Governor-elect Jeff Landry has made heads turn as he elected a transition committee dedicated entirely to the city of New Orleans. It is an unusual choice given that most transition committees are formed with a focus on a specific issue instead of a place. It is also unusual given that, in his eight years as attorney general, Landry was known to antagonize New Orleans officials and held a noticeable hostility towards the city as a whole.

Landry carefully selected 27 members to make up this committee, none of which include any current members of the Cantrell administration, the New Orleans City Council, or the Orleans Parish law enforcement agencies. The list of committee members made up heavily of business and tourism executives, civic association leaders and others both directly and indirectly involved in crime fighting.

According to reports, the committee is set to meet three times before the end of the year. See below for a list and brief description of each member.

• Boysie Bollinger - chairman, businessman and GOP donor.

• Austin Badon - former New Orleans Clerk of First City Court.

• Becket Becnel - trial lawyer and businessman based out of LaPlace.

• Matt Bowers - car dealer out of New Orleans.

• Leon Cannizzaro - former Orleans Parish district attorney and current aide to Landry.

• John Casbon - founder of Police and Justice Foundation.

• Jim Cook - GM of Sheraton New Orleans.

• Ayame Dinkler - health care consultant out of New Orleans.

• Jamie Dugan - trial lawyer in New Orleans.

• Royce Duplessis - Democratic state senator in New Orleans.

• Rick Farrell - businessman who funded effort to recall Cantrell.

• Paul Flower - businessman who chairs the Business Council of New Orleans and the River Region.

• Ron Forman - CEO of the Audubon Institute.

• Kelisha Garrett - Chief operating officer and vice president of Louisiana Chamber of Commerce. • Mike Hammer - owner of Pontchartrain Capital and founding board member of Hotel Hope.

• Stan Harris - CEO of the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

• Michael Hecht - CEO of GNO Inc.

• Walt Leger - CEO of New Orleans & Company.

• Joe Lopinto - Jefferson Parish Sheriff.

• Jenny Mains - executive at CRC Global Solutions in Kenner.

• Patrick Norton - COO of Tulane University.

• Paul Rainwater - consultant and lobbyist for the city of New Orleans.

• Caroline Reily - CEO of Aluminum Technologies in New Orleans.

• Laura Rodrigue - attorney, former Orleans prosecutor, lawyer for Cantrell recall campaign and daughter of Leon Cannizzaro.

• Greg Rusovich - CEO of Transoceanic Development.

• Kerry Stockwell - executive at Tulane University.

• Tom Watson - senior pastor at Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries.