Super bowl xlvii Host Committee
The New Orleans Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee is a non-profit organization charged with fulfilling all the obligations of our bid to Host Super Bowl in 2013.
Led by the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, the Host Committee is comprised of members from all over the hospitality community including:
The New Orleans Saints, City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Morial Convention Center, and various other stakeholders in the hospitality, tourism, and economic development industries.
committee co-chairs
JAMES CARVILLE
James Carville is America's best-known political consultant. His long list of electoral successes evidences a knack for steering overlooked campaigns to unexpected landslide victories and for re-making political underdogs into upset winners.
In recent years, Carville has not been a paid political consultant for any domestic politicians or candidates for office, instead focusing on campaigns around the globe. In 1999, Carville led Ehud Barak to victory in his campaign to become the Prime Minister of Israel.
James Carville is an author, actor, producer, talk-show host, speaker and restaurateur. His titles include All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President (with wife Mary Matalin); We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives; And the Horse He Rode In On: The People vs. Kenneth Starr; Buck Up, Suck Up...and Come Back When You Foul Up; Had Enough? A Handbook for Fighting Back; Stickin': The Case for Loyalty; his children's book, Lu and the Swamp Ghost; and 2006's Take it Back. His latest book 40 More Years: How the Democrats will Rule the Next Generation was released in May 2009.
Most recently, Carville is hosting Sirius XM radio's “60/20 Sports" show with Luke Russert, and is a frequent political commentator and contributor on CNN. He also serves as a Professor of Practice at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he lives with his wife Mary Matalin and their two daughters.
MARY MATALIN
Mary Matalin's experience in politics, public affairs, crisis management and media spans three decades and multiple venues. Matalin has served Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, where she performed as senior advisor on major initiatives, including national security, homeland security, energy, economic growth and corporate governance policies.
Before joining the White House, Matalin hosted CNN's critically acclaimed debate show, Crossfire. Matalin was also a former founding co-host of theWashington based CNBC political weeknight talk show, Equal Time.
Matalin and her husband James Carville, who was the chief campaign strategist for Clinton/Gore in 1992, co-authored the best-selling political campaign book All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President. Her most recent book, Letters to My Daughters was named a Book of the Month Club selection as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post best-seller lists.
Currently, Matalin is Editor-in-Chief of Threshold Editions, a conservative imprint at Simon & Schuster. In addition, Matalin sits on the board of directors of the Cheney Cardiovascular Institute, the Washington Humane Society and closer to home, the Bureau of Governmental Research in Louisiana. She also recently joined CNN in April of 2009 as a political contributor.
Matalin and her husband live in New Orleans with their daughters Matalin “Matty" Carville and Emerson “Emma" Carville and their 5 dogs, multiple cats and two birds.
