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Wed Aug 19, 2026

Board of International Commerce

Board of International Commerce to review FDI projects and working group reports

The Board of International Commerce is meeting to approve minutes, hear updates on foreign direct investment projects, international offices, and missions, and receive reports from working groups on logistics and agribusiness. The agenda is largely informational, with no votes on specific contracts or ordinances listed.

Approval of May 20, 2026 meeting minutes
Update on FDI projects by Paige Carter
Update on international offices by Harrison Crabtree
Report on Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission
Lower Mississippi River Ports update by Micah Cormier

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NOTICE OF MEETING Board of International Commerce 100 North Street • Baton Rouge, LA 70802 • 225.342.3000 • OpportunityLouisiana.com An Equal Opportunity Employer Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Louisiana Economic Development 100 North Street, 9th Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 AGENDA 1. Call to order – Greg Rusovich, Chairman 2. Roll Call – Jeanét Cazenave 3. Approval of LaBIC Board Meeting Minutes: May 20, 2026 – Greg Rusovich 4. Chairman’s Remarks – Greg Rusovich 5. LED Department Report – Paige Carter 6. International Update a. FDI Projects – Paige Carter b. Update on International Offices – Harrison Crabtree c. International Missions – Paige Carter, Harrison Crabtree 7. Working Groups of LaBIC – Paige Carter a. Structure and Group Assembly b. Working Group Reports i. Logistics 1. Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission – Paige Carter 2. Lower Mississippi River Ports Update – Micah Cormier ii. Agribusiness – Nestor Navarro 8. Planned Meetings – Greg Rusovich, Chairman 9. Public Comments 10. Adjourn Note: This official notice of public meeting is posted in accordance with La. R.S. 42:19. Official notice has been posted no less than twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting. Any person requiring a disability accommodation to participate in this open meeting should contact Jeanét Cazenave at Jeanet.Cazenave@la.gov to request the necessary accommodation.

Wed May 20, 2026

Board of International Commerce

LaBIC board to hear FDI projects, port updates, and international missions report

The Louisiana Board of International Commerce (LaBIC) will hold a routine meeting to discuss foreign direct investment projects, updates on international offices, and a collaborative marketing strategy for the Lower Mississippi River ports. The agenda is largely procedural with staff reports and no votes on ordinances or contracts.

FDI Projects update from Paige Carter
Update on International Offices by Harrison Crabtree
Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission report by Andrew Kilshaw
Lower Mississippi River Ports collaborative marketing strategy discussion
Planned international missions and meetings

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✓ Decided: Board of International Commerce approves meeting minutes

The Board approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members received updates on foreign direct investment, including projects by Shintech, Air Liquide, and Woodside, and discussed upcoming trade missions to Japan and France.

Approved previous meeting minutes (unanimous)

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. IBM – Room 910 100 North Street, 9th Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 AGENDA Call to Order – Greg Rusovich, Chairman Roll Call – Jeanét Cazenave Approval of LaBIC Board Meeting Minutes: March 3, 2026 – Greg Rusovich Chairman’s Remarks – Greg Rusovich LED Department Report – Paige Carter International Update FDI Projects – Paige Carter Update on International Offices – Harrison Crabtree Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission – Commissioner Andrew Kilshaw Lower Mississippi River Ports Update, Collaborative Marketing Strategy – Micah Cormier International Missions – Paige Carter, Harrison Crabtree Planned Meetings – Greg Rusovich Public Comments Adjourn Note: This official notice of public meeting is posted in accordance with La. R.S. 42:19. Official notice has been posted no less than twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting. Any person requiring a disability accommodation to participate in this open meeting should contact Jeanét Cazenave at Jeanet.Cazenave@la.gov to request the necessary accommodation.

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1 2 3 STATE OF LOUISIANA 4 LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5 LOUISIANA BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE MEETING 6 BEING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026 7 AT IBM - ROOM 910 8 100 NORTH STREET, 9TH FLOOR 9 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 10 11 12 REPORTED BY: KELLY J. DOMIANO, C.C.R. 13 14 ********************************************* 15 16 COURT REPORTERS OF LOUISIANA - A VERITEXT COMPANY 17 9522 BROOKLINE AVENUE, SUITE 217 18 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809 19 E-MAIL: calendar-louisiana@veritext.com 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 1 Veritext Louisiana – CRLA/goDEPO cs-Louisiana@veritext.com A Veritext Company www.veritext.com Page 2 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CAPTION 1 4 APPEARANCES 3,4 5 PROCEEDINGS 5 6 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE 100 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 3 1 APPEARANCES: 2 CHAIRMAN GREGORY RUSOVICH, TRANSOCEANIC 3 DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT & CEO) 4 PAIGE CARTER, LED, CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 5 OFFICER 6 KEVIN MELTON, CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 7 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8 CHARLES DABADIE, EXXONMOBIL SOLUTIONS 9 BRENDA STELLY, OIL CENTER RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 10 LLC, PRESIDENT 11 NICHOLAS COLE, LDAF, DIRECTOR, REPRESENTING 12 COMMISSIONER MICHAEL STRAIN 13 MANDI MITCHELL, LEDA, PRESIDENT & CEO 14 NESTOR NAVARRO, JR., NAVARRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP, 15 FOUNDER/MANAGING MEMBER 16 MARK KENT ANDERSON, MID SOUTH EXTRUSION, CEO, 17 (ABSENT) 18 MIKE CAUSEY, HUNT GUILLOT & ASSOCIATES, VP OF 19 CORPORATE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT 20 MICAH CORMIER, PORT OF SOUTH LA, CCO 21 …

