Christy Brown, managing member of NOLA Holdings, LLC and chair of McIlhenny Company, serves or has served on numerous community and foundation boards including Audubon Louisiana (retired), Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Selley Foundation locally and the James Beard Foundation and National Audubon Society’s Leadership Council (retired) nationally. Brown’s family has a long history of coastal conservation starting with his great-grandfather who was the founding president of Audubon Louisiana’s office.