LANE CARSON AND SUZANNE MYERS JOIN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
THE ST. TAMMANY LIBRARY FOUNDATION
The
Board of Directors welcomed two attorneys to our Board in 2014 – Lane Carson
and Suzanne Myers. We are indeed
proud that such outstanding leaders share our commitment to the advancement of
literacy, culture and community by enriching the public libraries in St.
Tammany Parish.
Suzanne
Jones Myers is a graduate of the Loyola University School of Law. She was admitted to the Louisiana State
Bar Association in 1980, the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts
of Louisiana, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Suzanne has served as the Chairperson of the Member Services
Committee of the LSBA, and the Young Lawyers Division, Disaster Legal Assistance
Committee of the American Bar Association. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana
Bar Foundation and has given herself unstintingly to our community by her
service to many causes, including St. Joseph Abbey & Seminary College, the
Cenacle Retreat House, and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center of Loyola
University.
Lane
Carson is a graduate of LSU and Tulane Law School. He was wounded while serving as a combat platoon leader in
Vietnam. He was the first Vietnam
Veteran elected to the Louisiana legislature. He served Governor Treen as Asst.
Health Secretary; President Reagan on the Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board; Governor Foster on the La Veterans Affairs
Commission and President Bush on the National Institute of Building
Sciences. For 27 years, Mr. Carson
served as Chief, Civil Division with D.A. Walter Reed. For the past 5 years, Mr. Carson served
in Governor Jindal’s cabinet as Secretary of Veteran Affairs.
What
a wealth of talent these two outstanding Board members bring to our
endeavors. You should be proud that
such leaders have agreed to serve you on the St. Tammany Library
Foundation.