EBR Republican Roundtable Meeting This Thursday

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH REPUBLICAN ROUNDTABLE
Thursday – June 2nd, 2011
At 12 NOON
La Madeleine

Secretary of State J. Thomas "Tom" Schedler will be the guest speaker.  J. Thomas “Tom” Schedler was sworn in as secretary of state on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, when then-Secretary of State Jay Dardenne was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor. Schedler was appointed first assistant secretary of state in December of 2007 by Dardenne.
 
Schedler was first elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1996 and served three terms representing Senate District 11 which covers parts of St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes.
 
His governmental experience consists of serving on the Slidell City Council from July 1990 to January 1996, having been elected president and vice president of that body during his terms of office. He was also the president of the St. Tammany Municipal Association in 1995 and served as chairman of the Slidell Board of Zoning and Adjustment from 1984 to 1990.
 
He received numerous awards and honors during his legislative career, including Legislator of the Year from numerous health care related groups in the state such as the Rural Hospital Coalition, the Louisiana Hospital Association, the Metro Hospital Council of New Orleans, State Hospice Organization, several mental health associations and the nursing home industry. He has also been honored as a champion of business several times over. He was named Legislator of the Year by the Alliance for Good Government in 2000 and Republican of the Year in 2006 at the Annual Lincoln/Reagan Banquet. He was elected to two terms as a member of the Republican State Central Committee; by his peers in the Senate to serve as chairman of the Republican Delegation; and attended the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia as a George W. Bush delegate.
 
Professionally, he is a licensed Louisiana real estate broker, serves on the Board of Trustees of a 156-bed regional hospital and medical center and serves on the advisory board of Whitney National Bank of New Orleans. He held the position as director of a hospital health foundation and was the director of managed care services and business development for a 172-bed St. Tammany Parish hospital. He served as president/chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of a local savings bank, board member of an $800 million regional national bank and president of the Rotary Club of Slidell and is a Paul Harris Fellow. He was also a member of numerous civic organizations and is a CASA trained court appointee.
 
Schedler was born and raised in New Orleans. He graduated from De La Salle High School in 1967 prior to receiving his Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1971. In 1999, he was honored by his high school as one of De La Salle High School's 125 outstanding graduates over the school's first 50 years. In 1991, he graduated from the Leadership Louisiana program sponsored by the Council for a Better Louisiana. In that same year, he was also honored as Slidell's Citizen of the Year and Slidell’s Employer of the Year. He and his family were also nominated for the Slidell Family of the Year.
Schedler is married to his wife of 39 years, the former Stephanie Gelé of Lafayette. She owns and operates hospice programs in Louisiana and Mississippi. They have three daughters and two grandchildren. He and his family are Roman Catholic and members of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Mandeville. He resides during the week in Baton Rouge with his primary residence in Mandeville.
       
It is now very helpful to RSVP for the EBRP Roundtables; I would appreciate you dropping me an email at [email protected] if you think you will attend. We will send you another email reminder prior to the meeting.  Please send this email invitation to your friends and invite them to attend. 
 
Upon arrival, please be seated and your lunch will be served to you promptly. We would like everyone to be seated by 12:10 in order to begin our program.  Cost of the luncheon is $20. 
 
See you on Thursday