Board of Directors

The Xavier University of Louisiana Board of Trustees and the Ochsner Health Board of Directors have ratified the Founding Board of Directors of Ochsner and Xavier appointees.  

The XOCOM Board of Directors makes and authenticates policy decisions while assuring that adequate resources are available to carry out these decisions. 

 

• C. Reynold Verret, PhD, President, Xavier University of Louisiana 

• Pete November, CEO, Ochsner Health 

• Matthew Block, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Ochsner Health 

• Gary C. Butts, M.D., Executive Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mount Sinai Health System 

• Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., MAS, FACOG, System Medical Director of Health Outcomes, Ochsner Health; Associate Professor, Ochsner Clinical School    

• Deborah Grimes, RN, JD, MSHQS, Senior Vice President, Chief Health Outcomes and Inclusion Officer, Ochsner Health 

• Gregory N. Rattler Sr., Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase 

• Trevonne M. Thompson, M.D., FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, Associate Dean, Admissions, University of Illinois College of Medicine