Episode 71 Erica Bryant - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home

Caddo Parish Administrator and CEO, Erica Bryant, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Nortwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

0:37 1. On April 20, 2023, you were appointed Caddo Parish Administrator and CEO, after working with the Parish since 1997.

Let’s start today, just explaining some structural things. There are 12 Caddo Parish Commissioners who serve four-year terms and represent constituency that encompasses approximately 900 square miles.

Talk about the role of the Caddo Parish Administrator and some of how you work with the commissioners and provide management oversight of all Caddo Parish functions.

3:20 2. Can you talk about some of your current priorities and initiatives?

7:21 3. You have served in different roles with the Parish. You began as the Assistant Director of Finance, then worked as the Director of Finance and Human Resources for 16 years and spent the last four years as the Assistant Parish Administrator. You are the first African-American woman to be appointed Caddo Parish Administrator and CEO.

You once said, “I appreciate the role women leaders have played in my career development and I want to encourage and inspire future women leaders.”

Can you talk about some of the female leaders who have mentored or inspired you?

11:26 4. What are some ways the Commission has changed in the 26 years since you first began working with the Parish?

15:34 5. Lastly, as you look around at our community, what gives you hope that we are making progress and headed in the right direction?