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Roland Dartez
is the Execuitve Director of the Police Jury
Association of Louisiana.
When the Association's Executive Board appointed
Roland as the new Director in June 2000, he was the
youngest State Executive Director in the nation. He
holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Agriculture
Business and Education from Louisiana Tech
University and a Juris Doctorate from Southern Law
Center.
Before joining the Police Jury Association in April
of 1997, he was legal advisor to Commissioner of
Agriculture and Forestry Bob Odom. While at the
Department, he prosecuted Environmental Law cases as
well as advised a number of department boards
and commissions. Roland's legal career started in
1993 when Attorney General Richard Ieyoub appointed
him as an Assistant Attorney General at the
Louisiana Department of Justice overseeing
Constitutional Law cases, Legal Opinions as well as
serving as the legal advisor to the Justices of the
Peace and Constables Association.
As Executive Director, he oversees the day to day
operations of the Association. He heads up all
lobbying efforts at the State Capitol and in
Washington, DC. He also is the administrator of the
Parish Government Risk Management Agency (PGRMA)
which is the association's group health and workers
compensation programs. He is the Association's
liaison to NACo, Nationwide Retirement Solutions,
LAMP, LASIE, Parish Engineers and Parish
Administrators Organizations. He was named one of
Baton Rouge's young successful professionals when he
was selected as a TOP 40 UNDER 40 member by the
Baton Rouge Business Report and also by CABL's
Leadership Louisiana Class of 2006.
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