The Audubon Nature Institute Board oversees Audubon Nature Institute, the 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation currently managing day to day operations for all of the Commission’s facilities through a management contract between the Board and the Audubon Commission. All employees work for the Audubon Nature Institute, Inc. Elected by the 30,000 membership households of Audubon Nature Institute, at least 75% of the Institute’s 32 Board members live in Orleans Parish and at least 25% of them are minorities. Members are elected for no more than two consecutive four-year terms. Funds generated by the Institute’s operations and fundraising efforts are administered by the Institute. Certified audited statements of the Audubon Nature Institute are provided to the Audubon Commission on an annual basis.
Board Members
Willard Dumas - Chairman
Dennis Lauscha - 1st Vice Chair
Leslie Gottsegen, DDS - 2nd Vice Chair
Anne Long - Recording Secretary
Vincent J. Palumbo - Corresponding Secretary
Ludovico Feoli - Treasurer
Wilmer Jacobs - Parliamentarian
Lynes R. Sloss - Immediate Past Chair
Christopher Bardell
Linda Baum
Beau Box
Leah Brown
Rick Buchsbaum
Caroline Calhoun
J. Hunter Cazes
Edgar Chase IV
Henry L. Coaxum, Jr.
Angus Cooper
John Davies
Megan Eustis
James Ewers
K. Barton Farris, MD
Joseph A. Jaeger, Jr.
Beth Lambert
Peter Moss
John R. Nickens IV
John Payne
Julie Quinn
Caryn Rodgers-Battiste
Mark C. Romig
Susu Stall
Bernard Van der Linden
Sandy Villere III
Thomas D. Westfeldt II
Board Meetings/Minutes
Upcoming Meeting:
Tuesday, September 26
8:30 AM
Tuesday, November 14
8:30 AM
*All meeting times will be 8:30 am. Location details are to be determined and will be shared as we near each meeting.
Past meetings & Minutes
- Board Meeting Minutes 5-16-23
- Board Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes 1-31-23
- Board Executive Meeting Minutes 1-31-23
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-31-23
- Board Meeting Minutes 11-15-2022
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 10-20-22
- Board Meeting Minutes 9-27-22
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 6-22-22
- Board Meeting Minutes 5-17-22
- Board Meeting Minutes 3-22-22
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-25-22
- Board Meeting Minutes 11-16-21
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 11-11-21
- Board Meeting Minutes 9-28-21
- Board Meeting Minutes 7-20-21
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 6-3-21
- Annual Board Meeting Minutes 5-18-21
- Board Meeting Minutes 3-23-21
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-26-21
- Board Meeting Minutes 11-17-20
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 11-10-20
- Board Meeting Minutes 9-22-20
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 6-24-20
Zoom Video Meeting 6-24-20 - Board Meeting Minutes 5-19-20
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-21-20
- Board Meeting Minutes 11-12-19
- Joint Commission/Board Meeting Minutes 11-5-19
- Audubon Nature Institute Annual Meeting Minutes 6-12-19
- Board Meeting Minutes 3-12-19
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-22-19
- Board Meeting Minutes 11-13-18
- Board Meeting Minutes 9-18-18
- Board Meeting Minutes 7-24-18
- Audubon Nature Institute Annual Meeting Minutes 5-8-18
- Board Meeting Minutes 3-20-18
- Board Meeting Minutes 1-23-18
