K. Thompson* Mr. Andrew Tobias Professor Cristina H. Traina Dr. Pamela N. Waldron-Moore Dr. Anne Bouise Ward Ms. Candice M. Washington Mrs. Louella C. White* Mr. Philip J. and Mrs. Carolyn Wallace White Ms. Jimmie C. Wickham Mr. Charles H. Wilcox, Sr.* Ms. F. Veronica Wilhite Mr. Gary F. Willett Reverend Nathan S. Willis* Mr. Rawson L. Wood* Ms. Margaret A. Zimmerman

(*Deceased)

A SOUL SHAPED AT XAVIER Raymond “Raybo” Bourgeois ‘75 Honored with Xavier’s Esteemed Victor H. Labat Sr. Alumnus of the Year Award

By Jalah Bates ‘24

There are stories that shape a person, and then there are places that shape a soul. For Raymond “Raybo” Bourgeois ‘75, Xavier University of Louisiana was both.

Omega Psi Phi, has carried him across the globe—Lagos, Dubai, Shanghai, London — always with the same mission: to build, to guide, and to give back.

When he had learned that he had been named the 2024-2025 Alumnus of the Year, his mind drifted back to the 1970s, when he walked Xavier’s quadrangle as a chemistry and biology major. Remembering his professor who went the extra mile, nuns who became family, and a president’s office where he could get support with typing his papers when his own hands could not keep up.

For Bourgeois, service is not an obligation but a rhythm of life, a heartbeat that began in his Xavier years and never ceased.

Whether slicing open pig specimens in the biology club, coaching generations of young athletes, or delivering hot meals to the doorsteps of the elderly, his work has always been about opening doors for others.

“That’s the story of Xavier. Where else do they do that?”

Bourgeois said.

But Xavier was never just about academics. Xavier was structured and disciplined, with a strong sense of community and a calling. Bourgeois, who served as freshman class president and assistant dorm director, discovered the power of leadership in everyday situations: teaching his peers how to do laundry, maintain order in the dorm, and organizing dances and parades.

“It taught me to work with those who didn’t know and didn’t understand,” he reflected. “It taught me to be a leader.”

Those lessons became the compass for his life. Although trained in the sciences, Bourgeois followed his heart back home, working as a jeweler for nearly 60 years while dedicating himself to service. For almost five decades, he coached youth basketball, insisting on discipline and responsibility both on and off the court. In Houston, he founded an annual senior citizens’ dinner program, now in its 35th year, which delivers hundreds of meals alongside local fraternities and sororities. His fraternity,

“When you learn to give back in college,” he said, “it stays with you. It becomes who you are.”

Ask Bourgeois what keeps him tethered to Xavier, and his answer is simple: the community.

“Xavier cares about its students. It always has,” he said. “It’s not just about grades. It’s about determination. Grit. The kind of grit that keeps you trying when the odds are stacked against you.”

That vision is what he hopes Xavier carries into its second century. As the university celebrates 100 years, Bourgeois’s prayer is that it never forgets the students who need a chance– those who may not have the perfect scores but carry resilience in their bones.

“That’s the doctor I want operating on me,” he said. “The one who won’t give up, who will keep trying no matter what.”

In Raybo Bourgeois, Xavier has not only an alumnus but a living testament: a man shaped by structure, sustained by service, and forever committed to the idea that education is not just preparation for life, but it is a call to serve, to lead, and to love.

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XAVIERGIVING

LOYALTY

LEADERSHIP Mrs. Dionne DeBose-Hampton Dr. Farrell David Fort Senior Federal Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle and Mrs. Patricia Lemelle Dr. James A. Paschal Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins

CRESCENT THE ANNUAL FUND at Xavier is the lifeline to the University’s operation. Gifts to the Annual Fund benefit the entire Xavier community by funding student life, maintaining and enhancing campus infrastructure, and securing renowned faculty.

In recognition of annual giving, the Loyalty Society honors alumni that have made a commitment to Xavier by making consecutive annual fund gifts.

The various degrees of loyalty range from our Ambassador members, who are young alumni just beginning their lifelong commitment to annual giving, to our Legacy supporters, who have given to the university for multiple years.

Qualifying Levels Membership in each level is based upon the amount of the donor’s annual gift. All donors must be an annual donor for 5 or more years (except the Piety Membership which is 10 or more years).

Specific qualifications are: · Ambassador: Within 5 years of graduation · Piety: 10+years of consecutive giving · Crescent Member: ($2,500-$4,999) · Leadership Member: ($5,000-$9,999) · Sustainer Member: ($10,000-$24,999) · Drexel Member: ($25,000+annual gifts (Lifetime $250,000)

For a list of Loyalty Society benefits, please refer to the following page. For more information about the Loyalty Society, call (504) 520-7575 or go to www.xula.edu/alumni.

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Captain Sanders W. Anderson and Mr. Lewis Anderson Mr. Michael P. Breaud Dr. Tanya Robinson

PIETY Captain Eugenia Foster Adams, Ret. Mr. Joe L. Allen, Jr. Ms. Arlene A. Aranha, R.Ph. Dr. Brian G. Ashford Mrs. Larna J. Atkinson Dr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Atkinson, III Janeen R. Azare, Ph.D. Ms. Debra L. Bacon Dr. Janel Bailey Wheeler Mrs. Gwendolyn E. Ball-Julien Mr. Norman E. and Mrs. Dionne G. Barnum Mr. Norman E. Barnum, IV and Mrs. Dionne Gremillion Barnum Dr. Peter Barrett Ms. Donn C. Beaubien Ms. Camillia B. Bell Ms. Raquel Z. Bell Ms. Debbie Bissett Mr. Alvin Blackmon, III Mrs. Felicia M. Black-Townsel Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Judith Bonner Mr. William T. and Mrs. Elizabeth Bostick Dr. Kenneth G. Boutte, Sr. Mr. Darryl R. and Mrs. Cheryl W. Boykins Ms. Javon E. Bracy Mr. Marion B. and Mrs. Judy Bracy Ms. Elease M. Bradford Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D. Ms. De Etra Branch Mr. Joseph A. Brooks, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Anna Avery Broussard Mrs. Brittany B. Broussard Ms. Mercedese Broussard Mr. Bentley J. and Mrs. Olivia M. Broussard Dr. Yasmin K. Brown Asha S. Bryant, M.D. Francine D. Bynum, M.D. Mr. Joseph K. Byrd Charlette M. Cain, DVM Deacon Larry and Mrs. Phyllis Calvin Mr. Emerson Carey, Jr., Esq. Ms. Barbara Carmon Colonel Dexter E. Caston and Mrs. Demetria George Caston Mrs. Betty J. Caudle Drs. George E. and Christie L. Clayton Mrs. Melonie A. Coleman-Richard Dr. Ashte’ K. Collins Dr. Carla D. Collins Dr. Vonda J. Colquitt Miss Terry A. Cook Ms. Michelle A. Covalt Dr. Jaime A. Crawley Rev. David G. Cray, S.S.E. Mr. Douglas Cunningham Mr. James Leonard Currence Alauna Davis Curry, M.D. Mrs. Elaine K. Czenszak Dr. Christian O. Davillier, MPH Mrs. Kathleen Keyes DeGrange Ms. Tiffany T. Devereaux

