Norma Jean Mattei, PhD, PE, is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Orleans. In the past she has served as Chair of the Department and Interim Dean of the College of Engineering at UNO. She now serves as one of two civilian civil engineer Commissioners of the seven-member Mississippi River Commission, nominated by President Obama. She is the 2017 President of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Norma Jean also has chaired of several National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) committees, most recently the NCEES Education Committee. She was named by the Governor of Louisiana to Louisiana’s licensing board for professional engineers, LAPELS, and served as Chairman of that Board during the final year of her term in 2011-12. She is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, married to Richard Louis Mattei and is the proud mom of Helen Claycomb, PE in civil/structural engineering, and Genevieve Mattei, a biomedical engineer.
Rotary District 6840 is making a concerted effort to raise funds at the District level to send to the Devasted Rotary District 7020. We recommend that anyone wishing to contribute to Rotary District 7020's relief should send money to the District 6840 Foundation and mailed to PDG Neil Alford 384 Voters Rd. Suite 103 Slidell, LA 70461 (with a note that it is for Hurricane Dorian Relief)
Our club is seeking input from members on what kind of speakers you would like to see going forward. Please forward all suggestions to Craig Wroten.
Member Spotlight
Billy Henry
Billy Henry is a native of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas – Pan American and holds a BBA Ed. degree. He is also a graduate of Commonwealth College of Mortuary Science in Houston, Texas. He is licensed in Texas and Louisiana as a Funeral Director and Embalmer, as well as National certification. He has been active in the funeral business since 1972.
Henry moved to New Orleans in 1980 and joined the Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home organization where he was Vice President and General Manager for 38 years. He has been with Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home since March of 2018 serving as Executive Funeral Director.
He has been active in the community, serving as President of the Hospice of Greater New Orleans (the city’s first non-profit hospice) and the Hospice Foundation of New Orleans, a past president of Shelter Resources, also known as Belle Reve Transitional Homes, United Services for AIDS and NO/AIDS Task Force. He is a past president of the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors and has been active in various national, state and local professional organizations. He is currently president of the Steamboat Club of New Orleans and continues to serve as an adjunct professor in the Funeral Service Education Department at Delgado Community College.
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