LSBA Board of Governors
Fifth Board District
Ms. Kelly M Rabalais
2023-2026
1202 S Tyler St
Covington, LA 70433
Phone: (985) 898-5837
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Kelly M. Rabalais is vice president of communications and strategy for St. Tammany Health System. She received a BA degree in political science in 1996 from Louisiana State University, her JD degree in 1999 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and her master’s degree in health administration from LSUS in 2022. In 2022, she became a health law specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is certified by the Public Relations Society of America.
Rabalais was elected to the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Nominating Committee in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 and is a member of the Louisiana Bar Journal’s Editorial Board.
She served on the Lawyer Disciplinary Committee of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana from 2018-2024 and was Vice-Chair from 2023-2024. She served as 2017 and 2018 Women in Law chair and 2019 Community Outreach chair for the 22nd Judicial District Bar Association. She received the 2016 BGR (Bureau of Governmental Research) Excellence in Government Merit Award and the Louisiana State Bar Association 2021 Stephen T. Victory Memorial Award.
In her community, she is a member of the St. Scholastica Academy Advisory Board, and a member of the board of directors for the St. Tammany Chamber and the Youth Service Bureau. She is Vice-Chair of the Vizient Chief Strategy Officer’s network.
She and her husband, J. Michael Rabalais, Jr., have been married for 28 years and are the parents of Anna-Kate (LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center class of 2027) and Brady.