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Tribute: Honorable Dennis Nuss, Councilman, District VII
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The Parish of St. Charles
December 3, 2012
TRIBUTE
District VII, Councilman Dennis Nuss, is a resident of Luling where he resides with his wife Lori Dufour Nuss and their two sons, Denton and Landen.
Councilman Nuss was first elected to the St. Charles Parish Council on November 17, 2007 as the District VII Councilman and was re-elected to a second term on October 22, 2011. He is a 1991 graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications in 1995 and Master of Arts Degree in Communications in 1997 at the University of New Orleans.
Councilman Nuss worked at Cytec Industries, Inc., for 15 years, 13 as Public Relations Manager. He has been Public Affairs Coordinator at Phillips 66 in Belle Chasse for 2 years, and has recently accepted a promotion to Advisor, Transportation / Commercial / Marketing Communications which necessitates his transfer to Houston, Texas.
Councilman Nuss is past president and board member for the United Way of St. Charles, immediate past president for the local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and a graduate of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute Class of 2007.
Councilman Nuss served as Council Chairman in 2008 and 2011 and as Vice Chairman in 2012. He served as Chairman of the Special Projects/Public Safety, Health and Environmental Committee from 2008-2012, and as Chairman of the Hurricane Protection Projects Committee from April 2009 - January 9, 2012. He also served as a member of the Operations, Maintenance and Construction Management Committee, Contract/Finance and Administrative Committee, Legislative Committee, Special Projects/Public Safety, Health and Environmental Committee, the Hurricane Protection Projects Committee, the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District, ex-officio member of the Library Service District Board of Control, the Louisiana Police Jury Associat...
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