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Tue Mar 3, 2026

Board of International Commerce

Board to hear LED department report and international office updates

The Board of International Commerce will hear a department report from LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois and receive updates on international offices, missions, and planned meetings. The board will also consider approving minutes from its November 19, 2025 meeting.

LED Department Report by Secretary Susan Bourgeois
Update on International Offices by Paige Carter and Harrison Crabtree
Presentations by International Representatives
International Missions update
Approval of November 19, 2025 meeting minutes

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✓ Decided: Board of International Commerce approves November meeting minutes

The Board approved the minutes from the November meeting. Members received updates on international trade missions to Norway and Japan, as well as the launch of the Louisiana Storyteller Initiative.

Approved minutes from November meeting

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N OTICE OF MEETING Board of International Commerce 100 North Street • Baton Rouge, LA 70802 • 225.342.3000 • OpportunityLouisiana.com An Equal Opportunity Employer Tuesday, March 3, 2026 1:00 p .m. – 3:00 p.m. IBM - Room 910 100 North St, 9th Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 AGENDA 1. Call to order – Greg Rusovich, Chairman 2. Roll Call – Jeanét Cazenave, Administrative Assistant 3. Approval of LaBIC Board Meeting Minutes: November 19, 2025 – Greg Rusovich 4. Introductory Remarks – Greg Rusovich 5. LED Department Report – Secretary Susan Bourgeois 6. International Update a. Update on International Offices – Paige Carter, Harrison Crabtree b. Presentations by International Representatives c. International Missions – Paige Carter, Harrison Crabtree d. Planned Meetings – Greg Rusovich 7. Public Comments 8. Adjourn N ote: This official notice of public meeting is posted in accordance with La. R.S. 42:19. Official notice has been posted no less than twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled time of the meeting. Any person requiring a disability accommodation to participate in this open meeting should contact Jeanét Cazenave at Jeanet.Cazenave@la.gov to request the necessary accommodation.

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1 2 3 STATE OF LOUISIANA 4 LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5 LOUISIANA BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE MEETING 6 BEING HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026 7 AT IBM - ROOM 910 8 100 NORTH STREET, 9TH FLOOR 9 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 10 11 12 REPORTED BY: KELLY J. DOMIANO, C.C.R. 13 14 ********************************************* 15 16 COURT REPORTERS OF LOUISIANA - A VERITEXT COMPANY 17 9522 BROOKLINE AVENUE, SUITE 217 18 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809 19 E-MAIL: calendar-louisiana@veritext.com 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 1 Veritext Louisiana – CRLA/goDEPO cs-Louisiana@veritext.com A Veritext Company www.veritext.com Page 2 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CAPTION 1 4 APPEARANCES 3,4 5 PROCEEDINGS 5 6 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE 107 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 3 1 APPEARANCES: 2 CHAIRMAN GREGORY RUSOVICH, TRANSOCEANIC 3 DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT & CEO, (ABSENT) 4 SECRETARY SUSAN BONNETT BOURGEOIS 5 PAIGE CARTER, LED, CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 6 OFFICER 7 KEVIN MELTON, CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 8 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9 STEPHANIE CARGILE, REPRESENTING CHARLES DABADIE, 10 EXXONMOBIL SOLUTIONS 11 BRENDA STELLY, OIL CENTER RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 12 LLC, PRESIDENT 13 NICHOLAS COLE, LDAF, DIRECTOR, REPRESENTING 14 COMMISSIONER MICHAEL STRAIN 15 MANDI MITCHELL, LEDA, PRESIDENT & CEO, (ABSENT) 16 NESTOR NAVARRO, JR., NAVARRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP, 17 FOUNDER/MANAGING MEMBER 18 MARK KENT ANDERSON, MID SOUTH EXTRUSION, CEO, 19 (ABSENT) 20 MIKE CAUSEY, HUNT GUILLOT & ASSOC …

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