Chas Roemer
| Chas Roemer | |
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| President of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
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In office January 2012 – January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Penny Dastugue |
| Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | |
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In office January 2008 – January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Polly Broussard |
| Succeeded by | Kathy Edmonston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1970 (age 46–47) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Tena Levatino |
| Children |
Daughter Adeline |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Daughter Adeline
Charles Elson Roemer, IV, known as Chas Roemer (born February 1970), is the Republican former president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the 11-member state body which sets and monitors education policy. A resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Roemer led the majority faction of the board which seeks to implement reforms and innovations pushed by then Governor Bobby Jindal and continuing state Education Superintendent John C. White.
Roemer is the son of Frances "Cookie" Demler Thomas (born 1942) and former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer. He has a sister, Caroline Roemer Shirley, and a half-brother, Dakota Frost Roemer (born 1980), from his father's second marriage to the former Patti Kaye Crocker. Roemer's paternal grandfather, Charles E. Roemer, II, was a farmer and businessman in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana and the commissioner of administration for former Governor Edwin W. Edwards, later an intraparty rival of Buddy Roemer's. His grandmother, Adeline McDade Roemer (1923-2016) of Bossier Parish ran unsuccessfully in 1988 for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat, which was held by Buddy Roemer for seven years prior to his governorship.
Roemer graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shortly after his father left the Louisiana governorship in defeat. He is the managing partner of Roemer, Robinson, Melville, and Company, an investment management firm headquartered in Baton Rouge. In 2001, he was named one of the “Top 40 Business Persons under the Age of 40” by the Baton Rouge Business Report.
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