Slate of Officers 2025

Chair – Lars Powell


Vice-Chair –  Erin Haberman


Treasurer – Chandra Franklin Womack


Secretary – Brenda Breaux


Counsel – Lynn Perry, Law Office of Craven & Perry, PLLC


Full Board of Directors

Wes Bissett, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America LinkedIn Profile


Brenda Breaux - The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority Biography 


Jeff Fied - State Farm Insurance LinkedIn Profile


Chandra Franklin Womack- Aran & Franklin Engineering Inc. LinkedIn Profile

Erin Haberman - The Travelers Foundation LinkedIn Profile


Lori Medders, Appalachian State University LinkedIn Profile


Michael Newman - The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) LinkedIn profile

Dr. Lawrence "Lars" Powell - The University of Alabama, Center for Risk and Insurance Research LinkedIn Profile 


Carmen D. Smith, Habitat for Humanity International LinkedIn Profile


Ex-Officio Board Members

Mississippi State Senator Scott Delano (District 50) LinkedIn Profile

Lynn Perry, Law Office of Craven & Perry, PLLC Biography 


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