Four newly appointed to Board of Regents
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal has named Joe Farr of Monroe one of four new members to the Board of Regents, the coordinating board for higher education.
Jindal also named two new members of the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.
Reappointed were Joseph Wiley of Gonzales to the Regents and Carl Shetler of Lake Charles to another term on the UL Board.
Farr, who represents the 5th Congressional District, replaces Scott Brame of Alexandria. Farr is a co-owner of Thomas & Farr Agency, Inc, a large independent insurance agency.
"I think higher education is key to Louisiana moving forward, and everybody's got to come together to put the best foot forward," Farr said.
"Education to me is the key to economic development and bringing the kind of jobs that will keep our young people here."
The others appointed by Jindal to the Board of Regents are Ed Antie of Lafayette, Scott Ballard of Covington and Chris Gorman of Shreveport.
The new members named to the UL Board are Jimmy Faircloth of Alexandria and John LeTard of Zachary.
In appointing Antie to the board, Jindal ended the long-time service of Richard D'Aquin of Lafayette, who has been a regent since the board was established in 1975. Before the creation of the Board of Regents by the 1974 state constitution, D'Aquin served on the Louisiana Board of Education, which oversaw education at all levels.
Atie, who will represent the 7th Congressional District, founded Louisiana Communications, a support facility to Motorola Communications and Electronics. He later sold that company and established Central Telephone Corporation and organized Network USA, a provider of specialized transmission facilities and digital communications circuits.
Ballard, who replaces Ingrid Labat of New Orleans, is the co-president and chief financial officer of WOW Café & Wingery Franchising Account; CEO of New Orleans Brew; and CEO, member of the board of directors and principle of PJ's Coffee. He will represent the 1st Congressional District.
Gorman, the representative of the 4th Congressional District, will replace Artis Terrell of Shreveport, former chairman of the Board of Regents.
Gorman, the executive vice president of Tango Transport, received a B.A.A.S. degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of North Texas and attended the Harvard Executive MBA program.
The Board of Regents consists of 16 members, including a student member.
The UL Board also consists of 16 members, including a student.
Faircloth is the founder of the Faircloth Law Group and was the former executive council to the governor. He will be appointed to represent the 5th Congressional District, replacing Mildred Gallot of Grambling.
LeTard is the owner of Medical Pharmacy for more than 40 years and is the vice chair of the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association. He will represent the 6th Congressional District, replacing Jeff Jenkins.
