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WHO’S ON THE BOARD? >> Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners
The mission of the Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners is to protect Louisiana residents by ensuring public access to quality, regulated, mental health counseling and marriage and family therapy services. The board oversees regulation of licensed professional counselors, as well as provisional licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and provisional licensed marriage and family therapists. The board comprises 11 members: six LPCs—three of whom must also be counselor educators—one member-at-large, and four LMFTs.
CHAIR
Laura Hensley Choate, Baton Rouge
Associate professor, Louisiana State University
VICE CHAIR
Kathryn Steele, New Orleans
Associate professor of psychology and counseling, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
SECRETARY
Penny Millhollon, Shreveport
Shreveport Family Counseling
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Earl Augustin Jr., River Ridge
Security officer, Orleans Parish School Board; private investigator, Department of Security and Investigation; partner, E&E Investigations
MEMBERS
Ronald “Ron” Cathey, Simsboro
Director of counseling services, Louisiana Tech University
Ernie Cowger, Shreveport
Professor of counseling, Louisiana Tech University
Kathy Lammert, Metairie
Military program coordinator and lead therapist, Dual Diagnosis Inpatient Program, River Oaks Hospital
Jacqueline Mims, Baton Rouge
LPC, Eclectic Cognitive Behavioral Center
Gerra Perkins, Natchitoches
Associate professor, counseling program coordinator, Northwestern State University
Jennifer Thomas, Walker
Crisis and bereavement counselor, Generation Hospice Service Corp., affiliate of New Century Hospice
