Contact Us

The Secretary of State's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The mailing address for all agency business is Louisiana Secretary of State, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125.

The office is located at 8585 Archives Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

From I-10 East, exit to Essen Lane and turn left. Proceed down Essen Lane before turning right at the Louisiana State Archives on Archives Avenue.

From I-10 West, exit to Essen Lane and turn right. Proceed down Essen Lane before turning right at the Louisiana State Archives on Archives Avenue.

From I-12 East, exit to Essen Lane and turn right. Immediately turn left at the Louisiana State Archives on Archives Avenue.

From I-12 West, exit to Drusilla Lane. Turn left and proceed down Drusilla Lane before turning right on Jefferson Highway. Proceed down Jefferson Highway and turn left onto Essen Lane before turning left at the Louisiana State Archives on Archives Avenue.

All business, except for appointments in the Executive Suite, is handled at Customer Service located at the side entrance of United Twelve.

A small number of our email replies are returned as undeliverable due to a variety of reasons. If this happens, we will send a reply via the U.S. Postal Service, if the sender includes a mailing address. To insure that we are able to reply to you on a timely basis, please include your name, complete postal address and telephone number in the text portion of your email.

For information about the the services provided by the various divisions in our agency, please use the following directory:

Nancy Landry
Secretary of State
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax

Catherine Newsome
First Assistant Secretary of State
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax 

Shanda Jones
Undersecretary of Management and Finance
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax 

Joel Watson
Deputy Secretary for Communications, Outreach and Promotions
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax 

Kaylee Trisler
Public Information Officer
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax

Accounting Division
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.0929 fax

Louisiana State Archives
Melanie C. Montanaro
State Archivist and Executive Director
3851 Essen Lane
225.922.1000
225.922.0433 fax 

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Commercial Division
Amanda Baker
Commercial Administrator
8585 Archives Ave.
225.925.4704
225.932.5314 fax

Commissions Division
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.932.5332 fax

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Elections Division
Sherri Wharton Hadskey
Commissioner of Elections
8585 Archives Ave.
800.883.2805
225.922.0900
225.922.0945 fax

Elections Operations
Bryce Bourg
Administrator
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2486
225.922.0197 fax

Human Resources Division
Daniel David
Director
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.925.6034 fax

Information Technology Division
Brad Harris
Information Technology Administrator
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.925.4805 fax

Legal Division
Tray Wood
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.932.5332 fax

Museums Division
Thomas Carmody
State Museum Director
3015 Greenwood Road
Shreveport, LA 71109
318.632.2020
318.632.2056 fax

Outreach Division
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax

Elections Services
Heather Meyers
Director
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.0900
225.922.0197 fax

Purchasing Division
Derick Bond
Director
3851 Essen Lane
225.922.2880
225.922.1075 fax

Custodian of Public Records
Tray Wood
8585 Archives Ave.
225.922.2880
225.922.2003 fax