Touro Governing Board
Meet the Touro Governing Board
Kim Boyle, Chair
Kim M. Boyle is a partner in the Employment Law Group at Phelps Dunbar LLP. Ms. Boyle has practiced in all areas of commercial litigation, as well as employment litigation, tort litigation, and general litigation. She is a former Judge Pro Tempore of Division "I" of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, as well as a former Assistant Professor of Law at Loyola University School of Law. Kim is a New Orleans native. She graduated from Princeton University before attending University of Virginia School of Law and returning to New Orleans in 1987.
Mara Baumgarten Force
Mara Baumgarten Force is the Associate Director of the Master of Finance Program at Tulane University. She received her BA in Political Science from Yale University and MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Before joining the faculty at Tulane in 2017, Mara was a managing director and the Head of Private Client Trust at JPMorgan, where she was an eighteen-year veteran of the firm. Mara serves on the boards of the Jewish Federation, The Jewish Community Center, and Jewish Family Services, and is a Young Leadership Fellow at the National Committee on U.S./China Relations.
Kathryn Lichtenberg
Kathryn Lichtenberg (“Kathy”) is a retired regulatory lawyer
who, in her role as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, led Entergy’s
regulatory practice before state and federal regulators until her retirement in 2017.
Kathy moved to New Orleans upon graduating cum laude from Princeton University
in 1975. She received an MSW from the Tulane School of Social Work in
1977 and graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 1983. Kathy
was a partner at Monroe and Lemann and represented healthcare as well
as utility clients (as well as other litigants) in various matters; in
the mid-1980’s Kathy also represented Hospital Corporation of America
in regulatory and legal proceedings. She joined Entergy’s Legal
Department in 1995 where her practice focused on utility regulatory matters.
For many years, she also advised Entergy management teams and executives
with respect to a wide variety of issues as they arose in a dynamic work
environment.
Jill Israel, Immediate Past Chair
Jill Israel retired in 2016 from Entergy Corporation as Senior VP of Shared Services. Previous senior leadership roles included Chief Information Officer, VP of Financial Processes, and VP of Internal Audit. Additionally, Ms. Israel held key roles in several merger & acquisition efforts and had responsibility following Katrina for much of the business continuity efforts following Entergy's relocation from its downtown New Orleans corporate offices. Ms. Israel graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Economics and received her MBA degree from Tulane University. She is currently the Treasurer of Touro Synagogue and chairs the Touro Synagogue Foundation Investment Advisory Committee. Ms. Israel serves on the board of the Jewish Endowment Foundation and the advisory board of the South Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League. A native of New Jersey, Ms. Israel has lived in New Orleans since 1981.
Greg Feirn, President and Chief Executive Officer of LCMC Health
Mr. Feirn currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of LCMC Health, the parent company which manages Children's Hospital, Touro Infirmary, and the Interim L.S.U. Hospital. He has over 20 years of healthcare experience, including 15 years with Children's Hospital and five years with a "Big 4" accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche, LLP. His professional experience includes financial accounting, non-profit tax accounting, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement strategy, investment portfolio management and operations, and healthcare-related academic research. He completed the MBA program at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business with an emphasis in finance, graduating with honors, and has his CPA accreditation. In his role as CEO for LCMC, he is responsible for management coordination of the LCMC Board of Trustees and for oversight and analysis of the System’s operations and investment portfolio.
Board Members
Frederic Theodore “Ted” Le Clercq, LCMC Health Board Chair
Ted Le Clercq is a partner at Deutsch Kerrigan LLP in the Commercial and Professional Litigation department representing clients faced with labor & employment law, professional liability defense, civil rights litigation, and constitutional law claims. Ted’s experience includes developing a national coordinating counsel program for a Fortune 200 national retailer. He currently serves as that client's national coordinating counsel for high-value personal injury claims. Ted is a frequent speaker for a variety of professional groups in his practice areas and also provides training to companies on
Paul du Treil, MD, Medical Staff President
Paul du Treil, MD specializes in Women’s Health as an OB/GYN at Touro. He currently serves as the Touro Medical Staff President and previously served as the Director of Maternal Child Health at Touro. He earned his medical degree from Louisiana State School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. du Treil is Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Brook Bissinger Davis
Brook Bissinger Davis, Vice President of Operations at Align,
is a leader in technology and active community contributor. With extensive
experience in software as a service, market research and international
business, she drove innovation at Lucid (now Cint), establishing their
London office in 2015. A dedicated board member of the ADL South Central
Region since 2019, she served on the Executive Committee from 2023. Since
2017, Brook has mentored startups in Idea Village's VillageX accelerator
program. In 2021, she founded a not for profit, Work In Tech, to connect
the New Orleans tech community. Brook is a proud toddler mother and wife
and holds an MBA from Tulane University and a B.A. in Psychology from
Rhodes College.
