Conference 2024

LPPOA Training Conference Agenda 2024

Conference is over but if you want to see what we did this was the schedule.

Tuesday, March 12th

5:00 pm ‐ 8:00 pm Early Bird Registration

(VIP Check In – across from hotel elevators)

7:30 pm till Kick Off Party
BeauxJax Crafthouse
501 Barksdale Dr.
Bossier City
Wednesday, March 13th
7:00 am – 7:45am Golf Registration
8:00 am LPPOA Golf Tournament
The Golf Club at Stonebridge
301 Stonebridge Blvd.
Bossier City
7:00 am LPPOA Softball Tournament
Meadowview Ball Park
4208 Shed Rd.
Bossier City, LA

10:00 am – 1:30 pm Registration – Attendees and Vendors
River Dome Foyer
10:30 am – 11:15 am Karissa M. Page, MPH – Access Director,

Criminal Justice Systems

Bossier Room
12:30 pm Vendor Row Opens
River Dome Foyer
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Jennifer Bush, Assistant Director

Parole Violations, Sex Offender Management, Emergency
Operations, LA Probation and Parole HQ
Peer Support
Bossier Room

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Opening Ceremony
Probation and Parole Honor Guard
National Anthem – Hayden Spivey

Welcome‐ Daimian McDowell, Shreveport District Manager
Judge Craig O. Marcotte – 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Steve Prator‐Caddo Parish Sheriff (outgoing) /New Member on the
Board of Clemency and Parole
Judge Parker Self, 26th Judicial District Court
River Dome

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Francis Abbot – Board of Clemency and Parole
New Members: Pete Fremin, Danny Barras & Steve Prator
River Dome
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Woody Overton – Key Note Speaker

Acclaimed Podcast Host of Podcasts – Real Life Real Crime, Bloody
Angola and Scorched Justice

River Dome
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm LPPOA Cook Off
River Dome Parking Lot (USE REAR RIVER DOME EXIT)
Thursday, March 14th

8:00 am Registration Opens – Attendees and Vendors
8:00 am Vendor Row Opens
8:00 am – 8:30 am Coffee and Networking on Vendor Row
River Dome Foyer
8:30 am – 9:45 am Shannon Wheeler – Empower Advisory Group
Deferred Compensation
Orleans Room

8:30 am – 9:45 am Timber Mosley with Legal Shield
Bossier Room
10:00 am – 11:15 am Shannon Wheeler – Empower Advisory Group
LASERS Self Directed Plan
Orleans Room
10:00 am – 11:15 am Tanisha S. Matthews – PHR, Louisiana Department of Public Safety

and Corrections Services

Sharon Jennings, HR Specialist, Office of Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion, Department of Corrections Headquarters
Wellness in the Workplace – Why Do We Need It?

Bossier Room
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Lunch
River Dome
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm Gary Westcott, Deputy Secretary
River Dome
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Vendor Appreciation – River Dome
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Christie Varnado, Investigative Specialist Supervisor,Braylen Batiste,
Investigative Specialist, Ireka Pursley, Investigative Specialist
Louisiana State Analytical & Fusion Exchange: Investigative &
Analytical Support & Analytical Support Services and a Statewide
Perspective on Street Gangs
Orleans Room

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Gavin Robert, Program Manager

Microsoft Outlook
Orleans Room
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Dr. Herman Brister, Supt. of the Louisiana ReBirth Academy & Chris

Lee – Rebirth Charter Academy

Bossier Room
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Tara Hookfin – STEP Director for the Louisiana Department of
Corrections, Office of Reentry, Education and Chaplaincy Services &
Ms. Muriel Leewright, Educational Director

Bossier Room
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Sgt. Tyler Wheeler – Keynote Speaker
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
River Dome
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Social Dinner – River Dome

Friday, March 15th
River Dome

7:30 am – 9:30 pm Presidential Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:00 am President’s Address
Brad Nolan, President

Louisiana Probation and Parole Officers
Association

10:00 am LPPOA Business Meeting
New Director
4:30 pm Training Conference Ends – See you all next year!