Leadership

The St. George's Board of Trustees is made up of individuals who collectively bring together a wide experience in business, law, medicine, education, volunteerism and other professions to provide governance of the school. The Board of Trustees is headed by an Executive Committee that meets monthly. This group consists of the following members: the Head of School, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board, as well as the Parents Group President.

Annie Michaels, Board Chair

Annie is a current StG parent and serves as our Chair of the Board of Trustees. She is the President of ARB Meetings and Events, a meeting planning firm that specializes in large scale association conferences and corporate meetings across the US. She is also the Vice President of Business Development at Focus Medical Communications. Anne and her husband, Wes, are the parents of St. George's second and third graders.

Krystil Lawton, Vice Chair

Krystil Borrouso Lawton, an attorney, is the author of Louisiana Supreme Court Reports, a monthly digest of all opinions issued by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Subscribers to the digest include attorneys, judges, state agencies, law schools, the Louisiana Law Library, the Louisiana House and Senate, and all Louisiana courts of appeal. She also co-authors the Daily Commentary for the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit (covering Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) and serves as its social media editor, “tweeting” on behalf of the Bar Association about every published Fifth Circuit opinion. Krystil previously served as St. George’s as interim Director of Development. In 2019 she was President of the Parents Group. She and her husband, Joe, have three children. The youngest is a graduate of St. George's class of 2019.

Joshua Provosty, Treasurer

Joshua Provosty is currently the Vice President and Commercial Relationship Manager with Red River Bank. He is a nineteen-year veteran of the Commercial Banking Sector, following in his father James V. Provosty's footsteps (a 40 year veteran of this industry locally and nationally). In addition to serving St. George's Episcopal School as a trustee, he is also a member of the school's finance committee, and he has previously served as a member of the Athletic Committee. He and his wife are parents to a St. George's Middle School student.

Veronica Gillispie-Bell, Secretary

Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell is a Board-Certified Obstetrician & Gynecologist who practices at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Gillispie-Bell also serves as the Director of Quality for Women’s Services for the Ochsner Health System and is the Medical Director of the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative and the Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review. She also serves as the co-lead for the Ochsner Physician Diversity and Inclusion Council and is on the Ochsner Xavier Center of Health Equity steering committee. She has received many accolades and awards for her clinical and community efforts. She is married to Troy Bell, Esquire and is the mother to 7-year old Gregory Crenshaw, Jr who is in 3rd grade at St. George's.

Larry Closs

Larry Closs, owner of MaxHome®, graduated from Tulane University and the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management Program (OPM). He resides in Uptown New Orleans with his wife Amy and 2 children, Lilly and Eric. He is past-chair of Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, and founding member of Baths for the Brave – a nationwide initiative that provides bathrooms for veterans. Larry also sits on private boards, invests in Louisiana start-ups, and guest lectures in MBA programs. Larry also serves on the St. George's Marketing Committee.

Larry’s wide-ranging business experience includes leading an automotive insurance agency with 5 locations, founding a direct response advertising & marketing agency, and establishing multiple regional home improvement companies that were placed ten times on the INC 5000 list--once named the fastest growing construction company in the country.

Chris Coffin

Chris Coffin is an attorney and registered nurse who practices law in the areas of pharmaceutical, medical device and health insurance litigation with Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP in New Orleans. In addition to his law practice, Chris is a partner in CST Land Developers, LLC, a property development company that develops multi-family apartment complexes. He and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of a St. George’s Middle School student.

Gia DiLeo Emerson

Gia DiLeo-Emerson is the founder and owner of Green To Go, a local healthy food restaurant with two locations. Gia, originally from California, was a trial lawyer in Chicago prior to her move to New Orleans. Green to Go has provided healthy food options for several StG events including Faculty Appreciation events, the Holiday Book Fair, and the Spring Dinner.

Gia and her husband, Dr. Noah Emerson, are the parents of Asher and Auden, 5th and 7th grades, respectively, at St. George’s.

Lauren Flower

Lauren Flower is a stay-at-home parent to her three children and step-daughter and is also an active volunteer. Lauren's professional background includes marketing and public relations work for local government and private businesses, as well as residential real estate development. She maintains a consulting business to continue work in these areas part-time. Lauren has served as a St. George's room parent (2017), chair of the Soiree' Auction (2017) and Vice President of the Parents Group (2018-19). In addition to serving as a trustee, Lauren is also a member of the school's Marketing Committee. Lauren and her husband Ken's son, Hank, is in second grade at St. George's.

