{"id":9196,"date":"2023-06-30T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9196"},"modified":"2023-06-30T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T16:18:38","slug":"first-female-lieutenant-governor-keynote-speaker-at-louisiana-girls-leadership-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/30\/first-female-lieutenant-governor-keynote-speaker-at-louisiana-girls-leadership-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"First Female Lieutenant Governor Keynote Speaker at Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/louisianawomen.org\/program\/louisiana-girls-leadership-academy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> held at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicholls State University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from June 11-14 featured Melinda Schwegmann, Louisiana\u2019s first female Lieutenant Governor, as its keynote speaker for its celebration dinner. The special dinner was hosted on the third night of the program at the home of Dr. Raja and Guithre Talluri. Sporting her \u201cVote Schwegmann\u201d campaign t-shirt during her speech, Schwegmann reinforced that girls can do it all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LGLA is a premiere leadership building opportunity, aiming to empower young women in grades 9-12 seeking leadership roles in their schools and to provide them with the tools necessary to be successful, including sessions on how to run campaigns, facilitate communication and build teams. Participants are able to stay on Nicholls campus, learn from the valuable programming and meet other high school students from all over the state. It\u2019s the flagship program for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/lcwg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana Center for Women in Government and Business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at Nicholls State University, under the direction of Dr. Laura Badeaux and program coordinator Kristen Anselmi, Nicholls director of marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 63 candidates selected from over 100 applicants, participants represented 32 high schools and 16 parishes. Participants immerse themselves in a real world mock election, learning from a panel of experts and designing their own group campaign. The LGLA Ambassador is elected after the campaign process and represents an overall outstanding leadership model to assist in planning next year\u2019s program and events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ava Robichaux from E.D. White High School was voted the 2023 LGLA Ambassador, and Whitney Coleman\u2019s campaign team won for \u201cGet Lit for Whit,\u201d whose group campaign featured light bulbs and neon colors. Of the nine young women who applied to be ambassador, the runner up was A\u2019Myri Sam from New Iberia Senior High School. The six other ambassador applicants included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Addison Prince, E.D. White\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annika Noelle Small, Dutchtown<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ja\u2019Leah Robinson, Baton Rouge Magnet\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kayla Orgeron, Central Lafourche<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marlee Zeringue, Covenant Christian<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Le, South Lafourche<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLGLA provides participants with the tools to build confidence in their leadership abilities so that they can succeed in leadership roles. We teach them that before they can become a leader, they must first work as a team. It is so much fun to work with this incredible group of young women and learn from Dr. Laura Badeaux who has dedicated her career to empowering women to take on leadership roles,\u201d said Kristen Anselmi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other guest speakers included LCWBG President Sandra Herman; activist, author and Vice President of LCWGB Sandy Rosenthal; \u201ceverybody\u2019s favorite twins\u201d Sherry and Cherry Wilmore; advocate and actress Crystal Rivers; and The Demo Diva Simone Bruni.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more than 20 years, the LCWGB has promoted female leadership in government and business through a variety of non-partisan outreach and educational programs for women. 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