About Us - Executive Board
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Tracey Rannals Bryan, J.D.Founder and PresidentTracey Rannals Bryan is the Founder and President of the Jack of Hearts Foundation. She is the mother of four, including her son, Jack, who has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.Tracey graduated from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1990 and Tulane Law School in 1993 and is a partner in the law firm of Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier and Warshauer in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1996, Tracey has been an Adjunct Professor at Tulane Law School. She is a member of the American, Louisiana and New Orleans Bar Associations, as well as a member of the Louisiana Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. Tracey is admitted to practice in all Louisiana state and federal courts as well as the United States Supreme Court and is a frequent guest lecturer on trial practice and procedure. She is a volunteer attorney for the Pro Bono Project of Greater New Orleans, which provides free legal services for the economically disadvantaged, and was a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister Organization. |
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Stephen Bruce Bryan, D.V.M.Founder and Vice PresidentStephen Bryan was raised in a family of seven children in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Steve was a competitive swimmer, captain of his high school swim team, Wisconsin Small School State Champion, and competed in the Junior Olympics. His family moved to New Orleans after his sophomore year, and was a member of the State Champion Swim Team and a Prep High School All-American Honorable Mention at Jesuit High School, where he graduated, with honors, in 1977. After attending Tulane University on a swimming scholarship, Steve graduated from Louisiana State University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry and Wildlife Management and then the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 1986. He was in private practice in Fredericksburg, Virginia for 18 years before moving back to New Orleans in 2006. He is currently the owner of Audubon Veterinary Hospital in New Orleans. He enjoys long distance cycling, and for eighteen years was a trombone player in The Fredericksburg Big Band, which has helped raise more than a million dollars for local charities. Steve and Tracey raise 4 children, including Jack, the inspiration for the Jack of Hearts Foundation. |
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Kelly G. RoseSecretary/TreasurerKelly Rose, graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1989. Thereafter, she began her career in publishing in Los Angeles. In 1993, she returned to New Orleans and worked in advertising, media buying, and marketing.She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of CR Books, which she co-founded in 2005. She is a volunteer for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Lusher Charter School. Kelly is a New Orleans native with three children - Katherine, Jack & James - with whom she resides in Uptown New Orleans. |