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Welcome to Northwest Louisiana, a vibrant region of ten parishes with 600,000 residents that boasts a vibrant and diverse economy and offers a desirable mix of both urban and rural settings.  With a top notch multi-modal transportation system, forward-looking leadership and nationally recognized costs of doing business/living, Northwest Louisiana offers competitive sustainable advantages to businesses.

 

The Northwest Louisiana Economic Development Foundation (NLEDF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on marketing the ten parishes of Northwest Louisiana as a competitive and profitable business location and encouraging capital investment and job creation by both existing employers and prospective companies.  The regionally focused foundation was originally formed in 1982 and took on a more regional focus since 2004.  Today, the NLEDF has its own independent board drawn from both the private and public sectors with representatives from nearly every parish.   NLEDF is in the second year of a five year economic development investment campaign, Forward Northwest Louisiana.

 

Whether you are a company or consultant considering the region for investment or an individual or company  seeking more info about our vibrant region or the NLEDF, we wlecome you.  The staff of the NLEDF looks forward to helping you however we can.



Board of Directors

Officers
President                                 Kurt Foreman - NLEDF (ex-officio)
Chairman of the Board          Harold Turner – Red River Bank
Chairman Elect                       Charles Coyle – Coyle Engineering
Treasurer                                 Bill McKellar – Kilpatrick Life Insurance Co. 
Secretary                                 Kyle McDonald- Argent Financial Group
            

Bill Altimus                              Bossier Parish Police Jury

Eric Barkley                            CenterPoint Energy

Ross Barrett                           Louisiana Ventures LLC

Keith Bergeron                       Capital One Bank

Linda Biernacki                       Fire Tech Systems Inc.

John Buske                             Ruston Lincoln Chamber of Commerce/IDC

Keith Crissman                       Regions Bank

Tommy Davis                         Minden City Council (BDI, LLC)

Jim Elrod                                 Willis Knighton Health System

Jim Hagan                               Balar Associates, Inc.

Don Horton                              Premier Management, LLC

John Hubbard                          AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Company

Ryan Kilpatrick                        Community Trust Bank

Charley Kingery                       Wieland Davco Corporation

Randy LaCaze                        City of Natchitoches

Dennis Lower, Ex-Officio      Alliance Northwest Chairman, (BRF)

Dr. Charles Paine                   Christus Schumpert Health Systems

John Peak                               JPMorgan Chase Bank

Todd Phillips                            Frymaster Corporation

Markey Pierre                          Southern Strategies Group

Mickey Prestridge                    Red River Waterway Commission (LSUHSC)

Bruce Roberts                         NW Louisiana Association of Realtors

Reggie Roe                             DeSoto Parish Police Jury

Rev. James Sims                   Caddo Ward II Industrial District

Mayor Eugene Smith              Town of Arcadia

Marty Smith                             CLECO

Janice Sneed                          Southern University - Shreveport

Woody Wilson                         Parish of Caddo

Rosalind Wright                      Town of Many

Pete Zanmiller                         The Shreveport Times




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