Mr. Keith V. Dillon Dr. Tonya R. Dobbs Anonymous Donors Mrs. Adrienne Dotson Dr. Jhan Doughty Berry Rashida M. Downing, M.D. Mr. Thomas Duffy Ms. Barbara Cooper Duhe Beverly Brown Dupre, Ph.D. Dr. Martha Brown Earls Mr. James and Mrs. Cheryl B. Elmore Mr. Claude I. Elmore Mr. Kelvin P. Esters Jada M. Etienne, M.D. Mr. Amos J. and Mrs. Barbara Keyes Evans Mr. Ronnie L. Favors, II, J.D. Dr. Michelle A. and Mr. Perris Fields Natasha Fievre, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Finley, III Ms. Janice M. Florent Mr. Carroll L. and Mrs. Gloria Frank Mr. Louis C. Gaignard, Jr. and Mrs. Carol Gaudin Gaignard Mr. Ronald D. Gaines Mr. V. Allen Gale Mrs. Mildred Young Gardner Mrs. Yolanda D. Gautier Dr. Lloyd A. Gavin and Mrs. Eunice C. Gavin Dr. Marguerite and Dr. Ray Giguette Kidada N. Gilbert-Lewis, M.D. Dr. Danielle Gilliam Mr. Henry J. Glover, Sr., MBA and Mrs. Janice R. Glover Dr. Pheophilus H. Glover Ms. Sharrone M. Godfrey Dr. Susan P. Goggans Ms. Ainka C. Gonzalez Dr. Christie W. and Mr. Gregory Magee Mrs. Julie Smith Griffin Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Vivian B. Guillory Ms. Gladys Hampton Miss Andrea N. Harper Ms. Lisa Harrell Mr. William H. Harris, Jr., Esq. Ms. Jazmine A. Harris-Branch Ms. Veronica L. Harrison Dr. Portia M. Harris-White and Mr. Marcus White Dr. Worth Kamili Hayes Mrs. Elvira Day Henry Mrs. Ruby N. Hill Ms. Teal A. Holden Ms. Chakita R. Holmes Mrs. Janice A. Rouzan Howard Mr. Shelton A. Howard Mrs. Wanda Minor Howard Dr. Mary Dean Hunter Dr. Alison G. Hyslop Ms. Keli D. Jackson Mrs. Melazie Vavasseur Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Jefferson Mr. William L. and Mrs. Deborah M. Jeffrion Dr. Elliot M. and Mrs. Janelle B. Jessie Adrienne M. Johnson, Pharm D. Mrs. Lynell Jones Johnson Mrs. Worell B. Johnson Mrs. Kimberly I. Johnson-Henry Ms. Lacrecia A. Jones Ms. Marsha M. Jones Ms. Taffie Nicole Jones Dr. Cindi E. Jones-Woods Mrs. Le’Anza M. Davis Jordan Mrs. Shirley Melton Judge Kimberly J. Keller, M.D.

Mrs. Bonnie Kennedy Mr. David A. Keough, SMC and Mrs. Patricia A. Keough Mrs. Gloria P. Kindrick Mrs. Leta M. Knighten Drs. Anil and Poonam Kukreja Mrs. Constance Labat Ms. Kristen R. Labat Mr. Leroy and Mrs. Shirley F. Labbe Ms. Gwendolyn A. LaCroix Courtney A. Landry, M.D. Ms. Marie Louise Landry Monica A. Lane, Pharm. D., MBA Mr. Jerrol M. Larrieu Treva A. Lee, Ph.D. Dr. Quinisha K. Logan-Nash Dr. Michael R. and Mrs. Patricia A. Lucey Dr. Brandy Gallen Malbrough Dr. Jarrett Manning, D.D.S., MPH L. Karenna Senors Manning, M.D. Dr. Christopher E. Marrero Ms. Sheena E. Martin Mrs. Shirley Massenburg Mrs. Susan R. McCleskey Ms. Wendy T. McClinton Dr. Jossie A. McCloud Mrs. Felecia Mouton McCree Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna Mrs. Carolyn Jennings McLain Mr. James R. and Mrs. Olivia McInerney Dr. Amya Herrington Mitchell and Mr. Trevor Mitchell Mr. Lee H. Mitchell and Mrs. La’Keidra Hardeman Mitchell Ms. DawnMarie Montgomery Dr. James W. Moore (Captain, USPHS, Ret.) and Mrs. Avis Sinegal Moore Dr. Quinesha L. Morgan, Ph.D. Mrs. Erica Lynn Morgan-Taylor Ms. LaToya B. Moseley Dr. and Mrs. Dawud Muhaimin Mrs. Alice U. Murchison Dr. Nwamaka A. Ngoddy, O.D. Mrs. Cynthia Ball Nixon Kenneth E. Nixon, M.D. Dr. Patience Obih Sancerie J. O’Rourke-Allen, D.D.S. Dr. Shenita A. Outland Selika R. Owens, M.D. Dr. Tian Merren Owens Mrs. Tiffany Milam Owens Alejandro R. Perkins, Esq. and Mrs. Dina G. Perkins, MHA Mr. Gary J. Tanner and Mrs. Audrey M. Pinera-Tanner Mrs. Ursula M. Pollock Mrs. Myla Reese Poree Attorney Wayman Powell, III Mr. Eugene A. Priestley Ms. Kimberly M. Reese Mrs. Sondra C. Reine Dr. Carryn N. Rice Dr. Lakeisha W. Richardson Dr. Oneka Y. Richardson Mr. Frank J. Rienzo Mrs. Lila June Courtney Riley Mrs. Kaye L. Rolland Dr. Joseph F. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Rush Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Saberre, Sr. Ms. Rebecca Hamilton Sanchez Ms. Joyce M. Sandifer Dr. Samarlos Boykin Scott Dr. Courtney B. Scrubbs, Esq. Mrs. Muriel E. Pitchford Segre’

Ms. Dawn E. Segura, Esq. Mr. Elmore J. and Mrs. Alva N. Seraile Mrs. Aissatou A. Sidime-Blanton Mr. Errol J. and Mrs. Emma Simmons Ms. Kelley J. Simmons Drs. Raegan Higgins Siwatu and Kamau O. Siwatu Mr. Jeffrey P. Sloan and Mrs. Demetria F. Sloan Ms. Ada Nicole Smith Ms. Candice M. Smith Attorney Monica Lynn Smith Dr. Gia B. Soublet Mr. Wayne A. Steele, Sr. Ms. Michelle D. Strong Dr. Courtney R. Tafesse Dr. Erica L. Taylor Ms. Teresa Spikes Terry Mr. Rodney J. Thomas, III Dr. Trevonne M. Thompson and Dr. Nicole C. Thompson Mr. Michael Wilkes Tierney and Mrs. Evangeline Harris Tierney Mrs. Kendra Woodard Tircuit Mr. William J. Tobias Dr. Frederick M. Toca, Sr. Ms. Charla M. Travis Mrs. Etta O. Tricksey Mrs. Sylvia Haydel Tureaud Ms. Joan Ulmer Dr. Elizabeth O. Unachukwu Mrs. Patricia H. Vaultz Mr. Gerald A. Villavasso, Jr. Dr. LaQuia Walker Vinson Ms. Paulette W. Wagner Ms. Monique T. Wakefield Dr. Pamela N. Waldron-Moore JoAnn E. Warrick-Gable, M.D. Ms. Karen DeGrange Watkins Drs. Marlon A. and Mialika Watkins Ms. Quo Vadis M. Webster Dr. Donald D. Weddington Angele T. White, Pharm.D., J.D. Mr. Philip J. and Mrs. Carolyn Wallace White Mrs. Gwendolyn Hudson Whitner Ms. Jimmie C. Wickham Mr. Alexander Oscar Williams Dr. Christopher Williams Mrs. Melva D. Williams Rev. Starsky D. and Dr. LaToya Smith Wilson Dr. Trishawna E. Winston Dr. LaToya Nicole Woods Cheynita Woodson-Jones, M.D. Mr. Harold W. Wright and Mrs. Margaret Wright Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Wright Mr. Qiang Zhang

AMBASSADOR Dr. Brittany A. Allison Mr. Kevin L. Barnes Ms. Shandrell J. Briscoe Ms. Candice I. Brooks Dr. Lauren N. Cooper Dr. Vincent Ekenga Ms. Jonjelyn T. Gamble Dr. Chantel Kanika Gant Ms. Allison B. Hudson Ms. Crystal N. Moore Ms. Tresa M. Northington Dr. Valerie Pierre Ms. Brianna Pulliam Mr. Treyvon Merritt Dr. Valencia L. Potter