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Jasmine Brown DeRousselle
Jasmine is an attorney and economic developer in the New Orleans area with an innovative, yet strategic acumen for public policy, governmental affairs, and the law. Relationship-oriented and solutions-driven, Jasmine's key strengths include her ability to identify opportunities to advance policy solutions to regional challenges, as well as provide counsel to complex legal issues in accordance with the regulatory landscape of the respective industry. She thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments and brings to any team a unique blend of experience in multiple areas of law, government relations, external affairs, public policy, and high-level economic development.
Robin Giarrusso
Robin Giarrusso retired as a trial court judge after serving for 35 years on the Orleans Parish Civil District Court. Prior to her election she served as a deputy city attorney for New Orleans specializing in construction and contract litigation. She has served as president of Temple Sinai and is currently the vice president of community services for the local section of NCJW. A native of Denver, Colorado, she earned her BA at Newcomb College and her JD at Tulane University.
Caroline Good
Caroline Good is a faculty member for the Department of Languages and Cultures at Loyola University. Originally from Houston, Caroline received a B.A. and B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Tulane University, where she taught for over a decade. Caroline is an active member of her community, having recently chaired the South Central region of ADL and previously was a commissioner for the Human Rights Commission of the City of New Orleans
Julian H. Good Jr.
Julian’s Touro legacy is long and distinguished. His grandfather, Louis K. Good, Sr., helped build a large portion of the current hospital’s footprint as VP of R. P. Farnsworth construction in the 1960s; his father, Julian H. Good, Sr., represented Touro Infirmary in health care and other legal matters as its attorney, for many years; his uncle, Louis K. Good, II and his cousin, Louis (Lou) K. Good, III. both served as Board Chairs, as did his mother-in-law, Florence Schornstein. Julian’s two daughters, Emily & Allison, and his late wife, Wendy, were all born at Touro Infirmary, and Emily was cast in the very first commercials for “Where Babies Come From” some twenty-five years ago. Julian is the Founder and Principal of Good Financial Group, and in that capacity assists clients and their advisors with individual and business planning needs. Most often, his planning services involve estate conservation and wealth transfer strategies, business succession planning, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, and retirement accumulation and income strategies with a focus on life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance consulting. In 2011, Julian was President of the Million Dollar Round Table, an association of over 90,000 financial professionals worldwide. As president and a five-year member of its executive committee, he has addressed industry associations and meetings, life insurance companies, and related professional groups in 17 countries and published many articles in numerous financial journals worldwide.
Stuart Kottle
Stuart Kottle is interested in joining the Touro Infirmary Board to contribute
to a dynamic group of professionals committed to assisting the hospital
administration’s mission to oversee high-quality, compassionate
healthcare in New Orleans.
Stuart is an attorney at Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert,
L.L.C., where his practice focuses on commercial, government, and appellate
litigation. Stuart is also an adjunct lecturer in law at Tulane Law School,
where he teaches Advanced Appellate Advocacy. Before joining Sher Garner,
Stuart was a judicial clerk for Louisiana Supreme Court, an attorney at
two national law firms in Phoenix, Arizona, and a Fulbright scholar in
China. Stuart received his J.D. from the University of Arizona College
of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Arizona Law Review,
and B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Brandeis University.
Larry Lovell
Larry Lovell is a strategic communications consultant and established PR leader in New Orleans and the Gulf South region. His expertise spans numerous industries including tourism and hospitality, healthcare, finance, education, consumer packaged goods, culinary, cultural institutions and sports. He is Treasurer of the Press Club of New Orleans Board of Directors. Larry is a New Orleans native and graduated from LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication.
Austin Marks
Austin Marks is managing attorney at Morris Bart LLC. He joined the firm
in 2013 and leads several departments among its 300 employees. A local
of New Orleans, he graduated from Syracuse University in 2007 with a Bachelor
of Arts in Political Economy. He started his career at New Orleans City
Park, where he fondly remembers fundraising and managing thousands of
volunteers throughout its 1300-acre campus with the keys to a 4-wheeler.
He worked in economic development for several years serving as Chief of
Staff at Greater New Orleans, Inc., wherein he oversaw business and policy
development initiatives to market New Orleans as a place to invest capital
and raise a family.
