Louisiana Meat Processors Association

Fall Meeting  

Hotel Monteleone

214 Royal Street

New Orleans, Louisiana

Friday, August 21, 2026

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Friday August 21, 2026

LAMPA Buffet          6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

                           Saturday August 22, 2026

8:00 AM    LAMPA Breakfast with Sponsors 

Enjoy breakfast and visit with LAMPA Sponsors / Exhibitors

Guest Speakers 

9:00 AM    Welcome & Introductions of Board and Staff

Introduction of Fall Meeting Sponsors / Exhibitors

Matthew Dufour, LAMPA President

9:15 AM    USDA Rural Development Update - Troy Romero, State Director, USDA Rural Development 

9:45 AM   Networking Break - Visit Exhibitors / Sponsors

10:15 AM   FSIS Update - Jennifer Beasley-McKean, DVM 

District Manager, Office of Field Operations

USDA Dallas District Office 

10:30 AM   Update on Agriculture Issues - State Senator Stewart Cathey, Senate Committee on Agriculture & Forestry

10:45 AM Update from LAMPA Lobbyist - Cindy Bishop,      President and CEO, Checkmate Strategies 

11:00 AM   Update on Agriculture Issues - State Representative Rhonda Butler, Chairwoman, House Committee on Agriculture & Forestry

11:15 AM   GFSI Certification Blueprint: What It Takes, What It Costs, and When to Start - Artemese Dolliole, Food Safety and Regulatory Consultant, We R Food Safety

11:45 - 11:55 AM   AAMP Convention Update - Dan Robert, We R Food Safety

12:00 PM  Adjournment 

Saturday Afternoon Activities

                           Bus Tour of New Orleans            

2:45 PM - Meet in the Hotel Lobby

The group will walk to Canal and Royal Streets to board the bus as the bus cannot enter the French Quarter.

Enjoy a guided tour featuring many of New Orleans' most historic and iconic landmarks, including: 

• French Quarter and the Mississippi Riverfront
• The Bywater neighborhood
• Esplanade Avenue, Treme, and Bayou St. John
• A brief guided visit to St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
• Lake Pontchartrain, the seventh-largest lake in the United States
• Tulane University and Loyola University
• St. Charles Avenue, with its historic mansions and world-famous Mardi Gras parade route
• The Garden District
• The National WWII Museum
• St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (viewed from the motorcoach)
• The Chalmette Battlefield, site of the Battle of New Orleans
• The Lower Ninth Ward
• St. Bernard Parish

5:30 PM  Dinner at Rocky and Carlos Restaurant, 613 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette

The afternoon concludes with dinner at the legendary Rocky & Carlos Restaurant.

Come hungry and enjoy one of the area's favorite local dining experiences!

Our  meeting is will be held in the Riverview meeting room on the Rooftop (16th floor) of the Hotel Monteleone.

To get to the meeting room, please take the elevators to the lobby and then transfer to the Iberville Tower elevators to the Rooftop (16th floor). Once you exit the elevator, make a left, and the Riverview meeting room will be straight ahead

If you are interested in setting up a display (exhibit) table to showcase your products or services at the event, the cost is $150.

The Fall Meeting Registration of $300 applies, for a total cost of $450. 

Please register online and submit your company logo to our Executive Director, Joe Schwab or email your logo to 

cindy.bishop@checkmate-strategies.com

Joe Schwab can be reached by telephone at (504) 508-9300 or Cindy Bishop can be reached at (225) 933-5435