Charles Rice

Charles L.
Rice currently serves as Director at Dillard University, The United Negro College Fund, Inc. (Louisiana Leadership Council), Business Council of New Orleans & the River Region, Audubon Nature Institute, Inc., Kingsley House, Inc., The Greater New Orleans Foundation, The New Orleans Business Alliance, and holds board or membership roles at University Medical Center, Howard University School of Business, and several bar associations including the American Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, The National Bar Association, and The New Orleans Bar Association.
He is Independent Director at Adhera Therapeutics, Inc. since 2020 and President of the Boy Scouts of America Southeast Louisiana Council since 2014.
Former positions include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Entergy Utility Group, Inc. (2011-2012), Chief Executive Officer at Entergy New Orleans LLC (2000-2018), Chairman at United Way of Southeast Louisiana, Director-Utility Strategy at Entergy Corp., Independent Director at Theralink Technologies, Inc. (2015-2020), Manager-Labor Relations Litigation Support at Entergy Services LLC (2000-2002), Principal at Jones Walker LLP, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of New Orleans (Louisiana), Military Intelligence Officer in The United States Army (District of Columbia), and Partner at Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver LLC.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Howard University, an MBA from Tulane University (Louisiana), and graduate studies at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.