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Fred M. Smith
Drew Jardine
Hilton S. Bell
The Board of Directors Welcomes New President, Vice President, and Member
The board of directors of the Kemper and Leila Williams Foundation (the governing body of The Historic New Orleans Collection) is pleased to announce that board member and former chief financial officer Fred M. Smith has been elected president of the foundation, succeeding the late Charles A. Snyder. Present at the initial organizational meeting of the board of trustees in 1967, Smith joined the board of the newly incorporated foundation in 1971. A graduate ofTulane University, he served as a trust officer and senior vice president of the First National Bank of Commerce until 1983, when he assumed full-time responsibilities as CFO of the foundation. Since retiring from that position in 2009, Smith has served as the chairman of the foundation’s finance and investment committee. Active in civic affairs, Smith has served on the boards of Mercy Hospital, Milne Asylum, Holy Cross School, City Park, the New Orleans Museum of Art, Save Our Cemeteries, and the Rotary Club of New Orleans. He and his wife, Pat, reside in Metairie.
Drew Jardine, CFP, CTFA, a financial advisor in the New Orleans office of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has been elected vice president. A board member from 2000 until 2003, Jardine rejoined the board in the fall of 2007. A native of Douglas, Georgia, he received a bachelors degree in economics from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and a master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Jardine is a former chairman of the board of Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the Christian Health Ministries Foundation. He and his wife, Julie, reside in Mandeville and have two daughters.
Hilton S. Bell joined the board in November 2010. He is a member of the management committee of Milling Benson Woodward LLP and former managing partner of the firm. Bell received his bachelor’s and law degrees from Tulane University and obtained a master of law degree in taxation from Boston University. He is a member of the planning committee of the Tulane Tax Institute and served as an adjunct associate professor of law at Tulane. Bell is a director and treasurer of the New Orleans Council for Community and Justice and chair of the Cornerstone Council of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. He served as a director and secretary of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce and on various committees of the Louisiana and American Bar Associations. He lives in the Garden District, and his daughters, Allison Bell and Charlotte Sawyer, are attorneys who also practice in New Orleans.
Executive Director Honored
In October Priscilla Lawrence was one of 10 individuals honored by the Family Service of Greater New Orleans (FSGNO) for outstanding achievements through volunteer, charitable, and civic service. The award was presented at the organizations 37th annual Ten Outstanding Persons Gala. FSGNO, a United Way organization, is a nonprofit, community-centered organization dedicated to strengthening the emotional health and fostering the self-sufficiency of families and individuals.
Priscilla Lawrence; Ronald P. McClain, president and CEO of FSGNO; and Elizabeth H. Ryan, first vice president of the board of FSGNO
6 Volume XXVIII, Number 1 — Winter 2011