past leadership

The Louisiana Restaurant Association respectfully acknowledges its volunteer leaders who shared their time and talents to further the mission of the organization during their tenure as President or Chair. The success of the LRA was built on the foundation they established.

2019                Paul Rotner
2018                Rob King
​2017                Greg Reggio
​2016                Katy Casbarian
2015                Tony Abadie
2014                Bruce Attinger
2013                David Hearn
2012                Melvin Rodrigue
2011                Tommy Cvitanovich
2010                Mike Walker
2009                Glen Armantrout
2008                Jerry Kolniak
2007                Don Weems
2006                Dawn Davis
2005                Les Guerin
2004                Miriam Juban
2003                Mark DeFelice
2002                Don O'Toole
2001                Dickie Brennan
2000                Gregory Hamer
1999                Jim Doull
1998                Charles Goodson
1997                Louis Dupuy
1996                Brooks Gregg
1995                David Blitch
1994                Steve Watkins
1993                Tom Dillon
1992                Ralph Brennan
1991                Don Gerald
1990                Bill Bailey
1989                Don McCutcheon    
1988                Shirley Deluzain   
1987                Jerry Fein
1986                J.N. Grimes
1985                Herb Roller        

1984                Nash Barreca       ​
1983                Emery Saulnier       ​
1982                Dean Metcalf        
1981                Ermine Chandler   
1980                Elfray Dupre
1979                Frank McCutcheon
1978                Bud Frazier
1977                Howard McDaniel    
1976                Billy Murrell      
1975                Roger McConnell
1973-74           James C. Spell
1972-73           Jules A. Sevin
1971-72           Clovis D. Walker
1970-71           Alan Pankratz
1969-70           J. Hampton Smith   
1968-69           J.B. Delerno      
1967-68           Jack Tullos, Jr.  
1966-67           Joe Fein, Jr.       
1965-66           Owen Brennan, Jr.   
1964-65           Bill Garrett
1963-64           Ernest L. Masson    
1962-63           James C. Spell
1961-62           Richard Brennan    
1960-61           James Litchford     
1959-60           Jason F. Berry, Sr. 
1958-59           Howard Daugherty 
1956-57           Glenn O. Smith, Sr. 
1954-55           Harold E. Wise      
1953-54           Pete R. Dalovisio  
1952-53           Lloyd Bearden     
1950-51           Bobby Pappas  
1949-50           Ed Seiler, Jr. 
1948-49           A.S. D’Amico    
1946-47           Clifton Ganus  ​

LRA Emeritus Leadership

The LRA's Emeritus leadership consists of those former board members who have served on the LRA Board of Directors with distinction and excellence. Their contributions to the association have created a lasting legacy. We thank them for their service to the restaurant industry. 

​Years in parentheses denote service as LRA Chair.
Nash Barreca, Jr. (1984)
Dickie Brennan (2001)
Dawn Davis (2006)
Shirley Deluzain (1988)
Robert Giancontieri
Les Guerin (2005)
David Hearn (2013)
Miriam Juban (2004)
Jerry Kolniak (2008)
Rod Latiolais
Jerome LeBoeuf
Deb Morel
Don O'Toole (2002)
Mike Walker (2010)