Gerald Herbert
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during the opening of a special legislative session in the state House chamber in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)
Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed six people to the Board of Regents over the holidays.
He announced his appointments on Dec. 29 and they became effective Jan. 1.
The 15-member Board of Regents is one of Louisiana’s college management boards and the top budgeting and policymaking panel for public higher education in Louisiana.
Edwards selected Blake David, a Lafayette lawyer, who will be representing the 3rd Congressional District; Darren Mire, valuation director for the Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office, representing the 2nd Congressional District; W. Clinton “Bubba” Rasberry, a Shreveport businessman and previous Regents board member who will represent the 4th Congressional District; Jacqueline Vines Wyatt, a former Cox Communications executive from Prairieville, serving as an at-large member; T. Jay Seale III, a Hammond lawyer representing the 1st Congressional District; and Charles McDonald, a former state lawmaker from Sterlington who worked to create the TOPS tuition program and will be serving as a representative of the 5th Congressional District.
David, Rasberry, Seale and McDonald were all donors to Edwards’ campaign, according to multiple reports.
“The appointees I have named to the board bring an array of professional and educational expertise from higher education institutions across Louisiana,” Edwards said in a news release. “I am looking forward to working with them to build a brighter future for Louisiana’s students.”