Sponsors

CURRENT SPONSORS

ACADEMY AWARD/OSCAR SPONSORS:

($8,001 – $10,000)

  • Joy Ann Woodland Butler, (MOTHER OF SELAH), Lutcher, LA
  • Stephanie R. Hollins – Maringouin, LA
  • Louise T. Hollins – Maringouin, LA

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD SPONSORS:

($5,001 – $8,000)

  • Matthew Valliere, CareSouth Chief Executive Officer – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Hugh Caffery, Valentine Chemicals – Lockport, LA

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD SPONSORS:

($3,501 – $5,000)

  • Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge/Charles Lamar Family Foundation
  • The Late Jackie Wesley, A. Wesley’s Funeral Home – Maringouin, LA
  • The Late Brother James Fluence – Lutcher, LA

DOVE AWARD SPONSORS:

($2,501 – $3,500)

HUMANITARIAN AWARD SPONSORS:

($1,501 – $2,500)

  • CF Industries, Jackie McCreary Community Relations Manager – Donaldsonville, LA

DIRECTOR’S GUILD SPONSORS:

($501 – $1,500)

  • Dodson & Hooks, Kenneth “Kenny” Hooks – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Dr. Vellanki, St. James Primary Care – Gramercy, LA
  • ExxonMobil Baton Rouge, Kelly S. Welch, Public & Government Affairs Advisor – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge, Nick Pentas, Co-Owner & GM – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Nalco An Ecolab Company – Garyville, LA
  • Pearl Turner
  • Jarvis Antwine, Antwine Law Firm – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Guitar Center #711, Bryan Kerlec, Store Manager – Harahan, LA
  • Bradley Egenberg, Egenberg Trial Lawyers – New Orleans, LA
  • Paul Rainwater, Rainwater Consulting President – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Joseph H. Jolissaint, esq., Attorney at Law & MyWorkComp.com – Baton Rouge, LA
  • The Krewe of Muses, c/o Katherine Conklin, Chairwoman – New Orleans, LA

CONTRIBUTORS:

($301 – $500)

  • Diamond Patel-Sherrod – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Don R. Williams, Law Offices of Don R. Williams – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Safe, Hopeful Healthy BR, Mayor-President Sharon Weston-Broome – Baton Rouge, LA
  • OfficerReports.com, Courtney Sparkman, CEO & Founder – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Rev. Dr. Gordon J. Taylor – New Sarpy, LA
  • Efforts of Grace, Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center, Asali Ecclesiastes, Executive Director – New Orleans, LA
  • The Baton Rouge Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Foundation, Clay Young Chairman & Lt. L’Jean McKneely – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Linetta Gilbert, Gilbert & Associates, LLC – New Orleans, LA
  • Greg Veron, Veron’s Supermarket – Lutcher, LA
  • C. Diane Fluker – Bloomington, IL
  • Leandre Millet, Millet Law Office, LLC – LaPlace, LA
  • Law Offices of Rosalyn Ruffin-Duley – LaPlace, LA
  • Mrs. Lola Kimble Green – Lottie, LA
  • Alita Robertson King, He Speaks Publications – Grosse Tete, LA
  • LaTasha Chatman-Johnson, Keller Williams Realty RedStick, Realtor – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Guaranty Bank, Summer Smith Marketing Manager – New Roads, LA  
  • Joseph Stewart, Battle Creek Community Foundation – Battle Creek, MI  
  • Judge Keyojuan G. Turner, 23rd JDC, ES , Div. E – Gonzales, LA 
  • Stacey Berry – Darrow, LA
  • Gwendolyn Collins-Greenup, Greenup Law, LLC – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Brian LaFleur, BJL Group, LLC CEO – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Sheleen Jones, Art by Sheleen Jones – New Orleans, LA  
  • Allen V. Davis, Allen V. Davis & Associates – Gonzales, LA  MOVED
  • John Gray, Continuum Music & Jazz Musician – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Cooper’s A/C Clyde Cooper – St. James, LA
  • Rhett Spano, esq., Law Office of Attorney Rhett Spano – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Allan Berger, esq., Allan Berger & Associates – New Orleans, LA  
  • Dr. Kinesha Harris, PhD, Southern University Asst. Professor of Chemistry – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Divya Jeswant, esq., Tax Attorney & Loyola University Adjunct Professor of Law – New Orleans, LA  
  • Dr. Christopher Butler, Lit Smiles Pediatric Dentistry – Baton Rouge, LA  
  • Carmen Spooner, Innercore Management – Baton Rouge, LA 
  • Lambert Boissiere, III – New Orleans, LA
  • Jack Harris, Pelican State Realty – Laplace, LA
  • Jency Hogan, EYE WANDER – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Boutique Dopage, Juanisha Hart, Owner – Gonzales, LA 
  • B & B Trailers, Brock Taylor, Owner – Gonzales, LA
  • Humanities AMPED, Dexter Jackson Executive Director – Baton Rouge, LA 
  • Duplessis Builders, Derek Duplessis – Gonzales, LA 
  • Dustin Granger, Generation Wealth – Lake Charles, LA
  • B. Shane Guin, High Tide Consultants, LLC – Thibodaux, LA
  • Dedrick Moore, Law Office of Dedrick Moore – Baton Rouge, LA

