Connie R. Cooper received her Bachelor of Liberal Studies in English from LSUA in 2007. Ms. Cooper is a former member of the LSU System Board of Supervisors, president of the LSUA Student Government and member of the State of Louisiana Council of Student Body Presidents Executive Board. She spent five years as Branch Director and later Director of Operations at Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Louisiana. She then worked at LSUA as an enrollment management and financial aid officer. Since 2009, she has served as Executive Director at Rapides Habitat for Humanity.
The awards she has received include the:
- LSU System Board of Supervisors Lifetime Scholarship
- LSUA Chancellor’s Scholarship
- LADE Anne Ferguson Award for Outstanding Alumna
- NADE Mary Maxwell Award
- Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
- Charles E. Williams II Advanced Leadership Institute Scholarship
- Mary Jane Brown Memorial Scholarship
- State of Louisiana Book Festival Scholarship
- LSUA Dean’s List
- City of Alexandria Recognition of Leadership
- LSUA Recognition of Outstanding Service as a Student Leader
- State of Louisiana House of Representatives Recognition and Honor of Demonstrated Leadership
Ms. Cooper is a member of the:
- Habitat for Humanity Louisiana State Support Office, Board of Directors
- Friends of the James C. Bolton Library, Board of Directors
- Bayou Life Center, Board of Directors
- Arna Bontemps Museum and Cultural Arts Center, Board of Directors
- Kiwanis Club of Central Louisiana
- Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.
- Louisiana Federation of Democratic Women