BATON ROUGE — Mayor-President-elect Sid Edwards on Tuesday named 26 people to his transition team as he prepared to take office next month. Edwards, the Istrouma High School football coach, defeated two-term incumbent Sharon Weston Broome in a Dec. 7 runoff.

Edwards said state Sen. Rick Edmonds will be the chairman of the panel, while the co-chair is former Metro Council member Darrell Glasper. The others:

-Randy Albarez of the Louisiana Municipal Association’s Executive Board of Directors.
-David Alvarez, program director for LA Voz de la Comunidad.
-Greg Bowser, recently retired president of the Louisiana Chemical Association.
-Architect Coleman Brown.
-Leah Cullins, supervising nurse practitioner with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
-Cathy Fontenot, warden of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
-Louisiana Association of Business & Industry President Will Green.
-Kodi C. Guillory, president of Sustainable Design Solutions.
-Courtney Hunt, president of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. for Metropolitan Baton Rouge.
-Retired Baton Rouge police chief Jeff LeDuff.
-Gil Matherne, owner and chief executive of GM Cable Contractors Inc.
-Lori Melancon, chief executive officer of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce.
-Chris Meyer, chief executive officer of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
-Dr. Catherine O’Neal, the chief academic officer for Our Lady of the Lake Health.
-Nial Patel, principal at Cornerstone Government Affairs.
-Jimmy Percy of the Jones Walker law firm.
-Mike Polito, CEO of MAPP Construction.
-Jennifer Richardson, founder of Keep Tiger Town Beautiful.
-Former GOP candidate for governor Eddie Rispone.
-Kyle Ruckert, chief of staff for Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.
-St. George Fire Chief Gerard Tarleton.
-Chris Toombs is director of external relations at Helix Community Schools.
-Mike Wampold of Wampold Companies.
-former Metro Council member Tara Wicker.