Board of Governors

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Shreveport is governed by a group of 21 Shriners from 16 temples, or chapters, representing the hospital's coverage area. Also contributing to this group are the hospital's 27 Emeritus Board members, who have each completed three 3-year appointments to the Board.

If you would like to contact a member of the Shreveport Hospital’s Board of Governors, please contact Mitzi Hughes at 318-226-3300, or mhughes@shrinenet.org.

Chairman
Jerry W. Black
El Karubah Shriners

Vice Chairman
Harvey Johnson
Bedouin Shriners

Treasurer
Raymon S. Busby
Hamasa Shriners

Secretary
Kenneth R. Hunter
Akdar Shriners

Members

John R. Atchley
Jerusalem Shriners

Wyche T. Coleman, MD
El Karubah Shriners

Gary L. Cryer
Habibi Shriners

Ed Durham
El Karubah Shriners

Blake Epps
Scimitar Shriners

Billy J. George
El Karubah Shriners

Walter M. Gilcrease
India Shriners

R. Stuart Lankford
Wahabi Shriners

Thomas E. Liles
Sahara Shriners

Billy O’Neal
El Karubah Shriners

Charles H. Penn, III
El Karubah Shriners

Steve Phelps
Sharon Shriners

John M. Robinson
El Karubah Shriners

Jerry Sicard
Acacia Shriners

Billy Skelton
Abba Shriners

James E. Traylor
Barak Shriners

Baxter F. Wade, Jr.
Joppa Shriners

Emeritus Members

John A. Allen
El Karubah Shriners

John L. Atkinson
El Karubah Shriners

James M. Blackwood
Wahabi Shriners

Stewart Brunhoeber
Habibi Shriners

Les Deam
Sahara Shriners

Jules H. Dreyfuss
El Karubah Shriners

E.L. “Ed” Drummond
Wahabi Shriners

Harold Elliott
Habibi Shriners

John H. Farley, Jr.
Bedouin Shriners

Mickey S. Holland
El Karubah Shriners

Samuel J. Lamkin
Barak Shriners

William P. Lawson
Scimitar Shriners

Palmer R. Long
El Karubah Shriners

E. Louis McGee
El Karubah Shriners

Roland V. McKneeley, Jr.
El Karubah Shriners

Rudolph A. Posey, Sr.
Hamasa Shriners

James E. Rankin
India Shriners

James Ritter
Sharon Shriners

Bill B. Roberston
El Karubah Shriners

Burton E. Ravellette
Sahara Shriners

Robert L. Simmons
Joppa Shriners

Ballard L. Smith
El Karubah Shriners

Charles Sparks
Habibi Shriners

Donald P. Taylor
Akdar Shriners

James Vanderberry
El Karubah Shriners

Jack Williams
Hamasa Shriners

Troy Bryant Yopp, Jr.
El Karubah Shriners