Names, professions and home towns of 54 nominees for the nine empty seats on the state Ethics Board, provided by a nominating committee made up of presidents of independent colleges in Louisiana. Information on two of the nominees was not available:

1st Congressional District:

Emile Bruneau, attorney, New Orleans

James C. Carter, educator/religious, New Orleans

Mary L. Dumestre, attorney/professor, New Orleans

Gary Hymel, federal lobbyist, New Orleans

Wade Perrin, insurance, Marrero

Ronald F. Plaisance, retired, New Orleans

Robert Schluter, retired, Covington

Scott Schneider, attorney, Mandeville.

2nd Congressional District:

Brant Anderson, attorney, New Orleans

Audrey Browder, project manager, New Orleans

Russell Carll, investment adviser, New Orleans

Maria Medina, attorney/law professor, New Orleans

Richard Meyers, life insurance, New Orleans

Marcus Smith, attorney/professor, New Orleans

James E. White Jr., retired, New Orleans

3rd Congressional District:

Robert Bonnette, retired Texaco, Houma

Michael Gauthier, retired banker, Thibodaux

Warrell X. Gerhart, retired business owner, New Iberia

Jean Ingrassia, retired U.S. administrative law judge, Gonzales

Arthur Kahn, compliance supervisor, Jeanerette

Jeffrey Landry, attorney, New Iberia

Daryl Roy, process operator, Thibodaux

Deborah Stiel, homemaker, Houma

4th Congressional District:

Bob Bareikis, retired professor, Shreveport

Sara Burroughs, retired professor, Shreveport

Chris Ciocchetti, professor, Shreveport

Davis Scott Hughes, executive director, Alliance for Education,

Shreveport

Liddell Smith, retired assistant U.S. attorney, Shreveport

5th Congressional District:

Bill Arrington, retired professor, Monroe

R.L. Hargrove Jr., retired executive, CPA, Alexandria

Mark Lance Maxwell, attorney, Alexandria

James McCalmont, mechanical engineer, Alexandria

Yancey B. Nolan Sr., real estate, Monroe

Keith J. Rabalais, banking consultant, Alexandria

Henry Robertson, professor, Pineville

Grove Stafford, attorney, Alexandria

Ulla Ule, physician, Alexandria

6th Congressional District:

Scott Frazier, attorney, Baton Rouge

Sidni James, digital media development director, Baton Rouge

Louis Leggio, retired physician, Baton Rouge

Robert McAnnelly, attorney, Baton Rouge

Ken Ward, executive director Louisiana Moral and Civic

Foundation, Baton Rouge

7th Congressional District:

Jane Ardoin, homemaker, Eunice

Paul Arnold, retired professor, Lake Charles

Terry Backhaus, investment adviser, Sulphur

James Boyer, attorney, Lake Charles

Pamela Courtney, attorney Lake Charles

Tom Flanagan, retired banking, Lake Charles

Raynell Lewis-Ogiugo, aviation process analyst, Lake Charles

Rev. Henry Mancuso Jr., religious, Lake Charles

Blake Monrose, attorney, Lafayette

Lincoln J. Savoie, retired, U.S. Army, Sunset

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