Our Board

Find out when the next meeting is on our Board Calendar.

The Collegiate Academies Board of Directors governs our schools. Parents, teachers, families, community members, and any interested parties are welcome to join us for these meetings.

Minutes from board meetings can be found here.

Our Board Members

Collegiate’s board includes a member who is a parent of a Collegiate Academies student. The Collegiate board will consider nominations in 2024-25. If you are a Collegiate Academies parent, guardian, grandparent, and/or alumni and would like to be considered for a board appointment, please see below for the process and timeline for selection:

  • Please submit a nomination through the Collegiate Academies Board Nomination Form.
  • Once you submit, Nika Stokes, Manager of Network Events & Operations, will contact you to set up an interview.
  • All nominations will be considered in an open meeting of the Governance Committee.
  • The Governance Committee will then present its nomination recommendation to the entire board for a vote at an annual board meeting.
  • All applicants will be contacted regarding the status of their nomination.
  • Upon completion of the vote, we will communicate all next steps regarding board member orientation to the individual selected for the board.

Stephen Rosenthal, Chairperson (Owner and CEO, Strategic Comp)

A New Orleans native, Rosenthal graduated from Amherst College and received his MBA from The Wharton School. Stephen has been actively involved in New Orleans public education for more than 25 years. He was a founding board member of New Schools for New Orleans and has served on the boards of FirstLine Schools and KIPP New Orleans.

To contact Stephen Rosenthal, email boardmeetings@collegiateacademies.org.

Douglas Finegan, CPA, Treasurer (Partner, Kushner Lagraize)

Douglas Finegan is a graduate of Louisiana State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants. Finegan has and continues to serve on numerous civic and philanthropic boards and committees in the New Orleans area. 

Ann Duplessis (Duplessis Real Estate Group, LLC)

Ann Duplessis is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana Senate for the Second District. She held the seat from 2004 to 2010, when she resigned to enter the administration of Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans.

Adam Hawf (CEO, Radion Health)

Adam Hawf previously served as assistant superintendent of the Louisiana Department of Education, and deputy superintendent of Portfolio at the Louisiana Recovery School District. He is a graduate of Tulane and a long-time New Orleans resident.

Terrence Lockett (President, Axis Strategies LLC)

Terrence Lockett received a B.S. in Speech Language Pathology, and a M.Ed. in Communication Disorders from Southern University. He holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). 

Kevin Wilkins (Founder, trepwise llc)

A graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Business School, Kevin Wilkins has an extensive business background. He helped to develop Propeller’s entrepreneur curriculum and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence and COO for The Idea Village. 

Sharonda Williams (General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs, Loyola University)

Sharonda Williams, J.D. ’01, joined Loyola University after a distinguished career in public service and private practice. She earned her juris doctor in 2001 from Loyola University New Orleans, where she was a member of Loyola Law Review. She resides in New Orleans.