Our Team
Meet the team working to advance our mission!
Board of Directors
Troy Duhon is the Founder and President of Premier Automotive, leading one of the nation’s fastest-growing dealership groups while championing a mission of purpose-driven leadership. Through his business success, nonprofit work with Giving Hope, and global philanthropic initiatives, he is committed to creating lasting impact in communities both locally and worldwide.
Troy Duhon
President, Co-founder, Director
Tracy Duhon is a nonprofit founder, author, and award-winning leader dedicated to transforming pain into purpose and hope into action. As Co-Founder of Giving Hope, she has built a movement that feeds families, mobilizes women, and advances human dignity — proving that hope is not just a message, but a mission lived out daily.
Tracy Duhon
Co-founder, Director
Pat Brackley
Director
Rebecca Cuellar
Secretary, Director
Demario Davis
Director
Tamela Davis
Director
Robert Katz
Treasurer, Director
Rick Kuebel
Director
Larry Welch
Director
Executive and Administration
Alphonse Smith
Executive Director
Betty Thomas
Chief Operations Director
Lan Hoang
Volunteer and Outreach Manager
Giving Hope Food Pantry New Orleans
Elendra Fields
Daquisha Lewis
Celestine Turner
Donnie Joseph
Anthony Johnson
Tonja Demery
Jessica Costa
Lester Smith
Robert Bookman
Ella Buggage
Julius Lee
Barbara Womack
Markisha Frazier
Giving Hope Kitchen New Orleans
Patricia Kuykendall
Perry Thomas
Shawn Ratliff
Timothy Shelton
Herman Trammell
Kurtrell Kuyendall
Giving Hope Food Pantry Hawaii
Violette Ishikawa