Matthew Willard | |
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Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 8, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sam Jenkins |
Member of the LouisianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 97th district | |
Assumed office January 13,2020 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Bouie |
Personal details | |
Born | New Orleans,Louisiana,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Louisiana State University University of New Orleans (BS) |
Matthew Willard is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 97th district. He assumed office on January 13,2020.
Willard was born and raised in New Orleans. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of New Orleans. [1] [2]
From 2012 to 2016,Willard worked as an account executive at Schulkens Communications. He then joined Fluence Analytics,working as a growth specialist and later senior manager for marketing and communications. He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in November 2019 and assumed office on January 13,2020. [3]
In December 2023 Willard was elected as leader of the House Democratic caucus. [4]
Willard was selected as a Future Caucus Innovation Fellow for the 2024 Healthcare Innovation and 2025-2026 Prenatal-to-Three cohorts for young legislators invested in building bipartisan policy to address key healthcare issues. [5] [6]