“FRIENDS OF JAVON OPHELIA BUTLER, MPA”:

LOUISIANA STATE SENATORS

 

  • Louisiana State Senator Eddie J. Lambert, District 18 – Gonzales, LA
  • Senator Regina Ashford – Barrow, Louisiana State Senator District 15 & Senate President Pro-Tempore – Baton Rouge, LA

 

LOUISIANA STATE REPRESENTATIVES

 

  • Louisiana State Representative Adrian Fisher, District 16 – Monroe, LA
  • Louisiana State Representative Joseph Orgeron, District 54 – Larose, LA
  • Louisiana State Representative Chad Brown, District 60 – Plaquemine, LA
  • Representative Barbara Reich-Freiberg, Louisiana State Representative, District 70 – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Representative Gregory Miller Louisiana State Representative, 56th District – Destrehan, LA
  • Representative Kathy Edmonston, Louisiana State Representative, District 88 – Gonzales, LA
  • Rep. C. Denise Marcelle, Louisiana State Representative, District 61 – Baton Rouge, LA

 

ASCENSION PARISH

 

  • Kemlyn Bailey Lomas, Mayoral Candidate for the City of Gonzales, Gonzales, LA
  • Trevis Fernandez, Candidate for City of Donaldsonville, Council District 4 – Donaldsonville, LA
  • Ascension Parish Councilman Joel Robert, District 2 – Gonzales, LA
  • Ascension Parish Councilman Travis Turner, District 3 – Gonzales, LA
  • Christie Mayeux, Justice of the Peace, 2nd Justice Court – Prairieville, LA
  • City of Gonzales Councilman Kirk  Boudreaux – Gonzales, LA
  • Chief Sherman Jackson, City of Gonzales Police Chief – Gonzales, LA
  • Robert “Bear” Williams, Candidate for Gonzales Police Chief – Gonzales, LA

 

ASSUMPTION PARISH

 

  • Assumption Parish Police Juror Chris Carter, Ward 6 – Paincourtville, LA

 

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH

 

  • Matthew Vallien, Jr., Candidate for U. S. Representative 5th Congressional District – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Niles Haymer, Candidate for City Judge City Court, Division C, City of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Brittany Bryant Jorden, Candidate for City Judge City Court, Division C, City of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Honorable Chief Judge John Michael Guidry, Louisiana Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, Second District & Candidate for Louisiana Supreme Court – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Honorable Judge Gail Grover, Juvenile Court, Election Section 2B – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Hon. Gail Horne Ray, Candidate for District Judge 19th JDC ES2, Division G – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Late Councilwoman Ronnie Edwards-Baton Rouge Metro Council, District 5
  • East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome – Baton Rouge, LA
  •  Councilman Cleve Dunn, East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Councilman, District 6 – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Councilman Aaron Moak, East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Councilman, District 4 – Greenwell Springs, LA
  • Councilman Darryl Hurst, East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Councilman, District 5 – Baton Rouge, LA

