In March 2007, Molly Reid, staff writer for the Times-Picayune, wrote an article about what she called "Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals." Thousands of young people had moved to New Orleans to help with the relief effort and needed a way to connect with the locals who were doing their own rebuilding. The mission of the NOLA YURP Initiative was to build a support and resource network to connect, retain and attract young professionals from diverse backgrounds for a sustainable New Orleans

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NOLA YURP Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chairman

Gill Benedek, Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN)

gill.benedek@gmail.com

Secretary

Coretta LaGarde, New Olrleans Council on Aging

cgrant@nocoa.org

Treasurer

Amber Seely, Volunteers of America

ASeely@voagno.org

General Counsel

Victoria Gallo, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P.

victoria.a.gallo@gmail.com

Past Board Chair

Zach Kupperman

zhkupp@gmail.com

Directors

Hampton Barclay, Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans

James Lapeyre, The Laitram Corporation

Ahmed Martin, New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative

Joel Ross - Architect, Concordia

Sarah Taylor, ASI Federal Credit Union