Ms. Jeansonne is a successful businesswoman who has worked over the past 24 years in the areas of domestic and international business development, financial management, economic development, public relations and community service.

Ms. Jeansonne served as the Director of Business Development from 1992 to 1997 for the South Louisiana Port Commission. In this capacity, she helped to promote the State of Louisiana and the port throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America for the development of international reverse investment and trade development. During her tenure with the port, she assisted in locating over $700 million dollars of new investment to Louisiana; expanded the Foreign Trade Zone Program and served on the Board of the Japan/LA and Korea/LA Association's, MetroVision Regional Economic Development Committee, the Louisiana Industrial Development Executive Association Board of Directors and the New Orleans Transportation Committee.

Since 1972, Ms. Jeansonne has had hands-on experience with the trucking industry thru the family trucking company and involvement in both the state and national trucking association. She has volunteered her time with numerous community organizations including the Laura Center for Creole Heritage, St. James Community Theater, River Region Arts and Historical Preservation Council, and the Louisiana Jaycee Women where she served as State President.

Ms. Jeansonne began working with the Louisiana Airport Authority in 1999 and is currently their Executive Director. Ms Jeansonne together with the Louisiana Airport Authority's Board of Commissions; has worked diligently over the past few years to move the Louisiana International Intermodal Transportation Center project forward.

Presentation Topic : Louisiana International Intermodal Transportation Center

By: Glenda Jeansonne

Summary :

Act 508 of the 1992 Regular Legislative Session crested the Louisiana Airport Authority for the specific purpose of securing a site and constructing a state-of-the-art, International Intermodal Transportation Center for the State of Louisiana.

The Louisiana International Intermodal Transportation Center (LIITC) envisioned by the Louisiana Airport Authority (LAA) is a very large, multi-modal facility designed primarily to meet the transportation and distribution requirements of our new economy. It will be designed, built and operated through a public/private partnership.

Speed and competition are hallmarks of the new economy. Customers are demanding fast, reliable and low cost transportation for goods purchased over the Internet, business is looking for new ways to drive down inventory and transportation costs, and the growth of e-commerce is stimulating global sourcing and international trade. To meet these new demands, firms are developing a new generation of large distribution centers that feature highly efficient material handling systems and offer access to time-definite air, truck and rail intermodal services, including waterborne commodities.

The LIITC is designed to provide a Greenfield location to meet emerging distribution and industrial development that is likely to occur on site. These new needs cannot be met by redeveloping or expanding any existing facilities in Louisiana. If the LIITC is not built, Louisiana businesses and residents will have to rely on out-of-state facilities to meet many of their distribution and intermodal transportation needs. Louisiana needs to develop the LIITC to participate fully in the future growth of intermodal freight transportation and Internet-related distribution activities.

The primary objective of the LIITC is to accommodate new water, air and surface freight traffic that is being generated by the rapid growth in e-commerce and by other changes in the distribution and logistics industries that are increasing the demand for time-definite transportation services.

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