Nedra Hains

Background

About Nedra Hains

Nedra Davis Hains - Currently is serving as the Director of Operations at the LSU Museum of Art.Nedra is a key member of the senior leadership team of LSU MOA, charged with maintaining the museum’s day-to-day business operations and advancing its strategic goals. She partners with the LSU MOA Executive Director and others on organizational initiatives, strategic planning, and policy decisions; ensures that the museum’s strategic goals are met in creative and efficient ways; furthers the organizational mission of the museum by setting operational standards and administrative processes; and acts as liaison with LSU finance, human resources, general counsel, facilities planning & operations, IT, development, and visitor services components. In addition to these internal business functions, Nedra contributes essential leadership for institutional partnerships by guiding the successful implementation of programs and initiatives that broaden the museum’s reach, increase its audience, expand contributed and earned revenue, and advance its reputation regionally, nationally, and internationally.Nedra has remained actively engaged in the art community through volunteerism and financial support of artists throughout her 23+ year tenure in engineering. She also served three terms as an appointed commissioner on the East Baton Rouge Parish Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) housed in the EBRP Planning Division. The HPC is concerned with preserving material culture in our historic neighborhoods of EBRP.Nedra is an advocate for cultural and historic preservation by participating in Legislative Fly-ins. She continues to be an advocate for Infrastructure through her participation in the American Society of Civil Engineers Legislative Fly-in. She also is a proud member of the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians and Congressman Garret Graves' Gris-Gris Krewe, which brings the pageantry, revelry, and mystery of Mardi Gras to our nation's capital. She is currently working on her doctorate (DDes in cultural preservation) at the LSU College of Art & Design. Nedra has finished the doctorate coursework and has passed the general graduate exam, now she is finishing writing her dissertation.