John Batt Jr. is a local politician and businessman from

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. He is married to wife Andre Batt, and has two daughters, Bailey and Kelly. He is the older brother of actor

Bryan Batt Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series ''Mad Men'' as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in mo ...

. Batt is a fifth generation, lifelong resident of New Orleans. In his earlier years he attended

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in New Orleans until 1978, and later attended and graduated

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in New Jersey until he graduated in 1979. Batt attended Sewanee: The University of the South, transferred and graduated from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

with a BA of English in 1984 and went on to earn an MBA of Finance from

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

in 1986. While at Tulane, Batt was a member of the

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fraternity where he received the Order of the Lion Award. As a business man, Batt is a franchisee of Jos. A. Bank Clothier since 1992 as well as other businesses, such as real estate and other retail.

Political career

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, Batt served as the only member of his party on the New Orleans City Council, from 2002 to 2006, having represented District A. District A runs from the

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just below the

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line in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. It includes some of the most affluent sections of town, and some the most seriously damaged by the Levee failures of 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. The severe breach of the

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in the West End and Lakeview neighborhoods which was responsible for much of the flooding of the city is in District A. The largest section of District A to escape severe flooding was Carrollton. Batt is currently serving as Deputy Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee as well as Chairman of the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee. He was also elected Chairman of the Orleans Parish Board of Supervisors of Elections in 2012 (an organization in which he had been a member since 2008). Other boards and commission seats held by Batt are as follows: Board Member of the Planning and Technical Committee of the New Orleans Planning Commission from 2008-2010, President of the Sugar Bowl Committee from 2013-2014,

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Trustee from 2004 to present, Board Member for Beacon of Hope from 2006 to present, and Board Member of the Delgado Foundation from 2006 to present

Sources

* City of New Orleans : https://web.archive.org/web/20051108055806/http://www.cityofno.com/ * Louisiana Secretary of State : https://web.archive.org/web/20060911211304/http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/ * The Automatik : http://www.theautomatik.com/ * Bloomburg Weekly : https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=253872213&privcapId=253059707

Notes

External links

Jay Batt's website archived by Wayback Machine

Earlier version of Jay Batt's website archived by Wayback Machine

Batt's blogwebsite archived by Wayback Machine

"Anybody But Batt" anti-Batt reelection website

"Batt Sucks" anti-Batt election website archived by Wayback Machine
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