Julie Cathryn Emerson | |
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Louisiana State Representative for District 39 (Lafayette and St. Landry parishes) |
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Assumed office January 2016 |
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Preceded by | Stephen Ortego |
Personal details | |
Born |
Homer, Claiborne Parish Louisiana, USA |
February 29, 1988
Political party | Republican |
Residence |
Carencro Lafayette Parish |
Alma mater | Westminster Christian Academy of Opelousas, Louisiana University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of South Carolina |
Website | JulieEmerson.org |
Julie Cathryn Emerson (born February 29, 1988) is a small business owner from [[Carencro, Louisiana]|Carenco]], Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 39 in Lafayette and St. Landry parishes in South Louisiana.
Emerson was born in Homer in Claiborne Parish in North Louisiana and moved to Carencro with her family at the age of seven. She graduated from Westminster Christian Academy in Opelousas. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. After college, she established Lagniappe Communications Group, a public relations firm.
She sits on the board of trustees at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 2012, she was elected to the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and was part of the Louisiana delegation at the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions.