Community Advisory Board

Our Community Advisory Board brings together local leaders, inventive thinkers, and subject-matter experts to help curate talks, advise our team, and keep TEDxBatonRouge focused on ideas that make a real impact.

Prosanta Chakrabarty
Professor of Ichthyology and
Curator of Fishes, LSU
TED Fellow

Sherin Dawud
CEO, Nura Co.
Co-Founder, Power Pump Girls

Joseph Hollins
Sr. Regional Downstream & RES Corporate Relations Advisor, Shell

Wendy Greene Daniels
President and CEO,
Beachwood Residential

Penny Font
Chief Content Officer, Melara Enterprises; Executive Editor,
Baton Rouge Business Report

Adam Knapp
Chief Executive Officer,
Leaders for a Better Louisiana

Camille Manning-Broome
President & CEO,
Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX)

Fareed Dawan
Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering,
Southern University

Garret Graves
Former U.S. Representative,
Louisiana’s 6th
Congressional District

Devin Lemoine
Owner and President,
Success Labs

Cynthia Peterson, PhD
Former Dean, LSU College of Science;
Special Advisor on Science to the
LSU President (2021)

Join the team

TEDxBatonRouge is searching for designers, connectors, strategists, communicators, and idea-generators to join its team! If you are interested in getting involved, we encourage you to complete the volunteer application or check out our available partnership opportunities.