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👤 Members & officials (27)
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Who’s on the Historical Records Advisory Board
- Debbie Hudnall
- Angelique Bergeron
- Edward Benoit
- Debbie Henton
- Meg Placke
- Cheylon Woods
- John Gallagher
- Michelle Riggs
- Nancy Landry
- Riley Berthelot
- Amy Moran
- Catherine Newsome
- Christina Bryant
- Barney Arceneaux
- Gail Wilking
- Lee Leumas
- Melanie Montanaro
- Zach Tompkins
- Ann Boltin
- Ashley Simmons
- Jennifer Waxman
- Zach Stein
- Alan Davis
- Chancellor Ann Boltin
- Freddi Evans
- Trey Williams
- Zack Stein
Recent meetings
Wed Aug 12, 2026
Historical Records Advisory Board
Board to discuss strategic plan implementation, welcome new designee
The Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board will hold a routine meeting to approve previous minutes, welcome Secretary of State designee Trey Williams, and discuss implementation of its strategic plan. No votes on specific projects or funding are listed.
- Adoption of minutes from May 20, 2026 meeting
- Welcome of Trey Williams as Secretary of State designee
- Discussion of strategic plan implementation
- Call for items of discussion from board members
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📄 From the agenda
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NANCY LANDRY
SECRETARY OF STATE
P.O. BOX 94125
BATON ROUGE, LA
70804-9125
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
1
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
2:00 p.m.
In person: Louisiana State Archives 3851 Essen Lane Baton Rouge, LA (Gallery)
______________________________________________________________________
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Old Business
a. Adoption of Previous Meeting Minutes – May 20, 2026
5. New Business
a. Welcome Trey Williams, Secretary of State designee
b. Implementation of Strategic Plan
c. Call for Items of Discussion
6. Closing Remarks
7. Adjournment
If you have any questions regarding the Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board Meeting, please
contact Melanie Montanaro at the Secretary of State’s Office at (225) 922-1000. Comments for the meeting
may be submitted electronically to mcounce@sos.la.gov.
Wed May 20, 2026
Historical Records Advisory Board
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board meets May 20 to adopt minutes and discuss strategic plan
The Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board will hold an in-person meeting at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge to approve the minutes from its March 4, 2026 meeting and discuss its strategic plan and federal funding opportunities. The board will also welcome a representative from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association.
- Adoption of Previous Meeting Minutes – March 4, 2026
- Welcome Alan Davis, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association
- Strategic Plan discussion
- Federal Funding Open Discussion
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✓ Decided: Board approves final Strategic Plan as amended
The Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board approved its final Strategic Plan with an amendment clarifying 'legislature' to 'Louisiana Legislature'. The board also approved the agenda and previous minutes, and discussed implementation of action items, including developing a statewide network of historical records repositories and maintaining a webpage. No other substantive decisions were made.
- Approved agenda (motion passed)
- Approved previous minutes (motion passed)
- Approved Strategic Plan as amended (motion passed)
📄 From the agenda
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NANCY LANDRY
SECRETARY OF STATE
P.O. BOX 94125
BATON ROUGE, LA
70804-9125
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
1
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
1:30 p.m.
In person: Louisiana Old State Capitol, 100 N. Blvd, Baton Rouge (Conference Room)
______________________________________________________________________
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Old Business
a. Adoption of Previous Meeting Minutes – March 4, 2026
5. New Business
a. Welcome Alan Davis, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association
b. Strategic Plan
c. Federal Funding Open Discussion
d. Call for Items of Discussion
6. Closing Remarks
7. Adjournment
If you have any questions regarding the Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board Meeting, please
contact Melanie Montanaro at the Secretary of State’s Office at (225) 922-1000. Comments for the meeting
may be submitted electronically to mcounce@sos.la.gov.
📄 From the minutes
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Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board
MINUTES
May 20, 2026 | 2:00pm | Louisiana State Archives Gallery
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Call to Order — The meeting was called to order at 1:43 pm
Roll Call
Present: Chancellor Ann Boltin, Christina Bryant, Dr. Angelique Bergeron, Alan Davis, Melanie
Montanaro, Dr. Ed Benoit, Amy Moran, Dr. Zachary Stein, and Zach Tompkins
Not Present: Debbie Hudnall, Debbie Henton, Meg Placke, Trey Williams, Gail Wilking, and
Jennifer Waxman
Others Present: Ashley D. Simmons
Order of Business
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Approval of Agenda - On motion of Christina Bryant and seconded by Dr. Angelique Bergeron, the
board approved the agenda. Motion Passed.
