Office of
the Governor
Office of Rural Development
The Governor’s Office of Rural Development represents a multifaceted, multidisciplinary outreach approach by Governor Jeff Landry to localities across Louisiana. All across this state, once-thriving communities have seen generations of young people leave in search of economic opportunities. The Rural Development team focuses on connecting federal, state, and local funding efforts to maximize the potential for community improvements. By building the systems necessary to sustain growth, this team is helping create new life and opportunity in Louisiana.
Gov. Landry has taken existing efforts to scale by pulling the Office of Rural Development under the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. This has created an integrated network of Regional Directors who serve the state in multiple capacities. Specific focus areas are economic development, education, healthcare, infrastructure, clean water, agriculture and forestry, workforce development, and broadband, as well as working to create opportunities with federal and regional grants and funding.
Team Members
Kyle Ardoin, Deputy Chief of Staff
Intergovernmental Affairs and Rural Revitalization
225-506-6407
James 'J.T.' Hannan, Director of Rural Devlopment
225-506-6408
Allison Clarke, Rural Revitalization/Delta Regional Authority Liason
Region 1 JT Hannan, Regional Director (Acting)
225-506-6408
· New Orleans Regional Planning Commission
Parishes: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Bernard, Plaquemines
Region 2 Alison (Ali) Bates, Regional Director
225-481-3170
· Capital Region Planning Commission
Parishes: Ascension, EBR, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Point Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
Region 3 Doug Cheramie, Regional Director
225-276-6315
· South Central Planning and Development District
Parishes: Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, Terrebonne
Region 4
· Acadiana Planning Commission
Parishes: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermillion
Region 5 Roby Dyer, Regional Director
225-506-6392
· Southwest Louisiana Regional Planning Commission
Parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis
Region 6 Azar Kayal, Regional Director
225-405-3181
· Kisatchi Delta Regional Planning and Development District
Parishes: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, Winn
Region 7 Shane Cheatham, Regional Director
225-506-6425
· The Coordinating & Development Corporation
Parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine. Webster
Region 8 North Delta Regional Planning & Development District
Parishes: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll