Marino appointed to state Human Trafficking Advisory Board
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 
by: Rene Abadie
HAMMOND – Reshelle Marino, an assistant professor in Southeastern Louisiana University’s
graduate program in counseling, has been appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to the
state’s Human Trafficking Prevention Commission Advisory Board.
The advisory board provides information and recommendations from the perspective
of advocacy groups, service providers and victims to the Louisiana Human Trafficking
Prevention Commission.
Over the past three years, more than 1,000 human trafficking cases have been
reported to the Louisiana State Police; nearly half the cases in 2016 involved minors
being exploited for sexual purposes.
A past president of the Louisiana School Counselors Association, Marino was nominated
for the position by the LSCA, a division of the American School Counselors Association.
She is also active in the Louisiana Counseling Association, and in 2015 was honored
with its Distinguished Professional Service Award.
Marino is the interim program coordinator of Southeastern’s Graduate Counseling
Program. A resident of Metairie, she received her undergraduate degree from Southeastern
and a master’s and doctorate in counselor education from the University of New Orleans.
