New Orleans mayor-elect, Mitch Landrieu, has selected Judy Reese Morse, a Loyola Mass Communication graduate, as one of his transition mayoral co-chairs. Reese Morse will help Landrieu take over the office from Mayor Ray Nagin.

Reese Morse is the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. She has served in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor since January 2004. Prior to serving the Lieutenant Governor's Office, she was the Director of Corporate Communications at the National Public Radio in Washington, D.C.