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Dr. Gisele A. Goff Goldring Family Foundation Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr.* Dr. Harold T. and Mrs. Marian S. Wilson Healthy Blue Mr. Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr. Dr. Judith G. Miranti Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. Mr. Mark A. Fuller III Dr. Marie Valentine McDemmond* Humana Healthy Horizons of Louisiana Mr. Patrick A. Joseph and Mrs. Lillian A. Joseph Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Jack and Jill of America Foundation, Inc. Mr. Richard A. Voke* Dr. Paul A. and Mrs. Tammie James Jack and Jill of America, Inc. New Orleans Mr. Victor L. Haydel Dr. Reynold Verret Chapter Mr. Victor M. Castellon Drs. Elizabeth Y. and Elliot D. Hammer Keller Family Foundation Mrs. Ahaji K. Amos Edmundite Southern Missions Knights And Ladies Of Peter Claver Mrs. Catherine Emerson Cottles Elizabeth Clark Dooling, M.D. Koch Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Charlotte H. Wooten The Clarence J. Jupiter ’48 Scholarship Society to Erik S. Cassel Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Joyce K. Perkins* recognize donors whose lifetime giving to the Express Scripts Louisiana Independent College Foundation Mrs. Louise M. Bouise* scholarship program totals $10,000 or more and/ Fathers of St. Edmund Mr. Alexander T. Walsh and Mrs.of Sallyscholarship C. Walsh Mrs.In Madelon Blum and Mr.for Jamesthe B. Friderici gratitude generous contributions donors, or who have established annual or endowed donorImperial Trading Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner Mrs. Margaret Faulwell Gordon named scholarships at Xavier University of Louisiana we introduce the Clarence J. Jupiter ’48 Scholarship Society to Judith Alexander Nash, M.D.* Mr. Anthony Scott Bingham Mrs. Marguerite Rey Florent during the Centennial Campaign. recognize donors whose lifetime giving to the scholarship program Lashonda L. Williams, M.D. Mr. Bruce S. and Mrs. Kim Levin Mrs. Mary K. Zervigon* GOLD or more and/or have established annual or Black Caucus Louisiana Legislative Mr. Carlin who and Mrs. Julie Adrianopoli Mrs.totals Michaelle V.$10,000 Jones The Adrian Dominican Sisters Malcolm Broussard, John and Mrs. Donna Cummings Mrs.endowed Mildred Young Gardner donor named Mr. scholarships at Xavier University of RPh. Alejandro R. Perkins, Esq. and Mrs. Dina G. Methodist Health System Foundation, Inc. Mr. John R. Drexel IV Mrs. Ruth Campbell Jean Louisiana during the Centennial Campaign.

Because of their Perkins Mr. Alvin T. and Mrs. Janice F. Wilkins Mr. Luther and Dr. Constance M. Williams Mrs. Stephanie J. Parent “Doors of Opportunity” are open to allowMr.talented Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement and Mrs. Tim Ryan Mr. Ralph J. and Mrs. Kathleen W. Stephens Mrs.benevolence, Sybil H. Morial* Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Francis, Esq. Mr. Terence and Mrs.chosen Motoko M. Murphy Ms. and Barbaradeserving Carmon students to study inM.their fields.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mr. Bernard L. and Mrs. Diane V. Bynum Mr. William Goldring Ms. Emily London-Jones Anne Bouise Ward, M.D. Mr. Clyde P.* and Mrs. Pat Jupiter Mrs. Courtney and Mr. Michael Katzenstein Ms. Joan I. Mueller Holt “We must open the doors of opportunity. We must equip our people Beta Tau Alumni Association Mr. Gladstone N. Jones, III, P.C. and Mrs. Amanda Ms. Alexandra F. Allen Ms. Karen L. Walker walk The Black and Indian Missions C. Jones Ms. Chantel Shackleford Ms. to Kathy L. Schulzthrough those doors.”

Carolyn Brown Block-Arnelle, Ph.D. Mr. James Mitchell, Jr. Ms. Dianne R. Pajaud* Ms. Linda M. Bolt* ~ Lyndon B. Johnson Ms. Louise J. Sonnier Dr. Roland A.* and Mrs. Patricia Pattillo Mr. Larry G. Higgins Ms. Paula T. Saizan 36th President of the United States of America Dr. Antoine M. and Mrs. Carol J. Garibaldi Mr. Ned E. Felder Ms. Margaret M. Buckley Ms. Suzanne Malveaux Dr.Mr. Carlos J.Clarence and Dr. Karla L. Vital Mr. Paul L. Guidry, Sr.* Ms. Vivian J. Galloway Ms. Teal A. Holden Jupiter ‘48 Dr. David and Mrs. Jacqueline Weill Mr. Raymond J. Brandt* Na Pua Foundation National Association of University Women-New Dr. Dorothy Lee Hawkins-Brooks* Mr. William J. and Mrs. Ann Hart Wernz Scholarship Foundation of New Orleans Orleans Branch The Society is named after Mr. Clarence J. Jupiter ‘48 who in 1968 was named as the first Director of Dr. Frederick M. Toca and the Late Mrs. Olivia* Mrs. Carla A. Harris Senior Federal Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle and Mrs. Overture To The Cultural Season Development under the new lay administration at Xavier.

He was later named Vice President for A. Toca Mrs. Dionne DeBose-Hampton Patricia Lemelle Paula L. Wiesner, Ph.D.* Dr.Development, Gilda A. Barnum-Barabinoaandpost Mr. Joseph Mrs. Earline S. Wilkerson Silicon Bank capacities he spearheaded PeyBack Foundation he held until his retirement in 1998.

InValley those Barabino Mrs. Jenny and Mr. Michael M. Rue, Esq. Sodexo, Inc & Affiliates Sancerie J. O’Rourke-Allen, D.D.S. Xavier’s fundraising, alumni relations, and public affairs, and was the “architect of the thirty years Dr. Ida L. Rose Mrs. Kathryn and Mr. Tim Ryan The Allen Family Foundation, Inc. Sr. Mary Norbert Moline, SBS growth” those achievements, the Community Council for Advancement and Dr.of James A. Paschal at Xavier. In recognition Mrs. Melonie A. Coleman-Richard The Chicago Foundation St. Raymond andof St. Leo the Great Catholic of Education in Mr. Jupiter’s name the Clarence Jupiter Dr.Support Janifer S. Tropez-Martin and Mr. Jeffreyendowed J. Mrs. Ramona in F. Jupiter* The ChildrensJ. Dental Group, LLCFellowship Program Church Martin Mrs. Sonia A. Perez The Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust Institutional Advancement. The C. V. Starr Foundation Dr. Joe A. Melcher Ms. Elizabeth Marks The Frances Emily Hunt Trust The Estate of the Late Mr. Alvin S. Lee, Sr. Dr. Leonard Price Ms. Janel Angerberg Callon The Greater New Orleans Foundation The Estate of the Late Mr. Audreon D. Bratton Dr. Marian Yvette Williams-Brown Ms. Julie S. Robbins The Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund The Estate of the Late Mr. Dennis L. Bonner Dr. Michael Ashigbi Ms. Nancy D. Smith The Riversville Foundation The Estate of the Late Mrs. Gladys E. Brennan Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr. Ms. Sarah L. Lutz and Mr. John van Rens The RosaMary Foundation The Estate of the Late Ms. Susan G. Rowland Patrice P. Jean, J.D., Ph.D. and Mr. Darren Collins Ms. Sharleen Toney TikTok Inc. The FBR Foundation, Inc. Dr. Robert W. Brawley* NACDS Foundation Truman Capote Literary Trust The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Dr.gold Rosalind Pijeaux Hale Paula M. Verrette, M.D. Xavier University Alumni Association - Atlanta The Historic Fund I, LP Dr. Victoria Anne Petivan Peter J. Frenkel Foundation, Inc. Chapter The Honorable Timothy J. Adams and The recognize endowed Dr.To Wilbur B. Clarke* donors who haveHonorable Records-Johnston Family Foundation, Inc Xavier University Alumni Association - BirmingShelia R.scholarships Tillerson Adams • Commemorative Pin Xavier with a minimum corpus of $25,000 to fund Dr.at William* and Mrs. Catherine E. Cottles Redemptorist Fathers ham Chapter The Scripps Howard Endowed Scholarship • Invitation to- Scholarship the Drs. Andrescholaship.

