Caddo Parish Commission 505 Travis Street, Government

CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA GOVERNMENT CHAMBERS CONFERENCE ROOM OCTOBER 5, 2017 IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGULAR SESSION

1. ROLL CALL: John Atkins - Chair Jerald Bowman Mario Chavez Lyndon Johnson Doug Dominick Steven Jackson, Ex-Officio

2. INVOCATION:

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

4. AGENDA ADDITIONS:

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Citizens who wish to address the Commission, please fill out a comment card located in the chamber foyer and return to the Chairman or the Clerk of the Commission. Individual comments are limited to 3 minutes

6. NEW BUSINESS:

6.I. Discuss Potential Changes To The IDB Membership

Industrial Development Board Candidates: (5 seats to fill)

Ms. Tanita Gilbert-Baker (Incumbent) Mr. Rickey Hall (Incumbent) Mr. Kyle C. McInnis (Incumbent) Mr. Gard Wayt (Incumbent) Ms. Zazell Dudley (Incumbent) Mr. Curtis R. Joseph, Jr. (Jackson) Dr. John Danzell, III (Linn) Jack C. "Jay" Murrell (Middleton) S. Patrick Crawford (Linnn)

Documents:

RESUME KYLE MCINNIS.PDF RESUME_PATRICKCRAWFORD.PDF CURTIS JOSEPH.PDF DR._JOHN_DANZELL_III_RESUME - JULY 2017.PDF JCM COMMUNITY.PDF KYLE MCINNIS.PDF RICKEY HALL.PDF TANITA GILBERT-BAKER.PDF IDB LETTER.PDF

7. ADJOURN: CADDO PARISH COMMISSION 505 TRAVIS STREET, GOVERNMENT PLAZA PUBLIC NOTICE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA GOVERNMENT CHAMBERS CONFERENCE ROOM OCTOBER 5, 2017 IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGULAR SESSION

1. ROLL CALL: John Atkins - Chair Jerald Bowman Mario Chavez Lyndon Johnson Doug Dominick Steven Jackson, Ex-Officio

2. INVOCATION:

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

4. AGENDA ADDITIONS:

5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:

6. NEW BUSINESS:

6.I. Discuss Potential Changes To The IDB Membership

Industrial Development Board Candidates: (5 seats to fill)

Documents:

7. ADJOURN: KYLE C. McINNIS 333 Texas Street, Suite 450 Shreveport, LA 71101

EMPLOYMENT:

Kean Miller LLP, 2014 – Present Partner Business and Corporate, Tax, and Estate Planning Sections - Act as lead counsel for complex commercial transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, asset and ownership interest sales, corporate divisions, management buy outs, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, and private security placements - Advise family businesses with regard to governance issues, ownership disputes, and succession planning - Advise clients regarding estate planning

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, APLC, 2003-2013 Shareholder & Associate Attorney

Professional Memberships and Certifications: Tax Law Specialist and Estate Planning and Administration Specialist certified under the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, Member of Louisiana Bar Association, Member of the Executive Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Corporate and Business Law Section, Louisiana Estate Planning and Administration Specialization Advisory Committee (Exam Chair – 2012 - 2014, Secretary - 2015, Vice-Chair - 2016); frequent speaker on tax, corporate, and estate planning topics.

Professional Honors: Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), listed in The Best Lawyers in America for estate and tax law since 2012, named The Best Lawyers in America’s Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” in 2013 and 2015, named The Best Lawyers in America’s Tax “Lawyer of the Year” in 2016, listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2012, AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell.

Legislative Contributions: Principal author of Louisiana Revised Statute Section 12:1308.3, enacted in 2012, and the 2014 revisions to Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Section 3191 dealing with digital accounts. EDUCATION:

New York University School of Law - New York, NY Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation, May 2003

Washington & Lee School of Law - Lexington, VA Juris Doctor, May 2002

The University of Georgia - Athens, GA Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, May 1999 Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma, Golden Key Honor Society

CIVIC SERVICE: - Past Chairman, Independence Bowl Foundation, 2015 - Past Chairman, Sci-Port Discovery Center, 2013-2014 - Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana - Board of Directors, Norwela Council of the Boy Scouts of America - Founding Board Member, Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Initiative - Past Board Member, Northwest Louisiana Interfaith Pharmacy - Graduate of Council for a Better Louisiana’s Leadership Louisiana Program, 2009 - Shreveport Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40, 2008