 

IBERVILLE PARISH

 

  • Councilman Freddie Carl Frazier, Sr., Iberville Parish Council District 4 – St. Gabriel, LA
  • Mayor Lionel Johnson, Jr., City of St. Gabriel – St. Gabriel, LA
  • Chief Mike Sparks, Chief of Police Village of Rosedale – Rosedale, LA
  • Kyle Grace, DSCC Member – 60th Representative District, Office “B” – St. Gabriel, LA
  • Calvin Andre, Candidate for Alderman Village of Rosedale – Rosedale, LA

 

ORLEANS PARISH

 

  • Mary Anne Mushatt, OPDEC DISTRICT A –New Orleans, LA
  • Beverly Richard, OPDEC District A – New Orleans, LA
  • Ronald Coleman, OPDEC District B – New Orleans, LA
  • Jonathan Stewart, OPDEC DISTRICT B Board Chair – New Orleans, LA
  • Edward Robinson, OPDEC DISTRICT C – New Orleans, LA
  • Edwin Shorty, Jr., OPDEC DISTRICT C – New Orleans, LA
  • Candice Taylor, OPDEC DISTRICT A – New Orleans, LA

 

 

ST. JAMES PARISH

 

  • Sheriff Willy J. Martin (ret.), St. James Parish Sheriff – Convent, LA
  • Glenn Waguespack, St. James Parish Assessor, Convent, LA
  • St. James Parish President, Honorable Pete Dufresne – Paulina, LA
  • Former Councilman Clyde Cooper, St. James Parish Council Member – St. James, LA
  • Councilman Ryan Louque, St. James Parish Council Member – Hester, LA
  • Mayor Patrick St. Pierre, Town of Lutcher – Lutcher, LA
  • Town of Lutcher Alderman Thomas George – Lutcher, LA
  • Sheriff Claude Louis, Jr., St. James Parish Sheriff – Convent, LA
  • Nathaniel  Jones, St. James Parish DPEC, District 2 – Lutcher, LA

 

ST. JOHN PARISH

 

  • Jennifer Frizzell, St. John the Baptist Parish School Board Member, Dist. 6 – LaPlace, LA

 

LOUISIANA STATE SENATORS

 

  • Sen. Cleo Fields, Candidate for U.S. Representative 6th District – Baton Rouge, LA

 

ASCENSION PARISH

 

  • Deletrieck Dickerson, Candidate for City of Gonzales Council, Div. A – Gonzales, LA
  • Willie Robinson, Candidate for City of Gonzales Council, Div. C – Gonzales, LA

 

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH

 

  • Emile “Sid” Edwards, Candidate East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Marcus Randall, Candidate for EBR Metro Council District 5 – Baton Rouge, LA

 

ST. JAMES PARISH

 

  • Dustin J. Jenkins, Candidate for Town of Gramercy Chief of Police – Gramercy, LA

GRANT AWARDS:

  • Bayou Regional Arts Council, Louisiana Division of the Arts & National Endowment of the Arts – Houma, LA
  • Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge/Charles Lamar Family Foundation – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Nalco An Ecolab Company – Garyville, LA
  • Union Pacific Community Ties Giving Program, Drew Tessier – Baton Rouge, LA
  • Wal-mart Community Impact Grant – 2023 Gonzales, LA & 2024 Donaldsonville, LA
  • New Orleans & Company – New Orleans, LA
  • Jazz & Heritage Foundation Grant – New Orleans, LA