D. and Gilda M. Smith Rosenthal Family Fund Xavier University Alumni Association New The Society Of African Missions/Lissner Drs. Derek J. and Shawn S. Robinson Orleans ChapterDonor Appreciation The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Harrington Drs. William H. and Camille H. Cosby Sr. Dr. Eva M. Lumas, S.C.C. Luncheon Emmary S. Butler, M.D. SILVER BRONZE Stephanie A. Whyte-Williams, M.D. • Annual Impact Reports LVER Fr.SI George Protopapas Ms. Angela E. Vallot and Dr. James Basker Albertsons Safeway • Student StewardshipTarget Corporation George I. Alden Trust The Alden and Margaret Laborde (Almar) Barnes and Noble College Bookannual Sellers, Inc. Amazon To recognize donors who have established Opportunities Judge Lucia T. Thomas* Foundation Unforgettable Dream Fund - Belinda B. Baptiste ASHP Foundation named scholarships and contributed $2,000 • Donor Recognition Wall Landis Construction Company, LLC at Xavier Biogen The Coca-Cola Foundation Corporation AT&T Louisiana annually to M.D. fund the scholarship Lina Bonita Caldwell, The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Inc. Captain Eugenia Foster Adams, Ret. Capital One, • N.A.Invitation to President’s Linden Root Dickinson Foundation Captain Vincent L. (Brown) Nzinga Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Breakfast (with gifts The of Estate of the Late Mr. Lionel Hampton Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Stewart, Jr. The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation, Coca-Cola North America Foundation $5,000 or more in the Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Thomas Inc. Curology, Inc. Col. Marjorie Jackson calendar year) Mr.bronze and Mrs. John S. Figaro Treva A. Lee, Ph.D. Diageo North America Concourse Ventures, Inc. Mr.To Christopher and Mrs.donors Kathryn L. Crawford United Way of Southeast Louisiana Constance M. Williams and Mr. Luther S. CVS Health Foundation recognize who haveDr. established annual named Mr.scholarships Frederick H. Grau* at Xavier with a minimum Walgreens Company Williams contribution of Mr.$10,000 Halvan J.* and Mrs. Theyon D. Lieteau Anonymous Donors William J. and Ann Hart Wernz Dr. David R. and Mrs. Synthia Miller and contribute $2,000 annually to fund the Mr. Henry Loftin Dr. Adrena V. Lee Xavier University Alumni Association Dr. Gene A. D’Amour scholarship.

Mr. Herbert Thomas, Jr. and Mrs. Nellie Thomas Chicago Chapter Dr. Brenda Mary Ann Chappell Dr. Tondra Newman Taylor Mr. James Nordin Xavier University COP ‘72 Dr. Dale Mason Cochran ED&F Man Liquid Products Mr. Kenneth Bartels and Ms. Jane Condon Xavier University of Louisiana National Dr. Edward L. Oleen Epsilon Tau Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Mr. Kenneth J. Broussard Alumni Association Dr. Eric G. and Mrs. Shauntell Reed Kline FNP FTI Consulting, Inc. Mr. Kenneth W. and Mrs. Andrea C. Loyd Dr. Eunice V. Hodges and Mr. Horace C. Bynum, Jr. Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation

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CORPORATE SPONSOR Gallo Mechanical, LLC

CHALLENGE GRANT DONORS The Honorable Timothy J. Adams and The Honorable Shelia R. Tillerson Adams

Dr. Kelly A. Cavitt, Pharm D.

Dr. Joe A. Melcher

DeShawndranique D. Gray, M.D.

Dr. Jo Shani Reed

Ms. Janice Heard Guidry

Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.

Ms. Teal A. Holden

Dr. Carla B. Washington

To learn more about challenge grants and how to become a donor, email alumni@xula.edu or call (504) 520-7575

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2025 LIFE SAVER DONOR HONOR ROLL DONORS WHO GAVE $1,000 OR MORE ON Life Savers 2025 The Honorable Timothy J. Adams and The Honorable Shelia R. Tillerson Adams Dr. Katrice Annette Albert Dr. Ashli P. and Mr. Michael Alexander Roderick Alvendia Dr. Garrett D. Anderson Dr. Keisa J. Anderson Dr. Melissa V. Antoine Emma L. Aristide, Pharm D. Dr. Allister D. Arnold and Dr. Devereaux L. Nollie Angele J. Arthur, M.D. Mrs. Larna J. Atkinson Ms. Carmen Maria Austin Daria E. Babineaux, M.D. Dr. Jaqwiana S. Baker, M.D. Dr. Reneathia P. Baker, M.D. Dr. Tracy A. and Mr. Mark Banks Dr. Jose Juan Bautista Ms. Dottie Belletto Tara D. Benjamin, M.D. Dr. Joan W. Bennett Stacy C. Benton, PsyD. Mr. Alvin Blackmon, III Ms. D'Juana Boissiere Dr. Tiffany L. Bolden-Watkins Mr. Ron Bordelon Mr. Edward Holland and Mrs. Melanie Boston-Holland Dr. Michael C. Boucree, M.D. Dr. Sheila D. Bouldin Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Bourgeois Dr. Brandon L. Bowman Shameza L. Boyd-Dennis, M.D. Ms. Elizabeth A. Boykin Mr. Marion B. and Mrs. Judy Bracy Ms. De Etra Branch Mrs. Trevia L. Young Brooks Dr. Carolyn M. Brown Mr. Charles J. Brown, Jr. and Mrs. Tammy Honore' Brown Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brown, III Mr. Kevin G. Brown Dr. Shunji Q. Brown-Woods Asha S. Bryant, M.D. Mrs. Rosiland A. Burton Dr. Jarrett D. Cain, DPM, M.Sc., FACFAS Lina Bonita Caldwell, M.D. Attorney Benjamin E. Cannon Pastor Eartha F. Carter Mr. Greg Carter Mr. Kenneth L. and Mrs. LaQuita Carter The Honorable Troy A. Carter and Major General Ana Carter Dr. Monet A. Casey, M.D. Dr. Kelly A. Cavitt, Pharm D. Mrs. Alva D. Chase Miss Misti C. Clark Mr. Ronald K. and Mrs. Malissia Clinton Dr. Ashte' K. Collins Ms. Donielle Williams Collins Mrs Savitra M. Collins Dr. Jenifer M. Conde and Mr. John P. Conde Mr. James Connick Attorney Karl J. Connor, J.D., L.L.M. and Mrs. Monika Connor Dr. Janice M. Knight-Cooper and Mr. Brent A. Cooper Dr. Cori M. Cooper Mr. Johnny and Mrs. Shirley Crear Rev. Dr. Marion Criddle

Mr. Douglas Cunningham Mrs. Roxanne M. Deams Mr. Alvin S. Deloach Mr. Learnard G. Dickerson Elizabeth Clark Dooling, M.D. Dr. Ronald Dorris Patricia Dowtin Victor A. Dubuclet, III, J.D. Jeniqua R. Duncan, M.D. Mrs. Stephanie A. Easton Dr. Sabrina M. Echols-Sampson Rev. Dr. Nathaniel L. Edmond and Mrs. Christine D. Edmond Dr. Renata D. Ellington Mr. Christopher and Dr. Treniece Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. John L. Finley, III Dr. Farrell David Fort Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Francis, Esq. Mr. Carroll L. and Mrs. Gloria Frank LTC (RET) and Mrs. Anthony Gaddis Mrs. Mildred Young Gardner Mr. E. Brandon Garrett, Jr. Dr. Carla E. Gayle Dr. Charles J. Gibson, M.D. and Dr. Holly Gibson Dr. Danielle Gilliam Mr. Henry J. Glover, Sr., MBA and Mrs. Janice R. Glover Dr. Gisele A. Goff Drs. Rossie J. Gomez and Karen J. Gray-Gomez Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr. Mrs. Shanese Y. Graves, MPH DeShawndranique D. Gray, M.D. Ms. Janice Heard Guidry Dr. Jeffrey A. Hale Mr. Lionel Hampton (Estate) Ms. Ethelyn R. Harbin Dr. Davina J. Harkey-Nero Tomia Palmer Harmon, M.D. Miss Andrea N. Harper Dr. Tamara V. Walker Harper Dr. LeWanza M. Harris Dr. Lisa R. Harris Ms. Veronica L. Harrison Mrs. Stephanie W. Hawthorne Mr. William T. and Mrs. Elizabeth Bostick Mr. Frederick Heebe Mr. Ian P. and Mrs. Marielle Heisser Mr. Ruston G. Henry, Sr. Dr. Cherie C. and Mr. Carl C. Hill Ms. Teal A. Holden Ms. Gabriella S. Holland LaToya S. Clark Hughes, M.D. Ms. Camiel J. Irving Dr. and Mrs. John H. Jackson, IV Ms. Keli D. Jackson Dr. Patrice P. Jean, J.D., Ph.D. and Mr. Darren Collins Mrs. Ruth Campbell Jean Dr. Tara M. Jenkins-Montgomery Dr. Elliot M. and Mrs. Janelle B. Jessie Dr. and Dr. Alfred D. Johnson Ms. Amirh M. Johnson Julie L. Johnson, M.D. Mrs. Kimberly A. Johnson Sandra Johnson Lawrence B. Jones Mrs. Michaelle V. Jones Dr. Nadja N. Jones Ms. Taffie Nicole Jones Kimberly J. Keller, M.D. Dr. Kathleen B. Kennedy Mrs. Helen Kerley Dr. Ciera T. King

