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| David Hearn, 2013 LRA Chair and wife Janet. |
“David
is an individual who is absolutely committed to community service,” said Stan Harris, LRA President/CEO. “This kind of dedication to the LRA is truly
legendary. Being around someone who has this kind of philosophy on giving back
is inspiring and contagious.”
As
LRA Chair, Hearn will lead four State Board meetings; represent Louisiana at
the Public Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C. and install all nine LRA
Chapter Boards during each annual Awards Banquet and Officer Installation.
There are four meetings each he’ll participate in with the LRA SIF and the
LRAEF. This year, the first LRA Board Meeting is in conjunction with the
Louisiana ProStart® Competition.
“ProStart
is the coolest thing we do as an association for the future of our industry,”
said Hearn. “To see high school students compete in the Culinary and Management
Competitions is impressive and I wanted all of our board members to see the
students in action. If ProStart would have been around when I was in high
school, I would have definitely taken it to complement working in my family’s
restaurant.”
At
the young age of 11, Hearn found himself working as a busboy at his family’s
restaurant, Catfish Cabin, in Monroe. As he matured, he learned the ropes of
the front of the house during high school and as he entered college, he moved
on to experience the back of the house operations. When David married Janet
Clark in 1982, the timing was perfect for him to take a job outside the family
restaurant in institutional grocery sales where he stayed for the following 12
years.
