Leadership & Staff
Christian T. Brown
Managing Director of NOLA Holdings, LLC
Board Members
William M. Hammack Sr.
New Orleans entrepreneur
Warner Thomas
Ochsner Health System President and Chief Executive Officer
David Edwards
Attorney, Jones Walker
Charles L Rice
Former CEO of Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
Gayle Benson
Third wife and widow of Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints
Donors
Surdna Foundation
Established as a charitable foundation in 1917 by John Emory Andrus
The Kresge Foundation
Private foundation headquartered in Troy, Michigan
Donations
Urban Institute
Public policy think tank; economic and social policy research
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Grant