Austin, and his wife, Carrie, have three children, Sam (9), Maya (6), and
Ari (3). After work, you’ll find him at the Fly, coaching his children’s
sports teams.
He has served on several local boards and agencies throughout his career, American Red Cross – Southeast, Jewish Endowment Foundation, Jewish Federation, Isidore Newman Alumni Board, Touro Synagogue, Carrollton Boosters, Breakthrough Collaborative, NORLI, JNOLA, and 504ward.
As to joining the Touro Infirmary Board, Austin says: “I can think of no better alignment than working with a community oriented non-profit in the heart of the city that serves all New Orleanians. Touro is an integral piece of the New Orleans fabric. As LCMC increases their influence and presence locally, I am excited to have a valuable seat behind the wheel of one of its major organizations.”
Crystal D. McDonald
Crystal D. McDonald is Chief of Staff (COS) at LeBlanc and Smith, a New Orleans-based lifestyle company that creates 21st Century Southern Hospitality experiences that bring communities together to live joyful, fulfilling, and balanced lives while developing future hospitality leaders. Crystal is the Chief Executive Officer of JCM Management Group, LLC a New Orleans- based consulting firm that specializes in airport lounge and concessions development. She currently is the Joint Venture partner/owner at The Club MSY, a premium travel lounge located at the Louis Armstrong International Airport. Crystal is also the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Talent Activated (TA) a multi-industry talent and staffing agency that connects highly motivated and qualified individuals with employees to staff part-time and full-time positions. In 2015 Crystal founded Acrew, a technology based pre-employment screening platform that connected employers and job seekers using brief on demand video interviews. Originally from Houston, Crystal graduated from Dillard University with a degree in Economics and Finance and received her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Crystal and her husband Todd McDonald live in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans where they raise three children Justice (8), Jordyn (5) and Joy (2). Crystal proudly gave birth to all of her children at the Family Birthing Center at Touro Hospital and is deeply committed to the maternal health and well-being of mothers in our community.
Thomas Mims, II, MD
I was born and raised in New Orleans. I never want to say I’m from
New Orleans because I never plan to leave the great city. I feel privileged
to provide healthcare to those residents who are brave enough to return
to help rebuild this historic city.
I specialize in Nephrology. I became a healthcare provider because my grandfather
Dr. Thomas Mims was my role model and inspired me to practice medicine,
graduating from the LSU School of Medicine in 1989 and completing my residency
at the Emory University School of Medicine in 1992 and a fellowship in
nephrology in 1994 at LSU. In addition to previously serving as medical
staff president of several local long-term acute care hospitals, I am
presently the medical director of a DaVita affiliated dialysis unit in
eastern New Orleans. I have been on the Touro medical staff since 2005.
My patients can count on me to provide extraordinary care because I believe
healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
Julie Silbert
Julie Parelman Silbert is an attorney who practices as special counsel in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller L.L.P. She practices in the environmental law and energy litigation groups. Julie earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Newcomb College of Tulane University. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School. Post-college, Julie was a recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for international study and travel. She served on the Tulane Law School Moot Court Board and is a member of the Order of Barristers. She served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Walter F. Marcus, Jr., Louisiana Supreme Court, from 1984 to 1985. Julie’s past board service includes Tulane University Hillel, the New Orleans Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service, and the Anti-Defamation League. She also served as a representative for Tulane Hillel to the Jewish Endowment Foundation. Julie was a member of the Lemann-Stern Young Leadership Group of the Jewish Federation of New Orleans and has served on various Social Justice Committees for Touro Synagogue. Julie and her husband Scott have two children. In her spare time, she enjoys cycling and exercise, reading, skiing and travel. Over the years, Julie and her family have experienced top-notch medical care from Touro Infirmary and its affiliated doctors.
John Sillars
John Sillars has over 25+ years’ experience in building brands, delivering growth, and driving innovation. His experience includes work in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, spanning from a global packaged goods corporation to a family-owned company with favorite brands to the local affiliate of a national human services agency. His brand management and new product development experiences are in both consumer food and beverage covering both retail and foodservice. Mr. Sillars has a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Davidson College and Masters in Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business.
Steven Yellin, M.D.
Dr. Steven Yellin has served the New Orleans community as a radiologist for over 35 years. Dr. Yellin cared for patients both in private practice and multiple hospital settings before joining the Touro Medical Staff in 2010. A graduate of LSU Medical School, Dr. Yellin completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the Ochsner Medical Center Hospital, were he also served as Chief Resident. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Yellin has strong ties to the Touro community, as he was born at Touro Infirmary and served on the Touro Synagogue Board of Directors.