Baton Rouge Assembly will introduce 19 debutantes for 2024 at country club tea

The Baton Rouge Assembly’s 19 debutantes for 2024 will be introduced to the wives of the Assembly members and their guests at a tea on Wednesday at the Baton Rouge Country Club.

The young women will be officially presented at the Assembly’s annual ball on Nov. 29 at the Raising River Center.

The debutantes of the Baton Rouge Assembly Coterie of 2024 are:

• Rebecca Faith Bateman, daughter of Ashley McCarty Bateman and the late Reid Boteler Bateman, is a St. Joseph’s Academy graduate and attends the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Her father served as the 2023 Assembly assistant chairman and the 2022 Assembly ball chairman.
• Caroline Kirkland Boone, daughter of Dr. Ryan Thomas Boone and Maradith Tuten Boone, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends the University of Georgia in Athens.
• Reese Alexandra Favaloro, daughter of Terry Chagnard Parker and John Andrew Parker of Baton Rouge and Wesley Alan Favaloro II of Mandeville, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
• Katherine Claire Gautreaux, daughter of Laura Hammack Gautreaux and Christopher Alexander Gautreaux, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends LSU.
• Gifford Elizabeth Greer, daughter of Dr. Samuel Blount Field and Kelly Gifford Field and Robert Stephenson Greer III, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends LSU.
• Michaela Grace Henry, daughter of Cary Adele McKowen Henry and Michael David Henry of Covington, is a graduate of Silliman Institute in Clinton, and attends Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. Her mother was presented by the Assembly in 1986.
• Elizabeth Blake Hester, daughter of Corrie Maddox Hester and Paxton Hester, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends the University of Georgia in Athens. Her father is the current Assembly assistant ball chairman.
• Analise Kay Hyde, daughter of Dr. Jeffrey Dean Hyde and Glynes Poché Hyde, is a graduate of Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, and attends Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
• Anna Kirk Lawson, daughter of Ashley Smart Lawson and Courtland Collins Lawson Sr., is a graduate of University High School and attends LSU. Her mother was presented by the Assembly in 1986, and her sister, Griffon Lawson Schneider, was presented in 2015.
• Katherine Eilleen Leake, daughter of Shawn Meares Leake and Jeremy Paul Leake, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends LSU. Both of her maternal great-grandfathers were charter members of the Assembly, and one of them also served as chairman of the Assembly in 1972. In addition, her maternal grandmother was in the 1965 Assembly Coterie, and her mother was presented in 1989. 
• Madeleine Mae LeBoeuf, daughter of Maryelizabeth Forman LeBoeuf and Luke Stanford LeBoeuf, is a St. Joseph’s Academy graduate and attends Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
• Charlotte Anne McQueen, daughter of Angelle Kean McQueen and Christian Lee McQueen of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is a graduate of Presbyterian Christian School in Hattiesburg and attends the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Her maternal great-grandfather was a charter member of the Assembly, and her mother was presented in the 1988 Assembly Coterie. 
• Lucille Kay Oatley, daughter of Aimee Stuckey Kilchrist and Donald Townsend Oatley II, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends LSU.
• Carter Claire Parker, daughter of Michelle Robinson Parker and James Carter Parker, is a graduate of Episcopal School of Baton Rouge and attends the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
• Claire Castille Perrault, daughter of Julie Brabetz Perrault and Michael René Perrault, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
• Lucy Jane Pettit, daughter of Conway Weems Pettit and Robert Lee Pettit III, is a graduate of University High School and attends Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
• Caroline Kate Tucker daughter of Jaclyn Satawa Tucker and Richard Brian Tucker Jr., is a St. Joseph’s Academy graduate and attends Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
• Ava Manuel Ventress, daughter of Dr. Mark Andrew Ventress and Eva Ann Murano Ventress, is a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy and attends LSU.
• Allie Kate Weinstein, daughter of Tara Sorci Weinstein and David Weinstein, graduated from Episcopal High School and attends Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

The Baton Rouge Assembly was founded in 1961 by nine Baton Rouge men who grew up together when the city was just a small town. Baton Rouge grew rapidly after World War II, and these men realized that old family friends were losing contact with one another. To bring old families back together, these founders established the Assembly as an organization whose purpose was, and still is, to provide social contact among families who had established residence in the area before 1910.

Ryan Estes Johnson is the 2024 Assembly chairman and Rob Field is the assistant chairman. Brett Mason is the 2024 Assembly ball chairman, and Paxton Hester is the Assembly assistant ball chairman for this year.