Physical Address

Capitol Annex Building
Room 242
1051 N. 3rd St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Mailing Address

PO Box 94361
Baton Rouge, LA 70804


BUDGET DEPARTMENT STAFF

Anita Howard
Budget Administrator
Manages budget for LTG and DCRT
Manages and directs all functions of the Budget Section

  • Supervision of Budget Analysts, Accountant Specialist, and student worker
  • Coordinates, prepares, and reviews/audits Operating Budget Requests and other related documents:
    • BA7, FMBB, BA22, FV50, FV70
    • Monthly Budget Projection
    • Annual Fiscal Reports
    • Indirect Cost Allocation
    • Grant Creation and grant billings
    • Performance Indicator Reporting
  • Lease Controller-Contracts
  • Liaison between LTG/DCRT, OPB Analyst and Legislative Fiscal Analyst which includes informing Undersecretary and Assistant Deputy Secretary of any communication with control agency
  • Develop/Update Policies
  • Check Signing
Karen Clark
Budget Analyst 3
Manages budgets for:
  • Office of the Lieutenant Governor
  • Office of State Parks
Performs financial functions:
  • Budget preparation for annual Operating Budget Request
  • Annual Fiscal Report
  • Budget projections including monitoring revenue and expenditures
  • Grant draw requests and grant billings
  • Budget appropriation documents such as FV50, BA7s, BA22s, FV70s, and FMBBs
  • Invoice/expenditures for payment processing
  • Audit Works Transactions
  • OGB Invoice
  • Indirect Cost Allocation report
  • Performance Indicator Reporting review and entry
Danielle Coleman
Budget Analyst
Manages budgets for:
  • Office of State Library
  • Office of State Museum
  • Office of State Cultural Development
Performs financial functions:
  • Budget preparation for annual Operating Budget Request
  • Annual Fiscal Report
  • Budget projections including monitoring revenue and expenditures
  • Grant draw requests and grant billings
  • Budget appropriation documents such as FV50, BA7s, BA22s, and FMBBs
  • Invoice/expenditures for payment processing
  • Audit Works Transactions
  • OGB Invoice
  • Indirect Cost Allocation report
  • Performance Indicator Reporting Review
Natalie Grigsby
Budget Analyst
Manages budgets for:
  • Office of the Secretary – Business Service Manager
  • Office of Tourism
Performs financial functions:
  • Budget preparation for annual Operating Budget Request
  • Annual Fiscal Report
  • Budget Projections including monitoring revenue and expenditures
  • Grant draw requests and grant billings for OT
  • Grant Payment Processing for KLB
  • Budget appropriation documents such as FV50, BA7s, BA22s, and FMBBs
  • Invoice/expenditures: which includes auditing and creating SRRs for OMF, Admin, and Seafood Contracts
  • Audit Works Transactions
  • OGB Invoice
  • Indirect Cost Allocation report
  • Performance Indicator Reporting review and entry
Tantianisha Maze
Accountant
Utilities
  • Collect, review, and enter payment information for utilities
Expenditure Log
  • Log approved expenditures and check number and dates
Budget Projection Template
  • Update projection summary templates
Special Projects
Assists as needed
Hannah Roman
Student Worker
Filing
  • Files documents for Fiscal and Budget
Update Expenditure Log
  • Enters check numbers on all expenditure logs
Special Projects
  • Assists as needed


PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF

Shannon Gilchrist
Administrative Program Director
Purchasing
  • P-card/CBA Program Administrator
  • Fleet Manager
  • Property Manager
  • Telecommunications Coordinator
  • Building Coordinator
  • Records Officer – acts as a liaison between the agency and the State Archives on all matters relating to records management, including developing your agencies retention schedule and submitting disposal requests


FISCAL DEPARTMENT STAFF

Natasha Crocram
Accountant Administrator 3
Manages Fiscal Division for OLG/DCRT
Directs, plans, and organizes all day-to-day accounting functions for OLG/DCRT including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Travel, and Cash Management
Serves as primary advisor to the Undersecretary for all OLG/DCRT financial matters
Vanisha Alexander
Accountant 4
Assists with daily accounts payable and accounts receivable duties
Approves payment documents
Oversees voided/reissued checks and petty cash for OLG/DCRT
Communicates with OLG/DCRT agencies regarding payment issues
Assists Accountant Administrator
Anitra Burke
Accountant 3
Oversees the deposits/receivables for the following agencies:
  • Office of the Lieutenant Governor
  • Office of State Library
  • Office of State Museums
Handles credit card deposits for the Office of State Museums
Assists in the cash deposits for the Office of State Parks
Handles Schedule 8’s for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Office of State Library
Communicates with the Office of State Treasury regarding deposits and/or classification issues for the assigned agencies
Kayla Ausbon
Accountant 3
Oversees the deposits/receivables for the following agencies:
  • Office of the Secretary
  • Office of State Parks
  • Office of Cultural Development
  • Office of Tourism
Handles credit card deposits for the Office of State Parks
Handles Schedule 8’s for the Office of the Secretary, Office of State Parks, Office of Cultural Development and the Office of Tourism
Communicates with the Office of State Treasury regarding deposits and/or classification issues for the assigned agencies
Edna Taylor
Accountant 3
Oversees all travel reimbursements for CRT
Communicates with CRT employees regarding travel related issues
Processes all contract invoices for CRT
Processed all special meals reports and handles questions from the agencies regarding special meals
Distributes all OTM invoices to the CRT agencies
Distributes and processes all postage invoices for CRT
Communicates with the Office of State Travel regarding travel related issues and special meal issues
Jill Geurin
Accountant 3
Oversees the processing of all invoices (purchase orders and non-purchase orders)
Processes the payment reports twice a week to verify vendor payments
Processes all utility payments for all CRT agencies
Communicates with all CRT agencies regarding payment invoices
Communicates with the vendors regarding invoice payments
Processes all vendor payment reports to verify all payments have been processed and sent to the vendors
Aggie Higginbotham
Administrative Coordinator
Handles all utility bill issues
Communicates with the utility companies regarding utility billing
Assists the accounts receivable section with non-Chase Bank accounts
Assists the budget section with utility bills and answers questions
Assists with utility vendor payment reports and verifies all payments have been processed
Peyton Ward
Student
Assists the accounts receivable section with non-Chase Bank accounts
Inputs check numbers and check dates on all processed invoice payments to be filed
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