2024-2025 Board of Directors, Officers
of Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Inc.

Updated 2025-02-20

President1: Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Vice President: Anna Hill
Membership Outreach Secretary3: Blake Farman  
Past-President: Ann Smith
Treasurer: Anna Hill
Education Director: Clair Calhoun Roane
Nature Store Director: Ann Bloxom Smith
Recording Secretary: Tyler Fricker
Archivist: Anne Frazier

United States Fish & Wildlife Service Liaison ("​USFWS") Liaison: Erin Cox Bellavia

At-Large Board Members: Leslie Calhoun 6., Kody Chase, Srinivas Garlapati, Anirudh Girey, Jon Guice,
Ron Hiltz, Charles "Chuck" Hughes, Jana Nelson, Suzanne Laird-Dartez, Daniel Moore, Charles Paxton, 
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Student Representative: Hollan Aulds (Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society)
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Consulting Directors (non-voting): Kris Kelley, Kelby Ouchley, Amy Ouchley, Keith Ouchley, Gay Brantley, Mike Rhymes 

1 oversees Celebrations Committee
2 coordinates Finances Committee
3 oversees Membership Outreach Committee
4 oversees Education Committee
5 oversees Nature Store Committee
6 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Representative

THANK YOU Officers and Board for volunteering!