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LRA Officers
The Louisiana Restaurant Association is led by people actively involved in our industry. The men and women who are elected as officers of the Association have not only successfully run their own businesses, but have volunteered countless hours in effective leadership within the Association. The officers of the LRA are elected by their peers to represent the foodservice industry in Louisiana. 
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Vice Chair - Glen Armantrout
RGA Concepts owner Glen Armantrout will serve a second consecutive term as Vice Chair for the LRA in 2008. Formerly Chief Operating Officer with Acme Oyster House, Armantrout’s track record of service in many volunteer positions with the LRA earned him the Association’s Active Member of the Year Award in 2005. Education is at the heart of Armantrout’s involvement with the LRA since 2003 when he joined the LRA Education Foundation’s (LRAEF) Board of Trustees. In 2007, he served as Chair of the LRAEF. div>
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Treasurer - Mike Walker
In 1996, Mike Walker, owner of Walker’s Cajun Dining Seafood & Steaks in Jennings, joined the LRA State Board of Directors. In 12 years, he has chaired several committees, most recently, the 54th Annual Louisiana Foodservice EXPO. He served as Secretary in 2007, and in 2006 he chaired the Chapter President’s Council.
From 1996-1998, Walker was president of the Southwest Chapter earning him the LRA Chapter President of the Year Award in 1997. The same year, the Southwest Chapter was named Chapter of the Year. Most recently, Walker was the recipient of the 2006 Active Member of the Year Award.
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Secretary - Tommy Cvitanovich
This year, Tommy Cvitanovich, of Drago’s Seafood Restaurants in Metairie and New Orleans, will serve as the Secretary for the LRA State Board of Directors. A LRA director since 2001 and former Greater New Orleans Chapter President in 2004, also serves as a trustee for the LRA Self Insurer’s Fund for Workers’ Compensation. His involvement in the association resulted in an Active Member of the Year Award in 2003. Three years later in 2006, he won the National Restaurant Assocation’s Restaurant Neighbor Award, for his service to the recovery workers in the New Orleans area post-Katrina. |
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At Large - Jerome LeBoeuf
Elected to the LRA State Board of Directors in 2004, Jerome LeBoeuf, owner of Dave’s Cajun Kitchen in Houma, has been extremely involved with the association in many areas. In 2003 and 2004, LeBoeuf served as Bayou Chapter President and in 2005, he was elected as a trustee for the LRA Self Insurer’s Fund for Workers’ Compensation.
He served as chair of the Chapter President’s Council and Membership Development committee in 2005.
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