Lea Young, Board Member

  • B.A., St. Louis University, geography; UNO, Urban Studies; Fellow, Institute of Politics, Loyola U., New Orleans
  • Director of Public Information, Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff’s Office
  • Exec. Director and founder for Civil Sheriff of the Reserve Deputy Assoc. which provides 1000’s of community service hours
  • LWV-N.O. (Current and Past Pres.); National Council of Negro Women, Bd.; “Phunny Phorty Phellows” (N.O. Mardi Gras org.); Steeple Chase/deBatista Civic Assoc. (Algiers, N.O.), Bd.; Algiers Task Force; served 6 years on La. Bar Assoc. Disciplinary Bd.; Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, Bd.; appointed to the National Environmental Health Sciences & Protection Accreditation Council; Advisory Council, Center for Bio-Environmental Research, Tulane-Xavier Universities.
  • Long time member of the Alliance Advisory Committee prior to agreeing to serve on the board in 2001