CORPORATE BOARDS: - Director, Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company

PERSONAL: Married to wife, Molly, with three children ages 9, 5, and 5. S. Patrick Crawford 611 Ontario St.  Shreveport, LA 71106  (318) 422-9893  [email protected]

MARKETING RELATED EXPERIENCE

 ReachLocal; Shreveport, Louisiana (July 2009-July 2011, May 2014-Present) Plano, TX (July 2011-May 2014)

National Brand Manager (February 2014-Present)  Responsible for cultivating a consultative relationship with National Brand clients at both the corporate and franchise level, creating and implementing optimal marketing strategies.  Assess client needs according to their online marketing goals while delivering exceptional client service to drive retention and growth. Solely responsible for over $500,000 in monthly revenue.  Develop training and continuing education for team while creating standardized processes to help them more efficiently manage key accounts.  Lead teams in both Shreveport as well as a remotely in Plano, TX.

Senior Manager, Vertical Services - Healthcare (March 2013-February 2014)  Managed team of Campaign Professionals whose responsibilities include: monitoring and improving the performance of campaigns across entire suite of products, analyzing trends within the Healthcare vertical and applying learnings to improve client retention.  Responsible for the monitoring and growth over 1,600 ReachSearch campaigns.  Accountable for the development and rollout of the Services team for the Healthcare vertical.

Manager, Web Presence Professionals (July 2011-March 2013)  Managed team of Web Presence Professionals whose responsibilities include: improving customers’ online reputation, increasing advertisers’ web presence and engaging potential customers for our clients through social media.  Additional duties included oversight of over 300 ReachCast campaigns to help improve renewal percentage of those accounts.  Supervised special projects and continued process development as ReachCast product is within its first year.  Grew retention over 25% during tenure, producing the highest retaining regions within the department.

Manager, Customer Advocacy (April 2010-July 2011)  Managed team of Customer Advocates whose responsibilities include: handling financial inquiries, investigating credits for accounts and managing contract cancellation requests. The team was also charged with measuring customer sentiment and trend analysis in order to pinpoint potential issues.  Handled all escalated requests including Better Business Bureau complaints and premium advertiser contractual cancellations.  Developed processes to help decrease the number of billing issues within the company. Vastly improved the overall resolution times for all financial and contractual inquiries.

Campaign Performance Analyst (July 2009-April 2010)  Initial Campaign Performance Analyst during the pilot phase of the division. The Campaign Performance team was green lit after the success of the pilot. It is now a department over 65 people.  Helped develop the overall direction of the Campaign Performance team during its pilot phase including process development and rollout strategy.  Managed the performance of over 50 accounts in three separate sales offices. Monitored trends to help improve performance while developing relationships with the advertisers in order to increase customer sentiment.

 DRIGGERS OUTDOOR; Ruston, Louisiana (July 2008-July 2009)

Account Representative  Assisted agency’s principal with the development of an LED sign division.  Responsibilities include the development of the business and marketing plan for the new product line as well as being responsible for the feature purchase, sales and installation of the signs.  Additional duties included multiple trips to China to research numerous manufacturing facilities and develop business relationships with potential suppliers.

EDUCATION Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; December 2007 Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication - Advertising MINOR: Business and History

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

 Member of Ad Fed (LSU Chapter)  Member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity – Rush Chair  Alumnus Advisor of the Mu-Omicron Chapter of Kappa Sigma  University Honors – Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Fall 2007

3-Time ReachLocal Star Award Nominee National Student Advertising Competition (April 2007)  Represented LSU as Account Executive in the development of an integrated marketing campaign for the Coca Cola Classic brand to be presented at the National Student Advertising Competition.  Elected to the presentation team by the senior class.

John D. Danzell III, M.D.

July, 2017

To whom it may concern,

My unique professional experience and educational background can make me a strong asset for any team. I am eager to cultivate strong relationships and opportunities spanning health care, real estate development, entertainment development, and humanitarian outreach in underserved communities.

