Frank Young - Chairman

Frank retired  after 27 years with the New Orleans Police Department, where he attained the rank of District Commander.   He is currently the Chief of Police for the Tulane University Police Department.   A graduate of Rummel High School and the University of New Orleans, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Frank has two children in high school (Mt. Carmel and Jesuit). 

Monica Pierre - Vice-Chair

Monica Pierre is a three-time Suncoast Regional Emmy® award-winner, producer, speaker, and talk show host. Her most recent Emmy® was awarded for her role as co-executive producer of the documentary Battlegrounds: The Lost Community of Fazendeville.

Currently, Pierre serves as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Mass Communication at Xavier University, where she teaches the next generation of multimedia storytellers through courses in podcasting, broadcast announcing, writing, and storytelling.

Further extending her passion for narrative crafting, Pierre founded The Story Maker Academy. Through this six-month program, she teaches leaders and entrepreneurs how to discover, develop, and deliver compelling stories for influence, impact, and inspiration.

Joel MacClellan, Ph.D. - Commissioner

Joel MacClellan is a philosophy professor and director of the Environment Program at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. MacClellan’s area of expertise is ethics. He is a member of Loyola’s Institutional Review Board (for research involving human subjects) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (for research involving animal subjects) and has experience in clinical medical ethics. He also served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in sustainable human development, environmental conservation, and cross-cultural understanding. Dr. MacClellan was appointed to the commission in October 2024. 

Billy Gibbens - Commissioner

Billy Gibbens is the President and General Counsel of River Birch, LLC, which owns and operates a Subtitle D landfill, a renewable gas plant that converts landfill gas into commercial grade natural gas, a C&D landfill, injection wells, and a garbage collection fleet. Previously, Billy was a partner at Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, where he handled civil and criminal litigation, and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he prosecuted white collar and public corruption cases. Billy is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he has served as a member of the Lawyer’s Disciplinary Committee for the Eastern District of Louisiana, as the Criminal Justice Act Panel Representative for the Eastern District of Louisiana, as an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University Law School, as a board member of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and as chair of the New Orleans Bar Association’s Criminal Law Committee. Billy attended college and law school at the University of Virginia.