Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., a family-owned business established in 1946 by Boysie’s father. Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. is a full service marine construction and repair operation headquartered in Lockport, Louisiana with 12 divisions in Louisiana, two divisions in Texas, and activities extending into the international market.

Boysie Bollinger serves on the Board of Directors of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), American Equity Underwriters, and the University of LA System.

Additionally, Boysie devotes considerable time to professional and civic organizations in the following capacities: Chairman, Nicholls State University Foundation; Co-Chairman of the Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee (CBNO/MAC), Vice Chairman, United States Coast Guard Foundation. Boysie has served as Chairman of the following and actively participates in the: National D-Day Museum, National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), Business Council of New Orleans, The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana; Young Presidents Organization, United Way of South LA and New Orleans Region of the Boy Scouts of America, to name a few. He has served as a delegate to Louisiana’s Constitutional Convention in 1973 and served on the Louisiana board of Regents (for Higher Education).

Boysie Bollinger participates at both national and state levels in the political area. He served as a delegate to every Republican National Convention since 1976, and was the State of Louisiana’s Finance Chairman for the George W. Bush for President Campaign and Campaign Chair for his General Election. Boysie Bollinger was State Finance Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party on three occasions and served on the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee.

Boysie Bollinger currently serves on the National Petroleum Council. He previously served on the President’s Export Council under the administration of President George H.W. Bush. He is past Chairman of the Governor’s Maritime Advisory Task Force, on the board of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Military Affairs, and former Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans.

Boysie Bollinger was awarded the Louisiana Republican Party’s “Donald G. Bollinger” Award, was chosen as a Louisiana Legend by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America; the C. Alvin Bertel Award (given to an individual who promotes the success of the Port of New Orleans), Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Junior Achievement Laureate, including Lifetime Achievement Award, Woodrow Wilson Award, New Orleans Area Propeller Club’s Maritime Man of the Year, and numerous awards from local chambers and volunteer groups.

In 1971, Boysie Bollinger earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He is married to Joy LeBlanc and has 3 sons.