Mr. Gerald Lagarde Dr. Melissa I. Lancaster Courtney A. Landry, M.D. Mrs. Carolyn Millet Lee Senior Federal Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle and Mrs. Patricia Lemelle Mr. Jerry Little Mrs. Rochelle B. Littleton Mr. Marlon Lloyd Dr. Quinisha K. Logan-Nash Ms. Veronica A. Malone William R Manning Kevin T. Marks, M.D. and Antoinette W. Marks, PharmD. Mr. Marcus and Mrs. Christina Mason Mrs. Valencia Pearson McCrimmon Dr. Cedrek L. McFadden, M.D. Brian L. McGee, M.D. Mrs. Andrea and Mr. Randall McHenry Randy G. McKee, Esq. Mrs. Cheryl Anderson Medlock Dr. Joe A. Melcher Dr. Jennifer Lapeyrolerie Metoyer and Mr. Rene Metoyer Dr. Asia K. Richardson Michel Dr. Leah J. Miller Dr. Brooke M. Mobley Ms. Charlotta D. Mock Ms. DawnMarie Montgomery Dr. Tanisha R. Moore Helena Moreno Mrs. Erica Lynn Morgan-Taylor Ms. LaToya B. Moseley Mrs. Lillian Polk Nash Shayla B. Nesbitt, M.D. Dr. Diana L. Newby-Boyd Mrs. Elise Tureaud Nicholls Drs. Gershom and Tracy L. Norfleet Dr. Okezie N. Okezie Dr. Lt. Col. Alisa D. Orduna Sancerie J. O'Rourke-Allen, D.D.S. Selika R. Owens, M.D. Mrs. Tiffany Milam Owens Ms. Jacenta L. Parker Ms. Javonne D. Patterson Dr. Dolly C. Penn Alejandro R. Perkins, Esq. and Mrs. Dina G. Perkins Mr. David G. Perlis Dr. Marjorie E. Person Dr. Steven T. Player and Dr. Celeste O. Player Dr. Albert H. Powell Mr. and Mrs. David E. Powell Mr. Gregory H. Powell Mr. Eugene A. Priestley Mrs. Wanda Pritchett Dr. Henry Rachal, III and Dr. Funmilayo A. Rachal Dr. Jo Shani Reed Dr. Elizabeth Moore Rhodes Dr. Lakeisha W. Richardson Mr. Cedric Richmond Ms. Synim N. Rivers Dr. Mary L. Carter Robinson Dr. Melanie Robinson-Woodard Dr. Keisha T. and Mr. Michael D. Robinson Dr. Quintin R. Robinson Dr. Ida L. Rose Jade Brice Roshell, M.D. Dr. Kelley H. Rouse Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr. Dr. Kimberly M. Lyles Rowsom Dr. Donald M. Rozzell Mrs. Chimene G. Saloy

Ms. Joyce M. Sandifer Dr. Keira N. Scanks Mrs. Anna Rita Smith Scott Mr. Elmore J. and Mrs. Alva N. Seraile Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Shanks, Jr. Mr. Charles L. Shavers Mr. Joseph L. Shields Mrs. Liza M. Simms Chanda R. Simpson, M.D. Mr. Jeffrey P. Sloan and Mrs. Demetria F. Sloan Ms. Randi M. Smith Dr. Amber N. Spurlock Ms. Stacy E. Stepney Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Stevens Jennifer Stewart Dr. Kellie E. Stewart Dr. Margaret C. Stewart Ms. Rena R. Strohmeier Mrs. Audrey F. Sudbury Ms. Gloria M. Sudbury Ms. Melanie A. Sullivan Dr. Dustin A. Taylor Ingrid Taylor, M.D. Dr. Tondra Newman Taylor Dr. Jamelah A. Terry Dr. Roderick O. and Mrs. Courtney Thornton Drs. David A. and Markitta J. Travillion Mrs. Sylvia Haydel Tureaud Dr. Jacquelyn S. Turner Ms. Angela E. Vallot and Dr. James Basker Mrs. Patricia H. Vaultz Miss Vanessa M. Vavasseur Ms. Christina M. Victor Ms. Monique T. Wakefield Carita S. Walker, Esq. and Mr. Dominick M. Walker Mrs. Michelle Warren Warren-Swanson Dr. Carla B. Washington Dr. Monica O. Watts Dr. Denise A. Webb, M.D. Ms. Nicole D. Webb Mrs. Alicia J. Weber Angele T. White, Pharm.D., J.D. Ms. Beryl Williams Mr. Damon L. Williams,Jr. James Williams Lashonda L. Williams, M.D. Attorney Tiffany Williams Mr. Jeryl S. Williams and Mrs. Toye Williams Yolanda A. Williams, D.D.S. Ms. Dannielle E. Williams Clarice A. Wimberly, M.D., M.S. Mr. Curtis Trent Wright Dr. Felicie G. Wyatt BlocDoc Enterprises, LLC Delta Sigma Theta-Gamma Alpha Chapter Gallo Mechanical, LLC GNO-ABO Charitable and Education Foundation McKesson Foundation Ochsner Clinic Foundation Purple Tears, LLC The Pediatric Care Center Xavier University Alumni AssociationHouston Chapter Xavier University Alumni Association-New Orleans Chapter #1 Anonymous Donors Names are listed as input by donors

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Pre-Alumni Council Sets the Standard for Student Alumni Engagement and Impact

Pre-Alumni Council (PAC) has emerged as a powerful force in fostering leadership, service, and philanthropy among students—bridging the gap between the undergraduate experience and lifelong alumni engagement. This past year, PAC expanded its programming, strengthened its mission, and launched several new initiatives that are already leaving a lasting impact.

Over the last two years, PAC students have raised more than $30,000 for Give.Love.Xavier. Day, the university’s annual day of giving. From organizing events to mobilizing classmates, PAC members are leading by example and showing that giving isn’t just for graduates. It starts now.

One of the most exciting additions this year was the inaugural Mister and Miss PreAlumni Council Pageant, a signature event that celebrates leadership and philanthropy.

Eight contestants competed in formal wear, a mock event presentation, and a fundraising event, with judging conducted by alumni and students. Congratulations to Mister PAC Jaydan Bridges (Class of 2027) and Miss PAC Daniyah Nash (Class of 2028), who together helped raise nearly $15,000 for Give.Love.Xavier. Day. From that momentum came Scholarship Sunday, a unique program that blended faith, fellowship, and funding, featuring a gospel service, brunch, and access to scholarship resources for students. The spirit of giving and support was at the heart of this initiative, uniting the Xavier community in more ways than one.

