Julia is currently serving as Milne’s 1st Vice President since 2018. She also serves on Milne’s Risk Management Committee and is the Chairman of the Governance Committee.

Gay has served on the board since 2004 and is currently serving as 2nd Vice President since 2023. She also serves on Milne’s Fund Development, Legislative, Buildings and Grounds, and Finance Committees.

Gay grew up in Virginia. She has served on the Friends of the Cabildo Board, Louisiana State Museum Board and was Auction Chairman at WYES. Gay currently works with Milne’s Building and Grounds, Garden, and Lobbying Committee’s.

Personal Info: Gay now lives in Louisiana. She has 3 grown children and 1 grandchild.

Hobbies: Enjoys gardening

Connie is currently serving as Milne’s Secretary since 2020. She also is the Chairman of the Fund Development Committee.

Linda has been on the Milne Board since 1980 with the exception of 2010 to 2014. She served as Milne’s Board President for three periods (1994 – 1997, 2002 – 2003, 2005 – 2009), as well as in other board officer positions, and was instrumental in settling the home in Mississippi temporarily after Hurricane Katrina. Linda is a Principal Consultant with Environmental Resource Management in Metairie, Louisiana, who specializes in environmental permitting for and compliance with the Clean Air Act. She also had a career with Chevron for 27 years, worked for Trinity Consultants, and for Shell at the Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Norco, Louisiana for eight years, serving as Environmental Manager for most of that period.

Personal Info: Linda currently resides in Mandeville where she raised her three sons. She is a chemical engineer from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was born in Seattle, Washington, grew up in Austin, Texas, and lived in New Orleans for twenty years prior to moving to Mandeville. She has also lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, London, England, and Berkeley, California.

Hobbies: Enjoys home and garden projects, travel and yoga.

Johanna served as Milne’s President from 2015 – 2017.  She formerly served as 1^st VP, 2^nd VP, and Corresponding/Recording Secretary from 2010 to 2014, and has been on the Milne Board of Directors since 2008. 

Johanna has retired from the practice of law.   Prior to her retirement, she worked for Gilsbar as Loss Prevention Counsel in their Contracts and Compliance Department.   She also worked as a law clerk for Judge James Gulotta at the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and for Judge Parlan McKenna at the United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges.  Johanna also worked for an insurance defense firm, Rice, Fowler, Kingsmill, Vance & Flint, representing Lloyds of London and other excess insurers.  

Johanna recently served on the Northshore Community Foundation Board for three years, and in 2018 was recognized as one of 50 Women of the Year by New Orleans City Business for helping move Milne back to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina caused a 10-year relocation to Mississippi.  Johanna insists the entire board helped bring Milne back to Louisiana, and that she just happened to hold the title of President at the time.

Personal Info: Johanna was born in New Orleans, LA and raised in Metairie, LA. She attended LSU in Baton Rouge, and graduated from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans in 1985. Johanna has been married to Timothy Averill for 34 years and has three adult sons, Matthew, Jared and Andre, and one adult daughter, Gabriella.  Johanna also has 2 granddaughters, with another on the way.

Hobbies: Enjoys walking, cycling, reading, and spending time with her family.

Susan has served on the Milne Board since January 2022.

For 30+ years, Susan was in the Hospitality Industry, promoting New Orleans to Associations/Corporations to bring their meeting conventions to the city.

Recently retired , Susan worked as a Senior Account Executive for New Orleans & Company and prior to that, held Convention Sales Management positions with New Orleans Hilton Riverside and New Orleans Marriott Hotels.

Susan currently serves on 2 other non-profit boards in New Orleans and is involved with several community outreach and volunteer programs. She also serves on the Pastoral Council of Holy Name of Jesus with the Social Justice Committee.

Personal Info: Susan is from New Orleans and has a BS from LSU and an MBA from Tulane University. She is a Junior League of New Orleans Sustainer and enjoys participating in their Interior Decorating and Gardening Events. She has been married to her husband Chuck for 29 years.

Hobbies: Enjoys traveling, reading, exercising, and walking.