Nedra Hains Email & Phone Number

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

A recent leadership transition at the museum has prompted a strategic realignment of duties, allowing Nedra to focus more on areas of operational management and cybersecurity, aligning with organizational goals and enhancing overall efficiency. As an integral part of the senior leadership team at LSU MOA, she plays a crucial role in the stewardship of the museum’s daily operations and the realization of its strategic objectives. Nedra’s collaboration with the Executive Director and key stakeholders on organizational directives and strategic planning is pivotal in achieving the museum’s ambitions creatively and resourcefully. The transition in leadership catalyzed a reevaluation and subsequent realignment of her responsibilities, focusing on reinforcing operational standards, refining administrative processes, and securing the museum's strategic initiatives as the museum heads into reaccreditation in 2025.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Deputy Director of the LSU Museum of Art.

100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, La

I work for the LSU Museum of Art and the LSU Foundation

I support the LSU Museum of Art (MOA) because it is a space my young son and I can enjoy together and connect. My family experiences the LSU MOA together. Regardless of age or gender, the museum provides us a space to think about and talk about what art is - life. The museum expands our sense of the way things can be. The possible is constantly redefined. I give LSU MOA my time and money because of the work they do with public school children and art. Exposure to art, learning about creating things we care about, profoundly affects children. Being able to enter into the world of another and empathizing or motivating children to offer the best of themselves is a priceless lesson the museum provides. The museum offers children and adults the opportunity to see the soul of someone else in a work of art and appreciate its beauty. Children recognize and react to this... as does the part of me that needs to be nurtured. The museum affords a transformative experience everyday. I cherish what the University has given the Baton Rouge and surrounding community in the LSU MOA. LSU MOA is art in action: connections, empathy, motivation, & focus, as Eric Booth states, “Art is a verb”. The LSU MOA has enriched my family's lives... family and quality of life...its an art in the South, isn't that why we live in Baton Rouge? I encourage you to visit the LSU MOA today and experience art in action for yourself!

Editor, Journal for the Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Editor for technical content and editorial duties for four quarterly publications. www.lasce.org/publications/index.aspx.ASCE Report Card on Infrastructure, Communications Director and Editor, 2010 – 2012. An 18-month effort to construct the nationally acclaimed report card for the state. www.lasce.org/reportcard.aspx.

Southwest Louisiana

Her responsibilities include: Coastal restoration and protection for Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion Parishes. Coordinate special projects and events sponsored by the Chenier Plain Authority (CPCRPA) including all public meetings and social events. Coordinate the disbursement of important information and dates of upcoming meetings to all stakeholders. Coordinate public relations and marketing efforts for the CPCRPA in regards to potential funding sources, local and statewide stakeholders, etc. Serve as the CPCRPA Designee to all relevant meetings as it relates to the CPCRPA including working directly with the Louisiana Legislation and Louisiana Congressional delegation on coastal issues and providing testimony, assist with Grant Management, and maintain the Authority's website. Her responsibilities include: day-to-day operations including accounting and budget control, procurement and contract management, management and program analysis, data processing, personnel management and grants management. The CPCRPA is a levee board that consists of a nine member board of commissioners appointed by the Governor. Reference: Mike Dever, Commissioner CPCRPA, Providence Engineering & Environmental Group, LLC 752 E. Houston River Rd Sulphur, LA 70663; p: 337- 842-3858‬ e: mikedever@providenceeng.com

Project Manager, Atkins North America, formerly PBS&J –May 2012. Editor, “West Galveston Bay Regional Sediment Management Plan Report" (DRAFT). Texas General Land Office & the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA).October 2011 – present. Project Manager. Responsible for completion of the final plans & specifications for the CIAP Freshwater Bayou Bank Stabilization (TV-11b) (EB) & the Surplus Marsh Creation Near Freshwater Bayou (ME-25SF) project as well as assistance through the bid phase of this project. In addition, construction administration & inspection tasks. This project is in conjunction with Sellers and Associates, Inc. April 2010–March 2013, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) Support, State of Louisiana. Project manager. Teaming with Tetra Tech IDIQ for environmental services, provided:• Cleanup & Restoration Monitoring. Project manager. CPRA Rep in Stage 3 & 4 cleanupefforts in Barataria Basin. Monitoring of augering on Fourchon, Elmer’s Isle, Grand Isle, GT 1 & GT II. • Liaison, Oil Spill Response. Analyzed and recommended potential oil spill response strategies;reviewed ongoing containment and cleanup efforts as well as historical best practices; &provided OCPR liaisons to Jefferson, Plaquemines, Orleans, & St. Tammany Parishes.• Review of Terrebonne/Timbalier Bay Protection Strategy: Terrebonne & Lafourche Parishes. Technical assistant for review of booming strategies for seven passes as well as & cost estimates, constructability, & effectiveness.• Executive State Master Plan for Oil Spill Response. Technical assistant. Developed a priority list of proven oil spill technologies and approaches.August 2012 – September 2012. Hurricane Isaac – Post Storm Reconnaissance State-Only SCAT Surveys, BP Oil Spill Incident (CPRA). Project manager. Teaming with Tetra Tech, CPRA IDIQ environmental services, Atkins provided technical services. Carried out the CPRA state evaluation of DWH impacts.

Served as a Coastal Resources Scientist Manager over the Communication & Training Section within the Louisiana Applied Coastal Engineering & Science (LACES) Division. Nedra managed a section comprised of two or more functional units of professional level staff who are responsible for all aspects of an important segment, scientific/technical communications and staff training, as a major part of the OCPR’s overall coastal restoration & hurricane flood protection program.

I work as Research Consultant to Environmental & Law Teams to coordinate the research and development process, audio visual services, GIS mapping, & professional document preparation. In addition, I provide Web Design, MySpace Layouts, & General Computer Services.

Research Assoc. IV in LWRRI & HSRC S/SW, C4G, LSRC, LSU Hurricane Center, & CPHIH. In addition to my research duties I also implement the technology transfer division which is the organization & implementation of scientific meetings, conferences, domestic / international, to disseminate research findings. I also worked on The LA Levee School in conjunction w/ LADNR & LADOTD. I am also currently working w/ the LSU Hurricane Center to evaluate the impact of hurricanes Katrina & Rita on LA’s physicians & their patients w/ the LA Medical Society. I manage several students, undergraduate / graduate, & post-graduate fellows. I oversee the budgets & goals for our Institute & serve in an advisory capacity for other Centers. I work internationally & domestically on several LA critical issues: hurricanes, wetland loss, & hazardous sediments, LRA stakeholder meetings in 2006 & I am a Consultant : GIS mapping & Emergency Planning for Plant Facilities 2007-present.

Student Asst. to LSU Archivist, Hill Memorial Library.

Lsu College Of Art & Design Doctor Of Design (Ddes) In Cultural Preservation, History & Theory Of Material Culture, 2Nd Year

Activities and Societies: Lamda Alpha |LSU Museum of Art lsumoa.orgLSU’s Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation serves a market.

M.A., Cultural Anthropology

Thesis "Gutter Punks and College Students: The Sociosemiotics of Louisiana Tattooing in the 1990's."

B.A., Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Spanish

Activities and Societies: Lambda Alpha, ArchaeologyMinor in Spanish

Junior Division