2025-26 Board of Directors

A number of dedicated volunteers, representative of the Northeast Louisiana community, provide volunteer leadership to United Way of Northeast Louisiana. This Board of Directors sets policy and strategic direction and oversees financial practices, operational issues, resource development, and community impact.

This volunteer-led practice ensures accountability and that United Way is focused on our community’s aspirations and achieving measurable results.

Meet our Board Chair, Dr. Alberta Brown Green!

Dr. Alberta Brown Green is the CEO of ABG Professional Development Solutions, a global professional development and consulting company. With over 25 years in her field, she provides Strategic Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Professional Career Development, Leadership Development, Professional Business Development Training, Upper Management and Executive Coaching, Mental Health Counseling, and Life Coaching. Green is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Louisiana State Supervision Privileges.

Dr. Brown Green currently serves on several boards, including Board Chair of United Way of Northeast Louisiana, Board Chair for The Women’s Symposium, ULM Executive Foundation Board, The Monroe Chamber of Commerce Board, The Christopher Youth Center Board, and Grow NELA Economic Development Board. Previously, she served on the Living Well Foundation Board, Biomedical Research Park Board, University Health Conway Board, and the Ouachita Business Alliance Board. She supports Military men and women and is a lover of innovative technology gadgets, different genres of music, theatre, and the arts. Dr. Green has been married to the love of her life, SFC Toby Green Senior, for 25 years and is a mother to two amazing young men: Toby Jr., a senior at the University of Louisiana Monroe, and Jacob, a freshman at Cornell University, New York.

Read full bio here: Dr. Alberta Brown Green

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Alberta Brown Green, Ph.D., LPC-S, NCC 

ABG Professional Development Solutions

Board Chair

 

Nathan "Nat" Smith

Cadence Bank

Treasurer

 

Sheila Snow

Discover Monroe - West Monroe

Marketing & Communications Chair

Ashley West

Progressive Bank

Past Board Chair

 

 

David Cole

Progressive Bank

2025 Campaign Chair

 

Bruce Rushing

Origin Bank

2025 LUJP Campaign Chair

 

Sushma Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.

University of Louisiana Monroe

Community Impact Chair

Cindy Shaw

alli Management Solutions

Secretary

 

 

Amanda Edge

Entergy Louisiana

2026 Campaign Chair

 

Chris Holtzclaw

Argent Financial Group

2026 LUJP Campaign Chair

 

Jennifer Johnson

4th District Attorney's Office

Community Allocations Chair

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Deidre Adair

Children's Coalition

 

Toni Bacon

Century Next Bank

 

Mary Barrios

Reeves Memorial Medical Center

 

Brian Bush, Ed. D

Monroe City Schools | JS Clark Magnet

 

Reverend Ike Byrd

City of Monroe

 

Cathi Cox-Boniol

Ruston Daily Leader

 

Lee Denny

Century Next Bank

Ernest Green

Advancion

 

Todd Guice

Ouachita Parish School Board

 

Rick Guillot

Origin Bank

 

Katrina Malone  

Grambling University 

 

Josh Mandrell, M.D.

Green Clinic Health System

 

Marc Mashaw

Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office

 

Kelsea McCrary

City of Monroe

Sam Moore

Monroe City Schools

 

Brittany Meyers

Siemens

 

Wendi Napoli

Community Volunteer

 

Alpa Patel

LSU School of Public Health

 

Pastor Vance Price

Community Family of Faith Church

 

Bruce Rushing

Origin Bank

 

Pamela Saulsberry, Ph.D.

University of Louisiana Monroe

Retired

Kristen Shambro

Centric Federal Credit Union

 

William Smart

Monroe Housing Authority

 

Kevin Smith

Regions Bank

 

Amy Stegall

City of Ruston

 

Daniel Taylor

Argent Financial Group

 

Juanita Woods

NOVA