The Task Form Members
The I-10 Bridge Task Force members were chosen from throughout Southwest Louisiana based upon their history of community engagement, professional skills, credibility, business acumen and desire to spearhead a local grassroots effort to advocate for a new bridge. Each member pledged that their volunteer service would not be used to derive benefit for themselves, their employers or families. The group has worked over the past 15 months conducting due diligence to prepare a recommendation for the replacement of the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge.
Dr. Daryl Burckel, President, McNeese State University
Ernie Broussard, Hunt Guillot and Associates
Ken Broussard, CPA, Owner, Broussard Companies, Inc.
Keith DuRousseau, Owner, Keiland Construction
Marion Fox, President/CEO, Jeff Davis Economic Development and Tourist Commission
Brent Lumpkin, Owner, Lumpkin Properties, commercial real estate investor, developer, broker
Vernon Meyer, Civil Engineer, Meyer and Associates
John Pohorelsky, Attorney and Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Ken Francis, Sales Center Manager, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Denise Rau, Owner, Rau Financial Group
Rick Richard, Founder, Empire of the SEED
Jim Rock, Site Executive Director, Mechanical Engineer, Lotte Chemical USA
Bart Yakupzack, Attorney, Jack Lawton Companies
Tobie Hodgkins, Owner, Century 21 Bessette Realty, Inc., Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Philip Earhart, Market President, Iberia Bank, Chamber SWLA Chair
George Swift, SWLA Economic Development Alliance/Chamber SWLA President/CEO
The Task Form Members
The I-10 Bridge Task Force members were chosen from throughout Southwest Louisiana based upon their history of community engagement, professional skills, credibility, business acumen and desire to spearhead a local grassroots effort to advocate for a new bridge. Each member pledged that their volunteer service would not be used to derive benefit for themselves, their employers or families. The group has worked over the past 15 months conducting due diligence to prepare a recommendation for the replacement of the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge.
Dr. Daryl Burckel,
President, McNeese State University
Ernie Broussard,
Hunt Guillot and Associates
Ken Broussard,
CPA, Owner, Broussard Companies, Inc.
Keith DuRousseau,
Owner, Keiland Construction
Marion Fox,
President/CEO, Jeff Davis Economic
Development and Tourist Commission
Brent Lumpkin,
Owner, Lumpkin Properties, commercial
real estate investor, developer, broker
Vernon Meyer,
Civil Engineer, Meyer and Associates
John Pohorelsky,
Attorney and Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Ken Francis,
Sales Center Manager, Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Denise Rau,
Owner, Rau Financial Group
Rick Richard,
Founder, Empire of the SEED
Jim Rock,
Site Executive Director, Mechanical Engineer,
Lotte Chemical USA
Bart Yakupzack,
Attorney, Jack Lawton Companies
Tobie Hodgkins,
Owner, Century 21 Bessette Realty, Inc.,
Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Philip Earhart,
Market President, Iberia Bank,
Chamber SWLA Chair
George Swift,
SWLA Economic Development
Alliance/Chamber SWLA President/CEO
The Task Form Members
The I-10 Bridge Task Force members were chosen from throughout Southwest Louisiana based upon their history of community engagement, professional skills, credibility, business acumen and desire to spearhead a local grassroots effort to advocate for a new bridge. Each member pledged that their volunteer service would not be used to derive benefit for themselves, their employers or families. The group has worked over the past 15 months conducting due diligence to prepare a recommendation for the replacement of the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge.
Dr. Daryl Burckel, President, McNeese State University
Ernie Broussard, Hunt Guillot and Associates
Ken Broussard, CPA, Owner, Broussard Companies, Inc.
Keith DuRousseau, Owner, Keiland Construction
Marion Fox, President/CEO, Jeff Davis Economic Development and Tourist Commission
Brent Lumpkin, Owner, Lumpkin Properties, commercial real estate investor, developer, broker
Vernon Meyer, Civil Engineer, Meyer and Associates
John Pohorelsky, Attorney and Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Ken Francis, Sales Center Manager, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Denise Rau, Owner, Rau Financial Group
Rick Richard, Founder, Empire of the SEED
Jim Rock, Site Executive Director, Mechanical Engineer, Lotte Chemical USA
Bart Yakupzack, Attorney, Jack Lawton Companies
Tobie Hodgkins, Owner, Century 21 Bessette Realty, Inc., Past Chamber SWLA Chair
Philip Earhart, Market President, Iberia Bank, Chamber SWLA Chair
George Swift, SWLA Economic Development Alliance/Chamber SWLA President/CEO