NEW ORLEANS, LA— The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) is accepting applications for citizen member seats on its Board of Directors that will become vacant this spring:

• Council District C Representative (vacancy effective March 27, 2025)
• Consumer/Community Advocate (vacancy effective March 27, 2025)

Applicants must:

• Be a registered voter in Orleans Parish.
• Have been a resident of Orleans Parish for two years prior to their appointment.
  • Applicants for the Council District vacancies must reside in the City Council District for which he or she applied.
  • Applicants for the Consumer/Community Advocate vacancies may reside anywhere in Orleans Parish.
• Have experience in either architecture, environmental quality, finance, accounting, business administration, engineering, law, public health, urban planning, facilities management, public administration, science, construction, business management, community or consumer advocacy, or other pertinent disciplines.

Interested parties are encouraged to learn more and apply:

• Council District C Representative: swbno.org/Notices/VacancyDistrictC
• Consumer/Community Advocate:  swbno.org/Notices/VacancyConsumerAdvocate

SWBNO thanks the dedicated public servants who have served the Board of Directors in these seats: Maurice G. Sholas, M.D., Ph.D. (Council District C) and Robin Barnes (Consumer/Community Advocate). They have played critical roles in the major progress SWBNO has achieved in recent years.

Effective May 9, 2025, the Council District E Representative seat, which is currently held by Tamika Duplessis, Ph.D., will reach its term limit. SWBNO will open the application for this seat at the time of the vacancy.

SWBNO’s Board of Directors is comprised of 11 members, including the mayor, one City Council member, two Board of Liquidation—City Debt representatives, and seven citizen members. All citizen members are appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council from a list of nominees submitted by the Sewerage and Water Board Selection Committee, which includes representatives from local universities, chambers of commerce, and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans.

The Board holds committee and regular meetings monthly. These meetings are open to the public. Appointed board members serve four-year terms and cannot serve more than two consecutive terms.

Please contact ProspectiveBoardMemberApplications@swbno.org or 504-585-2376 with questions or concerns. For more information about SWBNO’s Board of Directors, visit swbno.org/About/BoardOfDirectors.

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