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.