Board members gathered with a mutual passion and mission to offer services to those victimized by human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The Eden Centers Board was formed with each member having their own areas of expertise and experience in the area of nonprofit service and in the population that we serve.
| Kara Van de Carr President, Founder |
Former U.S. Diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica in charge of writing the Trafficking in Persons Report |
| Katherine Green Vice-President, Founder |
Attorney and Former Chair of the Human Trafficking Task Force for the Middle District of Louisiana |
| Gina Rachel, CPA Treasurer |
Partner, EAG Gulf Coast, LLC |
| Erin Luetkemeier Vice-Treasurer |
Community Activist, Business Owner, and former President of New Orleans Junior League |
| Peggy Babin Indest Secretary |
CEO Valmiki Capital, Retired |
| Susie Allen, DrPH, MBA | Director of Research and Education, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners |
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Courtney Freeman |
Principal at Crane Strategies LLC Community Leader and Philanthropist |
| Yvette M. Jones | President, The Jones Group of NOLA |
| Honorable Joy Cossich Lobrano | Judge, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Emily Palit | Community Philanthropist and Volunteer |
| Rev. John Pitzer | Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church |
| Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | Argentine Catholic Bishop and the former Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, based at the Vatican |
HONORARY BOARD
| Stacy Head | Former New Orleans City Councilmember |
| Honorable Karen Herman | Orleans Parish Criminal Court |
| John Krentel, J.D., LCSW | Attorney and Former Chair of the Human Trafficking Task Force for the Middle District of Louisiana |
| Natalie LaBorde | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Corrections |
| Ronal Serpas, Ph.D. | Former New Orleans Chief of Police, member of the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola University |
| Rev. Becca Stevens | Founder of Thistle Farms/Magdalene House in Nashville, TN |
Kara Van de Carr, President, Founder
Former U.S. Diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica in charge of writing the Trafficking in Persons Report
Katherine Green
Katherine Green, Vice-President, Founder
Attorney and Former Chair of the Human Trafficking Task Force for the Middle District of Louisiana
Gina Rachel, CPA, Treasurer
Tax Director at Postlewaite & Netterville, APAC
Erin Luetkemeier, Vice-Treasurer
Community Activist, Business Owner, and former President of New Orleans Junior League
Peggy Babin Indest, Secretary Vice
CEOof Valmiki Capital, Retired
Susie Allen, DrPH, MBA
Consultant to Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Courtney Freeman
Community Leader and Philanthropist
Yvette M. Jones
President, The Jones Group of NOLA
Kara McQueen-Borden, JD
Licensing Associate at Tulane University
Honorable Joy Lobrano
Judge, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Emily Palit
Community Philanthropist and Volunteer
Rev. John Pitzer
Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church
HONORARY BOARD
Stacy Head
Former New Orleans City Councilmember
Honorable Karen Herman
Orleans Parish Criminal Court
John Krentel, J.D., LCSW
Attorney and Former Chair of the Human Trafficking Task Force for the Middle District of Louisiana
Natalie LaBorde
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Corrections
Ronal Serpas, Ph.D.
Former New Orleans Chief of Police, member of the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola University
Rev. Becca Stevens
Founder of Thistle Farms/Magdalene House in Nashville, TN
Rev. Mitchell Smith
Rector, St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church, Columbia, SC
Former Associate Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church