Banner image of a fisherman on misty Black Bayou Lake, Monroe.
Board of Directors, Officers and Leaders
2025-2026 Board of Directors, Officers
of Friends of Black Bayou, Inc.
Updated 2026-03-17
President1: Anna Hill
Past-President: Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Vice President: Ann Bloxom Smith
Membership Outreach Secretary3: Blake Farman
Treasurer: Vacancy (Anna Hill serving in interim)
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: Christopher Frost
At-Large Board Members: Tina Turek, Leslie Calhoun 6., Kody Chase, Srinivas Garlapati, Anirudh Girey, Jana Nelson, Suzanne Laird-Dartez, Daniel Moore, Charles Paxton, Jon Wages
Student Representative: Gabriel N. Stephan (Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society)
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
Past-President: Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Vice President: Ann Bloxom Smith
Membership Outreach Secretary3: Blake Farman
Treasurer: Vacancy (Anna Hill serving in interim)
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: Christopher Frost
At-Large Board Members: Tina Turek, Leslie Calhoun 6., Kody Chase, Srinivas Garlapati, Anirudh Girey, Jana Nelson, Suzanne Laird-Dartez, Daniel Moore, Charles Paxton, Jon Wages
Student Representative: Gabriel N. Stephan (Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honor Society)
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!