Allow me to share a few highlights from my qualifications:

 I am a Doctor of Medicine, with a past match to The Oschner Clinic in General Surgery  Years of valuable experience as a corporate executive during an economic recession  Knowledge base encompassing: comprehensive business, medical, marketing, and scientific expertise  Sold intellectual property concepts, to 100 individual investors to raise 3/4 of a million $’s for use in preconstruction development of a long term project.  Sold local, state, and federal politicians and government organizations on the benefits of offering their complete support.  Sold executives of major corporations on the mutual benefits of brand partnerships  Was consulted to construct and manage operations of a MicroVas Rehab clinic, and built it up to over 30 thousand $ in monthly profit.  Gained medical sales experience from marketing and sales for a wide array of medical products and services.  Key skills: Varied communication, facilitation, and negotiation experience; Adaptable decision making and problem solving as an assertive team leader, a flexible team member, or as an individual; Effective organization and time management; Creating and giving presentations, and training subordinates; Excellent computer and internet proficiency; Client, political, and community relations; Documentation and writing, both structured and elaborate.

The opportunity to lend my expertise to your group would be a great match for both of us. I am looking forward to further discussing how my comprehensive expertise in the medical arena and corporate America aligns with your group’s current needs. My contact info is as follows:

Mobile (318) 560-0562 Email [email protected]

Sincerely,

John D. Danzell III, MD

Enclosure: resume

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John D. Danzell III, M.D.

329 Millicent Way, Shreveport, LA 71106 Home Phone: (318) 861-3547; Mobile Phone: (318) 560-0562 Email: [email protected]

Background information:

Career Profile & Mission Statement: I am a dynamic professional who has gained valuable experience working with others to fight the life and death battles of the medical arena, and to navigate the boardrooms of corporate America. My personal mission is to utilize the meticulous and methodical evidence-based analysis, widely employed to combat the diseases of the human body, to discover and implement innovative interventions to counteract the cancers of society. My experiences as a visionary executive, physician, writer, and artist have collectively yielded me a highly capable leader, coupling a rigid scientific perspective with one of looking outside the box.

Strengths and Skills: I bring a diverse knowledge base and unique skills set to any task: Comprehensive business, medical, and scientific knowledge; Varied communication, facilitation, and negotiation experience; Adaptable decision making and problem solving as an assertive team leader, a flexible team member, or as an individual; Effective organization and time management; Creating and giving presentations, and training subordinates; Excellent computer and internet proficiency; Client, political, and community relations; Documentation and writing, both structured and elaborate.

Work Experience:

May 2017 – Present: Marketing Consultant/ Writer , Get Up Inc.,: Get Up Inc,. is a local nonprofit organization, founded in 2004, to enhance the ‘Quality of Life’ standard in under-served communities throughout Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana, by building sustainable human infrastructure. I am assisting the organization in launching a cultural empowerment publication in fall of 2017, to acknowledge and celebrate African-American Achievements in NW Louisiana; Past, Present, and Future.

September 2015 – Present: President/CEO, Nirvana Medical Consulting LLC: Nirvana Medical Consulting was founded to market a wide array of Medical Ancillary Services to hospitals and area medical professionals, with a specific focus of promoting progression within the healthcare infrastructure catering to the minority and underserved communities.

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August 2015 – Present: Executive Administrator to the President, LMA (Louisiana Medical Association): The LMA is the Louisiana affiliate of the National Medical Association. I am working closely with the President of the organization to help restructure and rebrand this nonprofit association for minority health professionals and their patient populations.

May 2006 – Present: President/ CEO, Imaginary Innovations Corp. (IIC): Lead all aspects of corporate structure development and growth, operations, marketing, and fundraising for (IIC) and the Imaginary Innovations Foundation (IIF); also negotiated local, state, and federal political support, and negotiated corporate partnerships/sponsorships for (IIC)’s inaugural development project, with brands such as National Geographic, Coca Cola, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. After assembling the management team for (IIC), also worked alongside the development project’s executive producer, to assemble the brand’s future management team. Promoted an atmosphere of resilience and determination at (IIC), to help progressively pursue major commercial financing during the recent domestic economic downturn. Aggressively lead quest to identify emerging markets for International brand expansion, and negotiated a joint venture agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for future developments.

July 2007 – Present (PRN- as needed): Outside Medical Consultant, Law Offices of Attorney Carl Henry Franklin: Performed medical record review for a wide range of cases involving personal injury provided medical case management services in cases of worker’s compensation and catastrophic injury; real world experience in life care planning with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputations, multiple trauma and other disabling conditions as well as chronic illnesses such as cancer care and cardiac disease. Provided expertise in care management services for individuals and their families affected by catastrophic injury and chronic illness including end of life legal planning; as well as case screening, chronologies and summaries, and expert nursing testimony as needed.