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PAC expanded its professional development programming as well and introduced:

TAILORED & TAPERED

POST GRAD CHATS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Tailored and Tapered, an initiative started

by Mister PAC that began as a tabling session on professional dress and evolved into a larger conversation about workplace professionalism. The event featured barbers, stylists, and alumni mentors.

Post Grad Chats featured graduates who spoke candidly about their transitions to the workforce or graduate school.

Professional Development Workshops that focused on dressing for success and building a polished online presence.

These new initiatives build on the Council’s support of existing programming curated by the Office of Alumni Relations, including: NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION AND CAPPING CEREMONY is a long-standing tradition that welcomes new students and introduces them to Xavier’s legacy and values LEGACY FAMILY WELCOME RECEPTION, which connects and celebrates families with generational ties to Xavier ANNUAL SENIOR TOAST, which is a meaningful sendoff hosted in collaboration with the National Alumni Association DR. RUDY LOMBARD SYMPOSIUM which honors the civil rights activist and Xavier alumnus by exploring themes of Civil Rights

The future of Xavier is already in good hands, and the best is yet to come.

Beyond on-campus programming, PAC has remained committed to the community. This year, members volunteered at a couple of nonprofits in New Orleans to give back and demonstrate Xavier’s mission of service and leadership in action.

Their commitment to leadership and excellence didn’t go unnoticed. PAC’s outstanding work elevated the Co-Advisor, Jimmie Johnson ‘13, to national recognition. He was named PAC Advisor of the Year at the 2025 UNCF National Alumni and Pre-Alumni Council Leadership Conference, held in the vibrant city of Memphis..

As the Council looks ahead, its impact is undeniable. They are fostering a culture of giving, connecting students with alumni, and shaping the next generation of Xavier leaders.

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Elevating Voices, Driving Impact: Xavier’s Alumni Thought Leadership Series

Xavier University of Louisiana has long been a launching pad for Black excellence across medicine, education, science, business, and beyond. In 2025, that legacy took another powerful step forward with the launch of the Alumni Thought Leadership Series, a bold initiative designed to educate, empower, and engage the alumni community through timely, expert-driven dialogue.

This dynamic series is a collaborative effort between the Office of Alumni Relations and the National Alumni Association as part of the Association’s strategic plan to amplify alumni voices, showcase their expertise, and celebrate their work. It’s more than a speaker series; it’s a platform for impact, where alumni thought leaders tackle real issues, share actionable knowledge, and connect across generations to move Xavier’s mission forward.

“The Alumni Thought Leadership Series is a direct reflection of the National Alumni Association’s strategic commitment to amplify Xavier voices and activate alumni expertise for the greater good,” said Teal Holden, President of the Xavier 26 | XAVIER GOLD

University of Louisiana National Alumni Association. “It aligns perfectly with one of our four objectives — to cultivate an energetic and resilient community, encouraging purposeful, personal, and professional engagement among alumni — all while showcasing the brilliance and relevance of our alumni across industries. Through this series, we’re not only elevating individual stories, we’re collectively advancing Xavier’s legacy of leadership, service, and impact.”

“This professional initiative is special because it was curated by Xavierites for Xavierites,” said Marcia Pecot, Ed.D., Director of Alumni Relations. “The programming is rooted in our values, our mission, and the brilliance of our alumni. Wholeheartedly, I’ve always believed that our alumni are one of Xavier’s greatest strengths. Our community is comprised of educators, healers, innovators, and leaders whose stories and insights make the world better every day. This series gives us a space to highlight that excellence and connect on a deeper level around the issues that matter most. What I love is that it’s multi-dimensional, thought-provoking, interactive, empowering, and energizing.

Whether we’re talking about preserving our progress, addressing health disparities, or challenging stigma, these conversations create a real sense of belonging and purpose. The one thing about Xavierites is that if we don’t have a seat at the table, we will create a space together, and we will thrive. Partnering with the National Alumni Association has been incredibly insightful.

We’re not just honoring our past, we’re shaping our future by centering alumni as thought leaders, changemakers, and advocates. This series is just the beginning. The energy we’re seeing tells me alumni are ready for more, and I’m committed to helping make that happen.”

Inaugural Panel: Preserving Our Progress The series debuted on March 25, 2025, with a powerful virtual conversation centered on the theme Preserving Our Progress. The discussion brought together a distinguished panel of alumni and former faculty — all deeply committed to advancing academic excellence and scholarship in higher education.

MODERATOR:

Damon L. Williams, Jr. ‘02

PANEL:

Their discussion explored how Xavierites can continue to be changemakers in a shifting social and professional landscape. With insight rooted in experience and driven by purpose, the panel addressed how alumni can use their voice and influence to drive progress, protect hard-earned gains, and build new pathways forward.

Dr. Derek Rovaris ‘84 Dr. Wendy Smooth ‘94 Dr. Evelyn Semien ‘96

Women’s Health Panel: Breaking the Silence, Leading the Change

PANEL:

On May 22, the focus turned to Women’s Health, centering a conversation that is often overlooked: menopause. With mainstream attention growing — in part due to Oprah’s recent spotlight — Xavier alumni leaders stepped forward to lead the dialogue from within the community.

This panel was grounded in clinical expertise and guided by compassion. The session tackled stigma, dispelled misinformation, and offered clear, empowering information.

Attendees praised the open dialogue and left with actionable takeaways about advocacy, care, and self-awareness.

Men’s Health Panel: A Call to Action On June 17, during Men’s Health Month, the series shifted its focus to the pressing health challenges facing Black men. The panel featured alumni — each bringing deep experience and personal insight to the conversation.

From chronic illness to mental health, the discussion pulled no punches. The panel addressed systemic barriers, generational trauma, and the critical importance of prevention and access.

This wasn’t an abstract academic discussion — it was a candid, practical, and motivating dialogue designed to inspire action.

Dr. Pierre Johnson ‘02 Dr. LaReesa Ferdinand ‘98 Dr. Melita Williams ‘95 Dr. Stephanie Moss ‘00

MODERATOR:

Dr. Trevonne Thompson ‘97

PANEL:

Dr. Victor Njoku ‘04 Dr. Brian McGee ‘98 Dr. Byron Young ‘06

More Than a Series — It’s a Movement

The Alumni Thought Leadership Series isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about building community power. By spotlighting alumni who are leaders in their fields — and giving them the platform to speak to issues that matter — Xavier is doing more than preserving its legacy. It’s advancing it.

This series will be quarterly, although special sessions were added based on special requests. The series reinforces a simple but profound truth: our alumni are our assets. They are changemakers, experts, and mentors. Their knowledge isn’t just impressive— it’s essential. And now, thanks to this intentional partnership between the Office of Alumni Relations and the National Alumni Association, their insights are being shared widely and purposefully.

If you have ideas for future conversations or would like to lend your expertise, please contact Demetria Hill Sloan ’95 at dsloan3@xula.edu.

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Commencement 2025 Xavier University of Louisiana Awards More Than 630 Degrees at 2025 Commencement A total of 632 graduates were awarded their degrees during the two ceremonies celebrating Xavier University of Louisiana’s 98th annual commencement on May 10, 2025. The first ceremony celebrated graduates of Xavier’s College of Pharmacy (COP) and College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs. The second honored those graduating from Xavier’s undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences programs.

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, a passionate advocate for social justice and humanitarian work in the fight against hunger, addressed the graduates of the COP and the graduate programs.

Jim Shelton, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Meridian Partners, delivered the afternoon address to the undergraduate class.

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Golden and Glorious: The Class of 1975 Returns to Reignite a Legacy In a powerful tribute to both the past and future of Xavier, the Office of Alumni Relations proudly welcomed back the Class of 1975 for their long-awaited Golden Graduate celebration. This marked the return of a beloved Xavier tradition that had not taken place in many years, making its revival during our Centennial year even more meaningful.

This wasn’t just a luncheon. It was a homecoming fifty years in the making.

Members of the Class of 1975 reunited on campus to reflect, reconnect, and celebrate five decades of Xavier legacy. a special luncheon and received formal recognition during the College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony, where they were met with a standing ovation from the Class of 2025 and their guests.

