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A Public High School in New Orleans East Where We Improve Lives, Communities, and the Environment.

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Our Board

Our Board

We are governed by a Board of dedicated community members who bring diverse expertise and perspectives to help us build a school that improves New Orleans.
Living School New Orleans

Kieta Mutepfa

Board Chair

Kieta is a native of LA and Chicago respectively. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from Howard University and a Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology/Elementary Education from Fisk University. For over twenty-five years Kieta has had the unique chance of charting a professional path that has allowed her to serve and support communities both domestically and abroad. 

Mandi

Mandi Lehnherr

Board Vice Chair

Mandi Lehnherr is Director of Special Education at Lycée Francais and is a former instructional designer, program director and co-principal.

Alexina Medley

Board Member

Alexina Medley recently retired after 40 years in education. She worked as a special education teacher and an administrator, and most recently was the beloved principal of Warren Easton Charter High School for over a decade.

Dr. Bethel Cager

Board Member

Dr. Bethel Cager, a career educator who has spent more than 29 years in education, has been named the principal of Lake Area High School.

A native of New Orleans, Dr. Cager has impacted student learning from Pre-Kindergarten to the University level. Dr. Cager was born and raised in Gentilly and comes from a family of educators.

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Connie Smith

Board Member | Parent Board Member
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Danielle Smith

Board Member | Parent Board Member
Mark Davis

Mark Davis, JD, MLT

Board Treasurer

Professor Davis is the Director of Tulane University’s Bywater Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy. 

Mark Lister

Dr. Mark Lister, MD

Board Secretary

Dr. Lister is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tulane University and the owner and chief medical officer of House Call Pediatrics, a pediatric medical practice in New Orleans that delivers care within patients’ homes. His work has helped to develop resident curriculum for simulation training and culinary medicine. His research interests are in healthy lifestyle promotion and obesity prevention.

Dr Richard Ashmore

Dr. Richard Ashmore, PhD

Board Member

Richard D. Ashmore is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. 


Join Our Board!

We are seeking diverse community leaders to govern our school!

Learn More About Joining

Living School’s Family Council has two elected representatives on the Board of Directors. Family members looking to join the Board should reach out to the Family Council at familycouncil@livingschoolnola.org.

Family member election to the Board shall proceed in the same manner all Board members are elected to the Board in accordance with Living School’s Bylaws and the Board’s Election Policies.  All Board nominations and elections are overseen by the Governance Committee of the Board of Directors

Board Meetings & Resources

See the calendar below for all upcoming meetings. All meetings take place at Living School.

Board Minutes, Agendas, & Resources

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