Andrea (Andi) Schippert Richardson graduated from Newcomb College in 1999 with a degree in History. She also holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Virginia.

Lisa received an M.S. in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a results-driven non-profit leader with an extensive background in advocacy, political strategy, and development. She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the PLEN Board of Directors and as the Director of Unite America, Inc. As an engaging, well-known public speaker, Lisa is regarded as a mentor and advisor on political involvement best practices with her background in management, advocacy coaching, and policy education. A native Washingtonian, Lisa lives in D.C. with her husband, Tom Thompson.

Libby holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the School of Science & Engineering. Since she graduated in 2014, Libby has worked at Jacobs Engineering in the upstream oil and gas industry where she currently serves as the Process Engineering Supervisor. As well as being apart of the NAA Board, Libby also serves on the Junior Board of Advisors to the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane. In her free time, she enjoys checking out the newest restaurants in the city as well as taking ballet classes whenever she can as she grew up dancing her whole life.

Andrea holds both an M.A. (2000) and a J.D. (2004) from the University of Virginia after graduating from Newcomb with a degree in French. She is currently a member of Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, LLC (New Orleans). She was a former law clerk for Hon. Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Andrea also serves on the Board of Directors for the Federal Bar Association and is the former President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Association for Women Attorneys.

Katie holds a BS in Public Health from Newcomb-Tulane College. She’s currently an administrator for the Baseball Assistance Team at Major League Baseball. BAT is a non-profit organization that assists members of the baseball family in need of financial, medical, or psychological assistance. In 2016, Katie received the Rising 25 award from Front Office Sports; the award recognized 25 up-and-coming sports business professionals age 25 or younger.

Nicolette graduated from the School of Science and Engineering in 2013 with a degree in Psychology. During her time at Tulane, Nicolette was a Newcomb Scholar. Nicolette then went on to obtain her Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. She now works as a Senior Associate at Grant Thornton LLP in healthcare advisory. She currently volunteers as a high school speech and debate judge and a Newcomb mentor. Nicolette volunteers for Newcomb because it “was influential in supporting my academic, personal, and professional development through my undergraduate career.

Paula is a researcher and writer with years of experience in the government, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. As an independent consultant, Paula provides consulting services in the areas of data analytics and visualization techniques. A self-proclaimed data nerd, she is passionate about the effective communication of data analysis results to targeted audiences. Paula is a previous Co-President of the Tulane Club of Washington, DC. During her term, the DC Club received an award for the Tulane Alumni Club of the Year. During her personal time, Paula enjoys traveling.

Christine has a BA in Women’s Studies from Newcomb College, a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the University of Illinois.

BJ Shannon is a 1999 graduate of Newcomb College, where she studied German and Economics, and a 2003 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. She spent twelve years in the international trade practice group at Alston & Bird LLP, and she has been Raytheon Company’s in-house Customs Counsel since 2017.  BJ also served for two years as the full-time Development Director at City Year DC, and she continues to enjoy supporting community organizations on a volunteer basis.

Jackie is a fourth-generation Tulanian and graduated from Tulane University in 2013. She was in the first cohort of Newcomb Scholars where she worked with Sally Kenney to research the issue of battered women incarcerated for killing their abusers, the clemency movement, and how the movement can be revived today for the hundreds of women still behind bars. Jackie is Associate Philanthropy Officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America.