Approval of Minutes — On motion of Amy Moran, seconded by Dr, Edward Benoit, the board
approved the minutes. Motion Passed.
Welcome — Melanie Montanaro welcomed Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association representative Alan
Davis to the Board.
Strategic Plan
a. Amy Moran presented the Board with the final draft of the Strategic Plan. Zach Tompkins
recommended that the first Action item under Goal 2 should identify “legislature” as
“Louisiana Legislature”.
On motion of Melanie Montanaro, and seconded by Zach Tompkins, the Board voted to approve the
Strategic Plan as amended. Motion Passed.
b. Upon approval of the Strategic Plan, the Board discussed the implementation of several of
the Action items.
i. Develop a statewide network of historical records repositories...Dr. Edward Benoit
noted his office has been completing a nationwide …
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Wed Mar 4, 2026
Historical Records Advisory Board
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board to discuss strategic plan and federal funding
The board will meet to address operational issues regarding its strategic plan and hold an open discussion on federal funding. The meeting also includes the adoption of minutes from November 13, 2025.
- Strategic Plan operational issues
- Federal Funding open discussion
- Adoption of November 13, 2025 meeting minutes
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✓ Decided: Board modifies Strategic Plan draft and discusses federal funding
The Board approved the meeting agenda and previous minutes. Members agreed to remove a line regarding at-risk collection reporting from the Strategic Plan draft and requested consistent terminology for stewards in Goal four.
- Approved meeting agenda
- Approved previous minutes
- Removed reporting of at-risk collections line from Strategic Plan draft
- Added 'historical records repositories and cultural heritage institutions' to Goal four of Strategic Plan
📄 From the agenda
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NANCY LANDRY
SECRETARY OF STATE
P.O. BOX 94125
BATON ROUGE, LA
70804-9125
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
1
Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
2:00 p.m.
In person: Louisiana State Archives 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (Gallery)
______________________________________________________________________
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Old Business
a. Adoption of Previous Meeting Minutes – November 13, 2025
5. New Business
a. Strategic Plan
i. Operational issues
b. Federal Funding Open Discussion
c. Call for Items of Discussion
6. Closing Remarks
7. Adjournment
If you have any questions regarding the Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board Meeting, please
contact Melanie Montanaro at the Secretary of State’s Office at (225) 922-1000. Comments for the meeting
may be submitted electronically to mcounce@sos.la.gov.
📄 From the minutes
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Louisiana Historical Records Advisory Board
MINUTES
March 4, 2026 | 2:00pm | Louisiana State Archives Gallery
IL Call to Order — The meeting was called to order at 2:25 pm
| IL Roll Call
| Present: Ann Boltin, Christina Bryant, Angelique Bergeron, Melanie Montanaro, Catherine
Newsome, Zack Stein, Gail Wilking, and Jennifer Waxman
Not Present: Debbie Hudnall, Debbie Henton, Meg Placke, Dr. Ed Benoit, Amy Moran, and Zach
Tompkins
Others Present; Ashley D. Simmons
| Til. Order of uses
1. Approval of Agenda - On motion of Angelique Bergeron and seconded by Ann Boltin, the board
approved the agenda. Motion Passed.
2. Approval of Minutes — On motion of Gail Wilking, seconded by Angelique Bergeron, the board
approved the minutes. Motion Passed.
3. Strategic Plan
a. Melanie Montanaro presented a working draft of the Strategic Plan, Jennifer Waxman had
several questions regarding Goal three and the action points related to maintaining a webpage
and the punitive connotation of asking historical custodians to report at-risk collections to the
LHRAB. Catherine Newsome stated that the existing Secretary of State webpage satisfied
the requirement. The Board addressed the reporting of at-risk collections to the LHRAB and
agreed that the intent of the bullet point was covered by Goal one and Goal three, and the line
| should be cut.
| b. Jennifer Waxman requested that the language “historical records repositories and cultural
| heritage institutions” (stewards) be consistently us …
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