Archie Chaisson
President- Coastal Parish Caucus

Archie was elected as the 9^th Lafourche Parish President and took office on January 1, 2020 and was just recently reelected to his second term without opposition. Prior to his election Archie served in various executive roles in government including the Public Works Director for the City of Thibodaux and as the Parish Administrator for Lafourche Parish Government where he led the parish restoration efforts in the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill. In addition to serving as the Parish President Archie also serves as the President of Parish’s Advocating for Coastal Endurance, also known as PACE, which is made up of the 20 costal parishes in Louisiana. Archie also serves on the national level as a Chairman of the Nation Association of Counties (NACo) Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee and Vice Chairman of the Gulf States Counties and Parishes Caucus.