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Jon Leit

Jonathan Leit is a real estate developer and urban planner, and has worked as the Director of the New Orleans office of Alembic Community Development since 2007. In this role he redevelops historic buildings and vacant properties in under-invested neighborhoods to create affordable housing, nonprofit facilities and commercial spaces. He is currently serving as the Chair of St. George's Facilities & Master Planning Committee. Jonathan and his wife, Jennifer Coleman, have two daughters in the Lower School.

Samantha Murrah Berman

Samantha Murrah-Morris is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), currently serving as the Acquisition Supervisor for Service Corporation International (SCI). Apart from her work as a CPA, Samantha also serves as a Louisiana licensed Realtor with McEnery Residential, LLC, a boutique real estate brokerage in New Orleans. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University (LSU) and a Master of Accountancy from the Brock School of Business, Samford University. Samantha has served as Room Parent, Charleston Wrap Co-Chair and Chair (2018-2020), a member of the Food Committee for the Annual Soiree & Auction (2017-2019), and a member of the Parent Search Committee for Head of School. She is also involved with the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), serving as a member of Young Fellows and a member of the volunteer Committee and is a young benefactor of the National World War II Museum (WWII).

Nina Pugh

Nina Pugh is a lawyer and served as General Counsel to Planet Beach Franchising Corporation, an international franchisor based in Marrero, LA, where she handled regulatory compliance, contracts and franchisee disputes in litigation and arbitration. She has been involved in St. George's programming in many ways, having served as a Room Parent and hosted various events in her home. She served as Parents Group President for the 2019-2020 school year and is currently serving as Parents Group Vice President. Nina and her husband Larry have three children at St. George's in the Early Childhood and Lower School divisions.

Will Shelton

Dr. William J. Shelton, aka “Dr. Will,” is a New Orleans native who returned to the city he loves to give back to the community that gave so much to him. As a Holy Cross alumnus, Dr. Will went on to graduate from Xavier University of Louisiana '06 with a degree in Chemistry. He completed his Doctorate in Dentistry training at Howard University College of Dentistry '10. From a young age, dentistry has and continues to be Dr. Will’s passion as he strives for perfection in his field by attending courses in cosmetic dentistry, implant dentistry, endodontics, and sedation dentistry. Dr. Will, along with his wife Dr. Lex, formed and established their own practice in 2013, Tulane Family Dentistry. Dr. Will has practiced Dentistry for 11 years strong and aspires to lead his community to focus on health awareness. Dr. Will’s focus is education and empowerment, so patients have a comfort and a sense of enjoyment when going to the dentist. Dr. Will is married to Dr. Alexis Russell and they have four beautiful children together who all attend StG, starting in 2015: Aubrie (4th Grade), Anya (2nd Grade) , Ashton (PK-4), and Austin (PK-4). He enjoys family time, traveling, running, and rooting on LSU and The Saints.

Nicole Siegel

Nicole is a Senior Pilates Instructor at Uncle Joe's Pilates Studio. She has served as a St. George's room parent (2016), class captain for the St. George's Annual Fund (2017), co-chair of the Annual Fund for three years (2018,2019, 2020), a member of the St. George's development committee (2018, 2019), and development chair for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years. Nicole and her husband, Josh, have a son, Julian, in 4th grade at St. George's.

Laura Wilt

Laura Wilt is the System Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Ochsner Health System. Laura joined Ochsner in 2013 as the AVP of Clinical Systems and was promoted to the Chief Information Officer in 2016. She served as the Kindergarten class captain for the Annual Fund for St. George's, the school’s annual giving campaign. She served as Parents Group President for 2020-21 and 2021-22. Laura and her husband, Jonathan, have three children, two of them are at St. George’s in the Lower School.

Alex Breckinridge '95, Ex-Officio

Alex Breckinridge serves as Ex-Officio of the Board of Trustees. Alex is a lawyer and partner in the New Orleans law firm of Jones Walker LLP, where he specializes in securities and corporate governance litigation, as well as advising clients on compliance with anti-corruption laws, trade sanctions and export/import regulations. Alex is a St. George's alumnus, graduating in the class of 1995. He and his wife Kirsten have two children at St. George's in the Lower and Middle School.

Dr. Joseph Kreutziger, Ex-Officio

Dr. Joseph Kreutziger graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School in New Orleans before attending the University of the South at Sewanee, where he received his BA in English. He holds a Masters Degree and Doctorate in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Kreutziger started his career in education at St. George's in 1993, teaching English and Physical Education in the Middle School. He now serves as St. George's Head of School and is a member of the Board's Executive Committee.