Misti S. Cordell

Chair

At-Large Member

Year Appointed:

2024

Term Expires:

December 31, 2029

Misti S. Cordell currently serves as a Physician Recruiter for Affinity Health Group in Monroe. With an extensive background in rural health, her healthcare career started as a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative for AstraZeneca where she covered the territory between South Arkansas and South Louisiana.

Misti served as a member of the Health and Hospitals Transition Team under Governor Jeff Landry and as an outreach representative for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. She has also served as a Physician Liaison and Accounts Manager for St. Francis Medical Center.

Her experience in both healthcare and government has helped her connect healthcare organizations and administrators with state policymakers. This has been instrumental in forging a mutual understanding of the local healthcare structure and the policymaking process for the benefit of the community.

Misti has always had a heart for her community. She has worked on countless fundraisers and served on many volunteer boards, having served on the St. Frederick High School board as a parent leader; and, worked with the founding families that brought the first International Baccalaureate school to north Louisiana.

She served as Design Lead and Project Manager for the St. Jude Dream Home for five years and led the construction of four homes in Monroe with a net zero cost that maximized the dollar amount benefitting St. Jude. During her time working with St. Jude, Misti started her own design business and still takes on small jobs when time allows. Her design work for the St. Jude homes and her own home has been featured in BayouLife Magazine.

Misti is a graduate of the Leadership Louisiana Class of 2019. She was featured in BayouLife Magazine as one of the “Women of Style and Substance” in 2018 and was chosen as one of the “Women Who Shape the Delta” by DeltaStyle Magazine in 2015.

A graduate of Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in human resource management, Misti resides in Monroe with her husband Hardeman. They are the proud parents of two sons: John, a recent graduate of Louisiana Tech University, and Hank, who currently attends the University of Mississippi.

Misti currently serves on multiple boards, including MedCamps of Louisiana, CenturyNext Bank Advisory Board, Ouachita Parish Library Board, and the Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum Board.

An advocate for adult learning and first-generation students, Misti’s mother was the first in her family to graduate college. She enrolled at the University of Louisiana at Monroe as a first-time, first-year student at 38 and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. With her mom as an inspiration to so many, her story has been a testament that it is never too late to seek an education.

She was appointed an At-Large Member in January 2024 and Chair in September 2024. She will complete her term of service on December 31, 2029.