Please see my complete professional biography at: http://www.sealeross.com/pops/traina.html.

In March 2009, I was appointed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to the Louisiana State Board of Election Supervisors.  The State Board of Election Supervisors serves to review election laws and the conduct of elections within the state.  According to statute, the board is comprised of seven members, including the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general and the commissioner of elections or a designee of the secretary of state, as determined by the secretary of state.  The board also includes one member of the Clerks of Court Association and one member of the Registrars of Voters Association elected by their respective associations to serve.  The remaining member is selected by the Governor from nominations submitted by the presidents of Centenary College, Dillard University, Louisiana College, Loyola University, Tulane University of Louisiana, and Xavier University.  I was nominated by the president of Loyola University.  I am honored to serve on the Board.

In June 2009, I was selected as a member of GNO, Inc.'s New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute Class of 2010.  GNO, Inc. is the regional economic development hub for the ten-parish Greater New Orleans metropolitan area; it serves to coordinate, consolidate, and catalyze economic development initiatives.  The New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute is  a nine-month program designed to enhance personal leadership skills and examine issues central to the advancement of the Greater New Orleans region. The Institute brings together forty business, civic, and community leaders representing all races, genders, industries and communities in the region with a mission to promote regional collaboration by providing a forum for the exchange of diverse viewpoints and a network of relationships.