July 2007 – Present (PRN- as needed): Assistant Ringside Physician, USA Amateur Boxing Association: Assisted as a ringside physician working alongside a licensed M.D. at local youth boxing events in Shreveport, where I performed pre-fight physicals for the youth boxers, assessed boxers following knock outs or bad cuts, and also performed post fight clearance examinations.

August 2006 – August 2007: Director of Rehab Medicine, Daniels Family Medical Center:

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Helped to construct and manage operations of MicroVas Rehab clinic; trained staff; and performed detailed histories and physical exams to evaluate patients for neuro- muscular and vascular rehabilitation treatment.

May 2005 – August 2005: Administrative Consultant, Oasis Integrated Medical Services: Assisted in review and audit of (JCAHO) standards manual for (JCAHO) agency site visit of August 1st and 2nd, 2005. The Mental Health Rehabilitation Agency would meet all standards of compliance by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

March 2004 – March 2006: Mental Health Skills Trainer, Oasis Integrated Medical Services: Mentored chronically mentally ill children; teaching them essential life skills necessary to minimize the effects of chronic mental illness on one’s ability to perform activities of daily living; and to minimize psychiatric hospital admissions and stays.

May 2001 – August 2001: Laboratory Research Assistant, Tulane University: Conducted research with Department of Evolutionary and Ecological Biology; Tulane University concerning the effects of weight loading on animal locomotion and subsequently the effects of perch diameter.

Education:

Fall of 2002 – spring of 2006: Graduate/ Medical Education - LSUHSC: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine – Shreveport, Louisiana, Conferred for degree, Doctor of Medicine

Fall of 1998 – spring of 2002: Undergraduate Education – XULA: Xavier University of Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana Conferred for degree, Bachelor of Science (Major in Biology Premed, Minor in chemistry, Honors designations in English and History)

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School Awards & Membership in Honorary/ Professional Societies:

Awards: At (LSUHSC) was elected Class Social Chairman, and received a Class Officer Achievement Award – for being instrumental in creating the first ever student feedback presentation to the Medical School’s Curriculum Council. At (XULA), was named a Howard Hughes Biomedical Honor Scholar, and received the Biomedical Superstar Award

Honorary Memberships: At (XULA), was into Alpha Epsilon Delta National Premedical Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, and Alpha Kappa Mu Xavier Honor Society

Professional Memberships: A member of the National Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the American College of Surgeons

Other Awards/ Accomplishments:

Omega Psi Phi Good Citizenship Award; James L. Culbertson Award for Outstanding artistic achievement in Louisiana Studies; Several original drawings and paintings displayed at arts festivals and museum exhibitions; Appreciation Award for speaking to high school students at my alma mater (BYRD High School); Team intramural Basketball championship at (Xavier), and Runner-up at (LSUHSC); First place Xavier University Talent Competition (original poetry); Mentor of year – Oasis Integrated Medical Services

References:

Available upon request

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Jack C. “Jay” Murrell, Jr. 4640 Fern Avenue Shreveport, LA 71105

Vitae:

DOB: February 28, 1949

Shreveport, LA

Married, Lisa Methvin, three (3) children, six (6) grabdchildren

Education:

Jesuit High School, Shreveport 1968

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville BA (English & Journalism), 1972

Tulane University MLA coursework (incomplete), 1986-88

Loyola, New Orleans Graduate coursework 1986

Southern University, Shreveport Aircraft Maintenance Technology Received FAA Completion Certificate 2013-2015

LSU Shreveport Graduate coursework 2015

Work

Insurance sales 1972-1978

Independent Landman 1978-2012 Resume, Page 2

Jack C. “Jay” Murrell, Jr. 4640 Fern Avenue Shreveport, LA 71105

Classroom teacher, Loyola College Prep 2015-2016

Pintail Roofing, LLC ( residential and commercial roofing contractors. establish 2016 with son Val Murrell) CEO, 2016-present

Community:

East Shreveport Rotary Club Business Exchange, Inc. Shreveport Yacht Club Knights of Columbus

Past public service:

Caddo Parish Commission, Dist. 4-appointed to fill unexpired term 1993

Mayor's Bond Committee 2002

Republican State Central Committee

Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee

Church:

Parishioner St Joseph Catholic Church, Choir

Taught 7-8th grade Sunday school at St Catherine’s 6 years.