Bruce Greenstein
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health

Secretary Greenstein has spent the last 30 years in healthcare, split between the public and private sectors. He ran strategy and innovation at the nation’s largest post-acute care company.

He was the chief technology officer at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services during President Trump’s first administration, secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health under the Jindal administration, and led Microsoft’s worldwide health and human services business division. Prior to Microsoft, Bruce worked at CMS overseeing Medicaid Managed Care and Waivers & Demonstrations.

Additionally, Bruce has been an advisor to the health informatics programs at George Washington University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

 

 

Colonel Robert Hodges
Superintendent, Louisiana State Police

Colonel Hodges, a native of New Orleans, graduated from Brother Martin High School and earned his Bachelor of Criminal Justice from Louisiana State University, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He began his career with the Louisiana State Police in 1995 as a patrol Trooper assigned to Troop B in New Orleans. Colonel Hodges has held career assignments in both Patrol and Investigations as Trooper, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, and Major. Prior to his appointment, he served as Command Inspector of Region 2 Patrol.

Colonel Hodges has 30 years with the Louisiana State Police and previously served as an Intelligence Officer in the Louisiana Army National Guard Reserve. Colonel Hodges is a Trilogy Series Graduate of the FBI LEEDA Program. He is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, including Meritorious Service, Emergency Service, Professional Excellence, Unit Citation, and Physical Fitness Awards. Colonel Hodges and his wife, Janine, have been married for 27 years and have two daughters.

 

 

Susan Bourgeois
Secretary, Louisiana Economic Development

Susan B. Bourgeois is responsible for leading the state agency established in 1936 to cultivate jobs and economic opportunity for the people of Louisiana.

She has three decades of experience in building, transforming and sustaining organizations through strategic planning, project development, fundraising and advocacy.

Prior to her appointment as LED Secretary, she served as President of SBB Consulting and President Emeritus of the Northshore Community Foundation, having served as the CEO for 17 years since its founding.

Before launching the Foundation, Bourgeois was President of Bonnett & Co., a governmental and public affairs consulting firm specializing in insurance interest and advocacy. Prior to her consulting, she held multiple roles in Louisiana Governor M. J. Foster’s Administration, including Director of Administrative Affairs and Special Assistant to the Governor.

Bourgeois is an active member of the International Women’s Forum and has served in leadership roles on several Boards, including past Chairman of GNO, Inc., and past Board member of the Northshore Business Council and Lakeview Regional Medical Center.

Known for her visionary acumen, Bourgeois emphasizes innovation, collaboration and meaningful alliances, all of which are critical components to creating thriving communities and a thriving state.

She and her husband, Mace Bourgeois, have four grown children and live in Covington.

 

 

Tyler Bosworth
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Tyler is a Louisiana native with strong ties to the coast. He is a veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard where he served as an Engineer in the 1021st Engineer Company. Tyler is a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University and the Southern University Law Center. While at Southeastern, he served in the Student Government Senate.

Tyler is the former Advocacy Director for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL). In that position, Tyler implemented the organization's state and federal policy efforts and managed its community outreach department. Prior to his role with CRCL, Tyler was a legislative staffer with the Louisiana House of Representatives where he served the House Committee on Retirement and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

He specializes in Louisiana's natural resources law with a focus on coastal issues and wildlife resources management and has extensive knowledge of the state's legislative process.

 

Courtney Burdette
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Burdette is a veteran attorney with years of experience at LDEQ in environmental law. She first began work in the LDEQ legal division in 2014 and served as general counsel for the agency from 2020, the first black woman to hold that job.

She is a native of Baton Rouge who earned her juris doctorate degree from LSU Law School after earning a bachelor’s degree in English at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Burdette clerked for Judge Ralph Tyson and Judge Brian Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. She previously worked for the State of Louisiana as an Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice Litigation Division.

Burdette is married and has two children, Carter and Payton. She said she looks forward to the challenge of running LDEQ. “There is that saying ‘good enough for government work.’ I don’t believe in that. I believe in good work regardless of where you work or who you work for. I think we should always hold ourselves to the highest standards possible."

 

Susana Showen
Secretary, Louisiana Works

Susana Schowen serves as the Secretary of Louisiana Works. Prior to joining Louisiana Works, she spent two years as the Vice President of Education at the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, and before that, she was at LED FastStart, the workforce development division of Louisiana Economic Development, for over ten years.

Through all these roles, Susie has focused on building coalitions of industry partners, economic developers, and educators to align education and workforce development efforts with the needs of employers and the economy, increasing the prosperity of our people and our communities. She takes a highly innovative and employer-responsive approach, restructuring systems to lift individuals out of poverty while driving economic growth, and measuring success using performance-based models that reward results, not promises. She also works across agencies and with regional partners to identify inefficiencies in the system and better align the delivery of social services with workforce development efforts.

Susie has degrees in chemistry from Wellesley College and Columbia University.

 

Charlton Meginley
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs

Louisiana’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Charlton J. Meginley, Colonel (ret) United States Air Force, is responsible for overseeing the department’s $90 million budget and 850 employees statewide. Secretary Meginley manages the operations of five state Veterans homes, five state Veterans cemeteries, 74 Veterans service offices, 32 college and university campus student Veteran centers.

