Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order creating the Louisiana Complete Count Committee to help create the 2020 Census Awareness Campaigns throughout Louisiana. The advisory panel is made up of community, government and business leaders who represent the diverse populations of communities across the state.
There are 23 committee members of various religious, political and personal backgrounds.
Committee members are Billy Nungesser, lieutenant governor; Sharon Weston Broome, mayor of Baton Rouge; LaToya Cantrell, mayor of New Orleans; Nic Hunter, mayor of Lake Charles; Jennifer Vidrine, mayor of Ville Platte; David Butler, mayor of Woodworth; Ronny Walker, mayor of Ruston; Randal Gaines, state representative; Bernard LeBas, state representative; Regina Barrow, state senator; Richard Zuschlag, CEO of Acadian Ambulance; Sonia Perez, president of AT&T Louisiana; Mayra Pineda, president and CEO of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana; Ashley Shelton, executive director of the Power Coalition; Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Commissioner of Higher Education; Michelle Fazio-Brunson, president of Louisiana Early Childhood Association;Dr. Thea Ducrow, executive director of Louisiana State Nurses Association; Dr. Michael McClanahan, president of Louisiana NAACP; Craig Webre, sheriff for Lafourche Parish; RaShad Bristo, disability leader; Sarah Berthelot, president and CEO of Louisiana Association of United Ways; Mike Rome, president of Louisiana Council on Aging Association; and Dr. Samuel Tolbert Jr., president of National Baptist Convention of America International Inc.