Making the publicity rounds is necessary for an author to sell her book. TV, radio, print, a public relations expert knows she has to hit every form of media to make a publication visible. What's cannot be ignored is that the author seems to be relegated to an ever shrinking (or intentionally small) circle of public relations "friends" that are interconnected by multiple threads. The same people that had given her a soapbox to publicize her book are also the very same people that backed her narrative in the initial news reports. Jim Engster, Darla O'Conner, Stuart Poulton, all jumped on the opportunity to smear the man they all fawned over, or directly profited from just one month earlier.
Now you have to remember, that most of the names listed below were involved in not just creating the pretext to have Scott Rogers and Mathew Hodgkinson investigated, but were also responsible for crafting the press releases that were sent from the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office, ....then the SAME cast of characters gave locals the narrative through talk media, .... then continued to be involved in books about it.
Rannah Gray, Kip Holden and these others DEPEND on contractual government grants to fund their lifestyles, some hope to use the funds to better theirs. There is no doubt that it was arranged for Gray to get incentives for writing the book as well as her cohorts.
The other Who's Who in no particular order (excluding Rannah Gray):
Stuart Poulton - One of the "sources" Rannah Gray used for her book. He is the 36 year old man that called the Jim Engster show and made the dubious claim that he was brought to America by Rogers when he was just 13 and was continually raped by Rogers up until his death, his resume dispels this account. He was employed by Rogers at 1stco, Inc. It was discovered that in 2013, almost a year before the date of Rogers' death, Stuart Poulton had planned to start a competing company, The Pro Gap, nearby. It is unknown if David Nall, another former 1stCo, Inc employee that joined The Pro Gap was in on the plan from the beginning or was just hooked unaware.
Jim Engster - One of the few media hosts who interviewed Rannah Gray about the publication of her book. At the time of Roger's death, he was a radio show host at WRKF in Baton Rouge, he has since moved to a talk radio station 107.3. The day after the news broke of Rogers' death Jim Engster invited Stuart Poulton to call in to the radio show under a cloak of anonymity and play the victim, he only introduced himself as "Stuart". Another anonymous male joined in on this call and made the same rape claim, but he did not leave a name. Engster is a very close friend and colleague of Rannah Gray. The archived broadcast was removed from the WRKF website as there were legal and ethical implications related to how and why this particular broadcast was produced. It can still be found on the link below:
http://golsutigers.org/JES_082814.mp3
JoAnne Moreau - The director of MOHSEP (Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness) who decides what businesses get grant funding and how much. She also made subcontracting with Gray's other businesses contingent upon receiving the money. JoAnne Moreau has an uncomfortably close friendship with Rannah Gray and Kip Holden. JoAnne Moreau's husband Don Moreau, and her co worker, Tuesday Mills, also wrote favorable reviews, some were removed by Amazon. On the Facebook post below, Joanne Moreau feels so confident in the safety of her position at MOHSEP, she is praising the authors of the book for writing it. Since this was Moreau's PUBLIC searchable post, it does not apply to any expectation of privacy:
Mary Jane Marcantel - Ghost writer of Rannah Gray's book. Her income is heavily dependant on grant money received by the city of Baton Rouge directly through Rannah Gray and Kip Holden. She is the director of a non profit run program originally called Operation Clean Sweep that started as a program that was operated by the Baton Rouge City Council. The program consisted of buying the homeless one way bus tickets out of the city to rid areas around the businesses and homes in mid city Baton Rouge of homeless blight. Later the program was masked as a grant funded charity organization, rebranded as Homeless Outreach Prevention Efforts, aka HOPE, to give it a softer touch,and handed over to Marcantel as acting director. The final rebrand was "The Way Home Project". The decision to appoint Marcantel as director has a more nefarious slant, as Marcantel had started a Google Group in 2012 dedicated a thread to discussing the rise of crime in the Spanish Town district and how it correlated with the homeless population. Gray and Holden needed to rid mid city of the homeless. This was to give Gray, Holden, and their colleagues a cleaner business environment.
Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/brdowntowngroup/1_gFRJTdpYI/tZGYFzJMZkAJ
https://www.businessreport.com/article/spreading-hope
Andre Moreau - Evening anchor at WAFB. He interviewed Rannah Gray in a special segment that topped the newscast on November 19. Andre Moreau was hired prior to the interview to emcee several events that were directed by Rannah Gray including America's Wetlands Foundation, a non profit started by Gray and Val Marmillion, and her Red Stick Revelry project that was privately and publicly funded and operated. Andre Moreau was awarded by AWF America Wetlands Foundation for his work at "building public understanding".
http://theadvocate.com/features/10933915-123/baton-rouge-events-to-ring
http://www.americaswetland.com/article.cfm?id=2367
WAFB TV - the local Baton Rouge television station that served as a hub in which the "official" Scott Rogers narrative was disseminated. Rogers' show, The Around Town Show, was broadcast by this station. Rannah Gray also has a special relationship with the WAFB's top brass. She does get special consideration when pitching an event on the network or when using their staff to pitch opinionated stories that further her businesses. WAFB is currently the only station advertising her Red Stick Revelry project, (more on that later).
Darla O'Conner - Online cheerleader for Gray's book. She was on the governing board of the tiny church pastored by Rogers, she also gave her account for news articles that disvowed any knowledge on her part that Rogers committed any crime, and even stated that she formed her opinion from Stuart Poulton's claims. She mysteriously and immediately turned publicly vitriolic in regards to Rogers at the time Gray's book was published. She is also the director of a Baton Rouge halfway house for ex convicts called Ecumenical House. It touts itself as a 35 bed facility and has a history of housing the rich and famous among Louisiana's ex convicts upon re entry into society. Edwin Edwards was a past resident.
https://govtribe.com/vendor/baton-rouge-community-transition-treatment-center-inc-baton-rouge-la-dba-ecumenical-house