Secretary Meginley served in the U.S. Air Force as a Judge Advocate on active duty for more than 20 years, completing his military career as an Appellate Military Judge on the Air Force’s Court of Criminal Appeals at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Following his military retirement, Secretary Meginley returned to Louisiana and joined then Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s staff as his General Counsel where he provided guidance and authority on Louisiana’s Election and Commercial Codes.

Secretary Meginley is married to his wife Therese. Together, they have four daughters. Secretary Meginley is originally from Alexandria, La., and is a graduate of Holy Savior Menard High School in Alexandria, the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the Louisiana State University Law Center.

 

Taylor Barras
Commissioner, Division of Administration

Taylor Barras has over four decades of financial management, accounting and governmental experience.

Prior to him becoming Louisiana’s Commissioner of Administration, he served as the Assessor of Iberia Parish and the Speaker for the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served as a State Representative for 12 years until the end of his term as Speaker of the House.

During his time in the Louisiana Legislature, he was a member of the House Ways and Means committee and authored several key pieces of legislation directed at fiscal reform and improved tax policy. He was active in a number of legislative initiatives for business and industry.

Taylor is a graduate of LSU with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a graduate of the LSU Graduate School of Banking. He has also attained the designation of Certified Louisiana Assessor as designated by the International Assessors Association.

 

Glenn Ledet
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

An accomplished leader with 20 years of expertise, Glenn Ledet, Jr. has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors building public infrastructure across the Gulf Coast. Most recently, Mr. Ledet spent the last 1.5 years serving as the Executive Director of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, leading the agency’s implementation of the state’s $50 billion Coastal Master Plan.

No stranger to public service, Mr. Ledet also spent additional time at CPRA as the Assistant Administrator of the Operations Division, managing the implementation of large-scale flood protection infrastructure projects.

Mr. Ledet also has an extensive engineering and business background serving for over 13 years in the engineering industry, including multiple years in management positions with nationally renowned engineering, planning, and construction management firms, where he led strategic growth, business development, and operations efforts. In those capacities Mr. Ledet had the opportunity to work for various Departments of Transportation across the Southeast U.S. including DOTD.

Mr. Ledet has a bachelor’s of science degree in environmental engineering from Louisiana State University, and is a licensed civil engineer in multiple states in the gulf coast.

 

Gary Westcott
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Coreections

Secretary Westcott worked for the Louisiana Department of Corrections/Division of Probation & Parole for 29 years, where he retired in 2020 as a Regional Administrator, overseeing?seven?district offices from Lake Charles to New Orleans. Throughout his career at Probation & Parole, he was a P.P.C.T. Defensive Tactics Instructor at the P.O.S.T. Law Enforcement Academy. Secretary Westcott was then employed by the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office as the Corrections Warden from 2020-2024.

Secretary Westcott is a 1985 graduate of St. Martinville High School and 1990 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He served in the Louisiana National Guard – 199th Support Battalion and is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Since 2017, Secretary Westcott has been the Head Volleyball Coach for Catholic High – New Iberia. He is married to his wife, Angela, and has two children.

 

Rebecca Harris
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Rebecca Harris brings over 20 years of distinguished public service in Louisiana to her role as Secretary for DCFS. Her career spans leadership positions at multiple departments, with a strong track record in field operations, financial management, policy development, and enterprise systems.

Rebecca began her public service journey as a Social Services Analyst with DCFS, gaining frontline knowledge of Louisiana’s social support systems. Over the years, she has led major initiatives in improving program delivery and advancing system modernization efforts, while reducing costs and administrative and regulatory burdens. As Undersecretary at DCFS, Harris led the development of Louisiana’s highly recognized summer EBT program, implemented critical upgrades to the state’s child welfare hotline, introduced real-time dashboards to support child welfare decision-making, and streamlined procurement processes to improve outcomes and reduce costs.

With a multidisciplinary academic background in Anthropology and Business Administration, Harris brings both strategic vision and practical experience to her role. She remains deeply committed to strengthening Louisiana’s child-centric systems and ensuring the safety and well-being of children and families across the state.

 


Jarrod Coniglio
Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue

Jarrod J. Coniglio has over two decades of leadership experience in state government, healthcare program integrity, and financial services. Mr. Coniglio previously led Louisiana’s Medicaid Program Integrity Section, served as Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretary at LDR, and held senior roles in banking with JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. A veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Louisiana State University.

Mr. Coniglio resides in Walker, Louisiana, with his wife, Wendy. They are the parents of three children—Branden (married to Courtney), Laura (married to Brett Robinson), and Emma—and grandparents to Camille (daughter of Branden and Courtney) and Drew and Adelaide (children of Brett and Laura Robinson).

 

Dustin Davidson
Secretary, Department of Conservation and Energy
Dustin H. Davidson leads initiatives to drive sustainable energy solutions and manage natural resources effectively across the state. His role focuses on advancing Louisiana’s energy strategy, promoting environmental stewardship, and overseeing regulatory frameworks that ensure resource efficiency and resilience.
Before joining the department, Dustin advocated for an advanced inland waterways and ports system at the Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI). His career in public service includes his work as a professional staff member on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, addressing critical energy and environmental issues. Dustin also served as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill, contributing to significant legislation in energy revenue-sharing, conservation, and ecosystem protection.
Earlier, he was a legislative correspondent for U.S. Senator David Vitter and held a staff position on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Dustin holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in U.S. Public Policy from Tulane University.