Dean E. Taylor

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Trican Well Service LLC provides pumping services to the oil and gas industries. It offers well and production services for optimizing the recovery factor of oil and gas wells in the areas of drilling, completion, stimulation and reworking, including acidizing and production enhancement, carbon dioxide (CO2), cementing, coiled tubing, fracturing, CBM fracturing, geological, microseismic fracture mapping, and nitrogen. The company is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Whitney Holding Corp. is the holding company for Whitney National Bank. The bank provides depository, lending, credit, investment and trust products and services to individuals and businesses. The bank operates more than 150 branches in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

United Way of Southeast Louisiana provides disaster recovery and safety net services. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.