Board of Directors & Advisory Board

Board of Directors

Gretchen Fauria Chase

Chase Hospitality Group

Harry Connick, Jr.

Musician | EMCM Co-Founder

Quint Davis

Director Emeritus

Tracey Freeman

Producer

Andrew R. Lee

Partner, Jones Walker

Celine A. Lefebvre

Assistant Director, American Medical Association

Branford Marsalis

Musician | EMCM Co-Founder and Artistic Director

Ann Cuillette Marr

(Retired) EVP of Global Human Resources, World Wide Technology

Mark Mayer

Mark A. Mayer

Chairmain Emeritus, PETERMAYER

Joi Rideout

Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs, Warner Bros. Discovery

W. Garner Robinson

Chief Executive Officer, Robinson Lumber Company

Michael J. Siegel

President, Corporate Realty

Ann Marie Wilkins

Board Chair | EMCM Co-Founder

Each day, the Center supports its mission of helping community children and adults celebrate the rich musical heritage of New Orleans. For a neighborhood that has endured so much hardship, the Ellis Marsalis Center offers an uplifting space for music education and performance that supports the pride and community spirit of the historic Ninth Ward.

— Andrew R. lee, board member

Advisory Board

Lewis E. Byrd

President, Lancs Industries

Clemmie L. Cash

Founding Donor, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

James I. Cash, Jr., PhD

James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus; Harvard Business School

Hayley Crown

Senior Manager of Strategy, Alterra

Barbara Dalio

Founder and Co-CEO, Dalio Education

Andrea Wilkerson Frazier

Civic Leader

Jack Leahy

Creative Director, Recording Engineer & Producer

Stephen J. Luczo

Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital

Roy Mouledous

Martha Murphy

Founder, Shadetree Foundation

Scott Rodger

Music Manager, Maverick

John Storyk

Founding Partner, Director of Design, WSDG

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