About

WHO WE ARE

For the Bayou is a grass-roots, non profit 501(c)(3) organization started in San Francisco in the fall of 2008 to increase public awareness of the disappearing Louisiana coastal wetlands.  We started our organization because we realize that this is a national emergency and we are running out of time to restore what has been lost and to save what remains of Louisiana’s wetlands and fragile coastline, one of America’s largest coastal wetlands.

All directors and officers of the organization are volunteers that have come together to make people aware of this major, national crisis.

MISSION & GOALS

We work with organizations in Louisiana that focus on education,  restoration and protection of Louisiana’s wetlands and coast and we help to directly fund restoration projects.   We also work with amazing Louisiana musicians, artists and chefs to promote Louisiana art, music, food and culture and educate people about the wetland crisis at their concerts and events throughout the country.  Please contact us if interested in joining our efforts.

For the Bayou
324 E. Strawberry Dr.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Tel: 415.254.5603
Fax: 415.461.1342
www.forthebayou.org
mail@forthebayou.org

The 2010 Board of Directors
Linda Seabright, John Redwine, Renee Brunner Gold, Page Perry & Elizabeth Goodwin Welborn

2010 Officers & Chairman
President, Page Perry - Page is an associate with the Edgcomb Law Group, a small San Francisco law firm specializing in environmental law. She received her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 2006, with a certificate of specialization in Environmental Law.  During law school, Page clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section in Washington, D.C.  Page received her B.A. in International Relations with an environment and development focus from Stanford University in 1999.    Page has been an enthusiastic volunteer with For the Bayou and brings with her a passion for the environment and a love for all things Louisiana.

Vice President, Linda Seabright- Linda is an amazing supporter of Louisiana musicians and their music here in the Bay Area.  She is a DJ with local radio stations KRSH in Sonoma and KRCB in the North Bay, where her shows, of course, highlight Louisiana music and culture.

Secretary, Patrice Petersen - A proud Cajun & native of Houma, Louisiana, Patrice now resides in the Bay Area where she works in real estate.  Patrice is all too familiar with the repercussions of losing Louisiana’s wetlands as her  family fell victim to storm surge and flooding from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

CFO , Jill Keagy - Jill works with a variety of philanthropies here in the Bay Area.  She is a former advertising executive for Microsoft and is now a proud mom and volunteer with For the Bayou and Room to Read.

Chairman of the Board, John Redwine - John is a native of NOLA residing in the Bay Area and working in real estate investment services with Marcus & Millichap.  John brings a passion for all things Louisiana and will make sure we are not only meeting our project goals, but that we properly welcome and support Louisiana musicians and artists coming through the Bay Area.

Honorary Board Member
Tab Benoit
www.tabbenoit.com

Advisor to the Board
Chris Pulaski, National Wildlife Federation
Natalie Snider, Science Director, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Committee Leads
Development Director - Elizabeth Goodwin Welborn
National Volunteer & Communication Coordinator - Hank Babin
Events – Heather Jerman Piper, Linda Seabright, Evie Simon, Renee Brunner, Amy Coleman, KC Hillenbrand
Creative Director & Design – Suzanne Landry Holzman, Michelle Pentz, Evie Simon
Wetlands Projects Coordinator & Liaison to the Bayou – Jerome Fournier
Promotions - Linda Seabright, Merriman Powell Mathewson, Denny North, Heather Piper, Evie Simon, John Miles
Think Tank - Flash Gordon, M.D.

USA State Chapter Presidents
Louisiana Chapter President – Hank Babin hank@loganbabin.com
Alabama Chapter President - Wendy Zarzaur Johnston wjohnston@zsattorneys.com
Texas - Houston Chapter President – Melissa Labauve melissa.labauve@gmail.com
Colorado Chapter President - William Kelly wkelly@kellystacylaw.com
New England Voice of the Wetlands Chapter - Kaija Langley kaija@voiceofthewetlands.org
Now recruiting help nationwide!

Founder
Elizabeth Goodwin Welborn
elizabeth@forthebayou.org

Founding Members
Linda Seabright, Lana Scott, Stacy Williams, Patrice Petersen, Suzanne Landry Holzman, Tully Forester, Jill Keagy, Jerome Fournier, Heather Piper, Renee Brunner Gold, Amy Coleman, Alexandra Tyndall, Page Perry, Puneh Sohrabpour, Hank Babin, Chris Pulaski, Merriman Matthewson, Laura Quinilty Osumi, Evie Simon, John Redwine, Elizabeth Goodwin Welborn

• WE ARE...

  • for the alligators, for the brown pelicans, for the white pelicans, for the speckled trout, for the red drum, for the black drum, for the sac-au-lait, for the snapping turtles, for the cypress, for the mangroves, for the bald eagles, for the silver seatrout, for the sand seatrout, for the tricolored heron, for the great blue heron, for the reddish egret, for the green heron, for the woodstork, for the little blue heron, for the hooked mussel, for the blue crab, for the Louisiana oysters, for the choupique, for the brown shrimp, for white shrimp, for the Gulf menhaden “pogy”, for the gulf kingfish, for the southern kingfish, for the squid, for the pink shrimp, for the rock shrimp, for the alligator gar, for the marsh deer, for the crawfish, for the snapper, for the tarpon, for the blue, flathead and channel catfish, for the buffalo fish, for the crappie, for the shad, for the pallad, Atlantic and shovelnose sturgeon, for the paddlefish, for the pink flamingos, for the mallards, for the Canada goose, for the teal, for the pintail, for the wigeon, for the poule d’eau, for the grosbec, for the chorook, for the papabotte, for the Louisiana racoons, for the Louisiana black bears, for the garfish, for the beaver, for the muskrat, for the otter, for the mink, for the bobcat, for the opossum, for the rabbit, for the squirrels, for the toads, for the striped mullet, for the silver mullet, for the yellow, white and striped bass, for the bluegill, for the bowfin, for the freshwater drum, for the ling, for the king and Spanish mackerel, for the hawks, for the owls, for the ground orchid, for the hyacinths, for the Louisiana quillwort, for the American chaffseed, for the snails, for the sea turtles, for the snowy egret, for the cattle egret, for the roseate spoonbill, for the night herons, for the great-egret, for the ibises, for the armadillo, for the tree frogs, for the snakes, for the alligator snapping turtles, for the water moccasin, for the canebrake rattlesnake, for the Louisiana blue star, for the southern lady’s-slipper, for the long-sepaled false dragon-head, for the parrot pitcherplant, for the gopher tortoise, for the Louisiana pearlshell mussel, for the red-cockaded woodpecker, for the gulf killifish “cocahoe”, for the sheepshead minnows, for the bay anchovies, for the fiddler crabs, for the Atlantic croaker, for the southern flounder, for the Atlantic sheephead, for the white alligator, for the millions of migratory waterfowl and the thousands of other plants and animals that are rapidly losing habitat in Louisiana’s wetlands, for the Cajuns, for the coast of Louisiana...