About
AFNO
alliance française
By the numbers
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6000+ students served in the New Orleans region since 1984.
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800 Alliance Française locations worldwide in more than 136 countries.
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98% exam success rates including the DELF/DALF achieved by Alliance Française chapters US-wide.
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10,000+ hours taught by native speaking teachers with an average class size of 8 students.
AFNO
Teachers
Most of our instructors work full time as French Immersion teachers in New Orleans, and devote a few hours a week to teach French at the Alliance Française. Originating mostly from a wide-range of regions in France, our teachers teach French in an immersive, interractive way that ensures that the majority of class-time is taught in the target language—French!
Sophie
Nicole S.
Alice
Laurence
Faustine
Brigitte
Justin
Evrard
Valérie
Dr. Tom Klinger
Liliane
Manon
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Lawson Ota
Viviane
Sarah Mahoney
AFNO
Staff
Alan Nobili
Executive Director
Before joining the Alliances Françaises network in 2015, Alan Nobili studied at the ESCP Business School in Paris, and then, worked on
Reunion Island, in Tahiti, Switzerland, England and Germany. He led the Alliance Française du Manitoba, Canada from 2015 to 2019. After
which, Alan joined the Alliance Française de Paris executive board. Passionate about arts, history and music, he made his dream come true by flying with his family and his entire vinyl record collection to New Orleans. With extensive and international experience within the
Alliance Française network, Alan is excited to continue carrying the values of the Alliance Française during his time as ED of
AFNO.
Karla Ewing
Events/Communications Coordinator
A product of the French Immersion program in Lafayette, Karla is a proud franco-louisianaise. She has her Masters in French Studies
from ULL and her thesis is entitled Thesis: Bayous, bières et beignets : la représentation culturelle de la Louisiane à travers le tourisme.
She studied both Liberal Arts and Communications, and minored in French at Nothwestern State University. After living in France and
traveling, she has landed in New Orleans. Before her time at AFNO, Karla was a French teacher. Karla loves speaking French
with fellow francophones especially those living in Louisiana as well as attending cultural events.
Sarah Mahoney
AFNO
Board 
Sophie Capmartin
President
Suzanne Wiltz
Vice-President
Laura Rachal
Secretary
James Holmes
Treasurer
Jessie Aris
Jennifer Bigelow
Amy Kirk-Duvoisin
Don Schwarzenbach
Will McGrew
Ryan Reeves
Christine Verdin
Romain Beauxis
Dianna Honoré
Suzy Raga
Rocky Mollere
Michael Wilson
Katherine Zell
Cecile Andry*
Norma Grace*
Christine R. LeBlanc*
Claude Schlesinger*
E. Alexandra Stafford*
Alexandre Vialou*
Julia Ingraham Walker*
*Presidents Emeritus
Joseph Dunn*
Marina Schoen*
AFNO
annual reports
2023 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report
2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
AFNO
Policies
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