Their return reignites a cherished Xavier tradition and reminds us all of the lifelong bond between Xavierites and their alma mater. Their presence not only honored the legacy of the past but inspired the next generation to carry it forward.

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Commencement 2025 Toasting to Success Nearly 400 members of the Class of 2025 joined the Office of Alumni Relations, the National Alumni Association, and the Student Government Association to participate in a senior toast, a new tradition at the University.

As a gift to all Xavier graduates, the National Alumni Association extended a one-year complimentary membership to an alumni chapter in their respective cities. Alumni chapters provide a great resource to all Xavier alumni. Chapters often host networking, social, and mentoring events.

Watch Commencement 2025 Recap Videos

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1975 Senior Message

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Podcast Expands Global Reach and Welcomes New Hosts for 2025 Season.

The Xavier Gold Live Podcast is entering an exciting new chapter. With listeners tuning in from five continents, nine countries, and 139 cities worldwide, the podcast continues to amplify the voices of Xavier University of Louisiana alumni and now, it’s welcoming two dynamic new student hosts ready to take the mic.

Jamya Stewart, a psychology major and South Side Chicago native, brings bold energy and a passion for building bridges between students and alumni. She’s active in Xavier’s Student Government Association and the Chicago Club, and her commitment to uplifting first-generation college students is central to her vision for the podcast.

Amaya Sanford, a mass communication major from Atlanta, is a student-athlete, content creator, and future sports law professional. She serves as Social Media Chair for the Association of Student

Athletes and the ATL Club and is a proud member of the Peer Dean Association. Sanford brings a sharp media lens and an advocate’s heart to every episode.

Now entering its second year, Xavier Gold Live was launched by the Office of Alumni Relations and Institutional Advancement in 2024 and has featured nearly two dozen alumni guests across fields including medicine, pharmacy, education, politics, business, dentistry, religion, and nonprofit leadership.

From New Orleans to Nairobi, XU alumni have tuned in to hear real stories of leadership, impact, and the Xavier spirit. Episodes are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, and the show has quickly become a signature platform for alumni-student engagement.

The inaugural student hosts, TaShia Hogue ‘25 and Ja’lyn Jones (Class of 2026), helped lay the foundation for the podcast’s success. One standout moment: a live recording at Homecoming 2024, where they interviewed Leslé Honoré ’98 and Louisiana State Senator Royce Duplessis ’04 in front of a crowd at tailgate.

Subscribe now and join the global Xavier Gold Live community where Xavier’s story comes to life. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

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Class Reunions 2024

Class of 1949

Class of 1964

Class of 1969

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Class of 1974

Class of 1979

Class of 1979

Class of 1984

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Class of 1999

Class of 2004

Class of 2009 34 | XAVIER GOLD

Class of 2014

Spirit of Xavier 2024

Ms. Liz Haydel Bostick ‘84

Spirit of Xavier Award 2024

Rev. Dr. Mitchell Stevens ’92, 24

Established in 2018 by the Office of Alumni Relations, the Spirit of Xavier Award is presented to alumni in

Dr. Trevonne Thompson ’97

recognition of their outstanding service and contributions to Xavier.

Dr. Derek Robinson ’98

Ms. Teal Holden ‘02

Atlanta

This Chapter year, th e Atlanta Alumni Chapter hoste d the following events:

• Membership Drive s • HBCU Alliance 5K Run/Walk • Participated in HBCU College Fairs • XU Comes to You • Alumni Chapter Ho liday Event at Black Coffee • Atlanta Alumni Busin ess Expo • Annual Scholarship Fundraiser

Birmingham This chapter year the Birmingham Alumni Chapter hosted the following events: • Annual Scholarship Fundraiser • Membership Drives • Community Service Initiatives

Central

Florida

al Florida This chapter year, the Centr rticipated in Alumni Chapter held and pa the following events: Admitted • XU Comes to You Event • Student Welcome t and • Student Recruitmen College Fair Efforts Photo • Annual Black Santa Holiday Mixer Central • Give.Love.Xavier te • Florida Annual Fe s ive Dr ip sh er Memb

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Chicago This chapter year, the Chicago Alumni Chapter hosted the following events: • Coordinated various Chicago area alumni-themed events and gatherings • Hosted the Post-Holiday Chicago area alumni event and membership drive • Hosted the Summertime Fete Annual Scholarship Fundraiser, generating approximately $45,000 in income, of which about $25,000 has been designated for students – $9,650 towards the William J. Hill Award and $15,000 towards the Frederick J. Carter Annual Scholarship and Frederick J. Carter Endowed Scholarship, collectively.

• Supported prospective students and families at the annual XU comes to you event.

• Participated in various college recruitment events and college fairs

Dallas/Fort Worth This chapter year, the Dallas-Fort Worth Alumni Chapter hosted the following events: • Juneteenth themed luncheon immediately following the general body meeting.Membership Initiatives • Annual Scholarship Fundraiser: Xavier Gold - Cheers to 100!

• Dallas-Fort Worth Area College Recruitment Initiatives • St. Katharine Drexel Feast Day Observance Mass was held at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church • Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Mixer in collaboration with Louisiana HBCUs the Pelican House.

• $4,050 was raised by hosting a virtual raffle fall fundraiser • Hosted the annual DFW Freshman Send-Off

D.C.|M.D.|VA

DMV

Alumni Chapter hosted the This chapter year, the DMV ies: following events and activit ns Freshman Send-Off Executive Officers’ electio • Chapter’s 2024-2026 given to incoming XU (formerly scholarships) • Two financial awards Freshmen y Lecture in D.C. t’s Georgetown Universit rre Ve t en sid Pre ed ort • Supp e Fundraiser • 5K Run/Walk Signatur a e Fairs in the DMV are lleg Co CU • Supported HB nt “XU Comes to You” eve y Da ast Fe ’s xel Dre e rin tha Ka int Sa d • Hoste • GLX Day fundraising larship Fund for Alumni Endowed Scho • Initiation of the DMV V Metro area XU students from the DM te fellowship r cultural events to promo d/o an ial soc l era sev d ste • Ho and friends among DMV Xavierites

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Houston

Alumni ar, the Houston This chapter ye ents the following ev ed st ho er pt Cha and activities:

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Memphis

This chapte r year, the Memphis A hosted the lum following e vents and in ni Chapter • Annual s itiatives: tudent s

cholars • Annual H oliday Mem hip initiative be • XU Com es to You e rship Social and Toy D vent with th rive • Annual B eA runch and Bubbles Sc dmissions Office • A Mass w holarship D as he rive Katharine D ld to observe the Fea st o rex Church in M el at St. Augustine Ca f St. th emphis. Fr. Stephan Bro olic delivered a n inspiring w n, SVD, refle of our Foun dress, St. K ction on the incredible ath wo of her dedic ation to edu arine Drexel, remindin rk g us cation, serv ice, and jus tice.

ns a e l r O w e N ans Alumni ar, the New Orle ye r te ap ch s : hi T following events e th ed st ho er Chapt nnual

Divine 9 A in the HBCU + ed at ip tic ar P • Event Raffle Annual Basket g in l om ec om H • d Crawfish Boi bership Drive an n tio bu • Annual Mem Distri Care Package • Senior 2025 er is ra nd arship Fu • Annual Schol

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MICHIGAN (MI)

Chicago Alumni Chapter XUAAChicago@naa.xula.edu

Detroit Alumni Chapter XUAADetroit@naa.xula.edu

NEW ENGLAND (CT, MA)

PHILADELPHIA (PA)

New England Chapter encompassing Connecticut and Massachusetts XUAANewEngland@naa.xula.edu

Philadelphia Alumni Chapter

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NEW YORK (NY) New York Alumni Chapter XUAANewYork@naa.xula.edu

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DMV D.C., Maryland, Virginia Alumni Chapter XUAADMV@naa.xula.edu

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TENNESSEE (TN) Memphis Alumni Chapter XUAAMemphis@naa.xula.edu

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Nashville Alumni Chapter FL

FLORIDA (FL) Central Florida Alumni Chapter XUAACentralFlorida@naa.xula.edu

MISSISSIPPI (MS) CALIFORNIA (CA)

LOUISIANA (LA)

TEXAS (TX)

Northern California Alumni Chap. (Oakland) XUAANorthernCalifornia@naa.xula.edu

Dallas/Fort Worth Alumni Chapter XUAADallasFortWorth@naa.xula.edu

Southern California Alumni Chap. (Los Angeles) XUAASouthernCalifornia@naa.xula.edu

Houston Alumni Chapter XUAAHouston@naa.xula.edu

New Orleans Alumni Club XUAANewOrleans@naa.xula.edu Baton Rouge Alumni Club XUAABatonRouge@naa.xula.edu Lake Charles Alumni Chapter XUAALakeCharles@naa.xula.edu North Louisiana Alumni Chapter XUAANorthLouisiana@naa.xula.edu

Tampa Florida Alumni Chapter XUAATampaFL@naa.xula.edu

Meridian Alumni Chapter XUAAMeridianMS@naa.xula.edu Jackson Alumni Chapter XUAAJacksonMS@naa.xula.edu Gulf Coast MS Alumni Chapter XUAAGulfPortMS@naa.xula.edu

ALABAMA (AL) Birmingham Alumni Chapter XUAABirmingham@naa.xula.edu Montgomery Alumni Chapter XUAAMontgomeryAL@naa.xula.edu

GEORGIA Atlanta Alumni Chapter XUAAAtlanta@naa.xula.edu

AFFINITY GROUPS

ORGANIZING CHAPTERS

Athletes

Alumni chapters are growing across the country. If you are interested in activating a chapter, please get in touch with the Director of Alumni Relations, Dr. Marcia J. Pecot '96, at (504) 520-5129 or mpecot@xula.edu.

XUAAAthletes@naa.xula.edu

House of Studies

XUAAHouseofStudies@naa.xula.edu

Physicians Alumni Group

XUAAPhysicians@naa.xula.edu

Veterans Affinity Group

XUAAVeterans@naa.xula.edu Chapters in Development or Reactivating: Gulf Coast, MS Indianapolis, IN Philadelphia, PA St. Louis, MO

Alumni chapters are vital to Xavier University of Louisiana and serve as a great way to socialize and network with fellow alumni and friends while supporting your alma mater. The Alumni Chapter interest group formation and review process takes from 6 months to one year for completion.

Interested in starting a chapter or affinity group? Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@xula.edu or Kim Alston, 2nd Vice President, National Alumni Association at NAAVP2@xula.edu.

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We Remember…

Alumni & Class 1951 1954 1955 1955 1955 1955 1956 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1960 1961 1961 1961 1963 1963

Mr. William C. Tanner Mr. William M. Daniels Mrs. Annie D. Jackson-Goins Mrs. Joyce D. DeGrange Mrs. Lorraine A. Alexis Mrs. Valda Daniels Ms. Viola Brice Mr. Alvin J. Martin, Sr. Mr. Manuel P. Llorens Mrs. Arlene L. Richard Mrs. Edith Jett Smith Mrs. Lois S. Hawkins John Thomas Fuller, R.Ph. Mrs. Ellen M. Prichard Mrs. Evelyn H. Whitfield Mrs. Lolita Rochon Mrs. Pauline L. Clarke Mr. Elbert Ransom, Jr. Mrs. Barbara Bell Fitzgerald Mrs. Leatrice L. Duvernay Mrs. Rosemary S. Simon Ms. Dianne R. Pajaud Mrs. Beverly Thompson Mrs. Joan V. Roussell Mrs. Patricia Gautier Mrs. Joycelyn L. Burnett Mrs. Lovida J. Johnson

1963 1965 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1971 1971 1971 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1974 1975 1976

Mrs. Olivia A. Toca Mr. Errol A. Trudeaux, Sr. Mr. Millard J. Thompson, Jr. Mrs. Lynn M. Hoggatt Mr. William C. Rouselle Jr. Mrs. Janice Labeaud-Wash Dr. William Hanks, Jr. Mr. Melvin Parent, Jr. Mrs. Alexis M. Herman Mrs. Cherrie L. Paul Mrs. Jacquelyn Hurley Duvernay Mrs. Joyce T. Gill Mr. Nathaniel L. Willis Ms. Cynthia E. Albert Ms. Kathleen Wagner Mr. John Latson Mrs. Carolyn D. Williams Ms. Constance Williams Ms. Betty S. Broyard Dr. Coleridge T. Franklin, Jr. Ms. Myrtis L. Johnson Mr. Hersha C. Wallace Mr. Louis E. Walton Mrs. Barbara J. Rockwood Mrs. Daphne A. Robert Sr. Madeline D. Kelly, O.S.U. Mr. Leo D. Prevost, Jr.

Friends of Xavier (FOX) Mrs. Tynes Hildebrand Deacon Alfred Mitchell Dr. Burde Kamath Dr. Joseph P. Braud Dr. Marie P. DeLarge, Ph.D. Dr. William Reeves Honorable Helen W. Buzaid Mr. Alan O. Abidogun Mr. Charles P. Jeffries Mr. Frederick H. Grau

Mr. H. C. Rabig Mr. John Chavanne Mr. Joseph C. Canizaro Mr. Melvin A. Stokes Mr. Ralph P. Leach Mr. Raymond Lesene Mr. Robert S. Hall Mr. Stephen Favorite Mrs. Beverly A. Wallace Mrs. Edwina M. Lewis

1976 1976 1977 1977 1978 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1988 1989 1991 1992 1994 1994 1999 1999 1999 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2015

Mrs. Gloria M. Battiste Ms. Gloria M. Foret Dr. Gertrude Perkins Taylor Mr. Lucien S. Charlot, Jr. Mrs. Diane Dugue Ms. Julie C. Chenier Mr. Kevin A. Hite Ms. Speranza S. Smith Mr. Carl C. Williams Mrs. Demetri B. Duronslet Mrs. Kelly S. Showalter Mrs. Barbara Haydel Mrs. Claire Griffin Ms. Maxine Marshall Mr. Lance G. Parrott Ms. Raquel M. Joseph Mr. Michael T. Shankle Mr. Van S. Dupree Ms. Claire F. Winder Mr. Raymond F. Rogers Ms. LaToyia D. Taylor Mrs. Cynthia L. Vandam Ms. Candice I. Brooks Dr. Cortlandt Y. Davis Mr. Christopher J. Montalbano

XULA Faculty & Staff Mrs. Helena R. Jones Mrs. Lesley Richard (Estate) Mrs. Lillian P. Provost Harris Mrs. Ruth L. Mack Mrs. Sybil H. Morial Ms. Deborah Parsons Ms. Ramona Gibson Ms. Rita T. Bucchiere Reverend Bradley M. Seabrook Sr. Josita Marie Ogaldez, S.S.F.

Dr. JW Carmichael, Jr. Mr. Kelsh L. Kelly, Jr. Mr. Robert Roberts Mr. Sheppard Roubion Mrs. Brenda Jeanjacques

The Xavier family extends its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the following deceased alumni and friends of Xavier.

They remain in our prayers and memories. The University was notified of these deaths at some point during the period dating from 5.12.23 to 06.24.24. If a name has been inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please accept our apologies.

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HERE’S TO YOU

Our 1925 Legacy Society Members A planned gift is a smart decision worthy of praise and recognition.

Our 1925 Legacy Society celebrates you. The amount of the gift is not important – the intention is. We express our appreciation to the members of the 1925 Legacy Society with

When you choose to create a planned gift for Xavier University, you make a significant impact for generations to come. With a gift from your will, trust, charitable gift annuity or any planned gift, your gift is an investment in the future succes s of our mission.

• Invitations to special events and gatherings • Exclusive communications • Recognition in publications

If you have made a planned gift or are considering one, contact us at Xavier University of Louisiana Office of Institutional Advancement 1 Drexel Dr. Box 66 • New Orleans, LA 70125 (504)520-7575 or ia@xula.edu so we can welcome you into this prestigious group.

A legacy decision says something special about you. You look to the future and are invested in longterm outcomes. Our Legacy Society thanks you today for the successes we will share tomorrow.

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