Jay has over 30 years of experience in financial services, real estate and retail. From 2002 to 2006, Jay was on the New Orleans City Council representing District A. Currently, Jay is serving as the Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana and has been Past President and Past Chairman of the Board of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee where he continues serving on the Executive Board. Jay also serves on many New Orleans-based boards and foundations including the City Park, the Florida Parishes Bank, YMCA of Greater New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Crimestoppers. In 1928, Jay’s grandfather, Harry J. Batt, Sr., founded New Orleans’s Pontchartrain Beach, the largest amusement park in the country prior to the opening of Disneyland. Eventually Jay’s father, John A. Batt, ran the company until 1983 when he decided that it was in the best interest of the Batt family to sell the park to a developer. Subsequently, the Batt family focused on the management of their substantial real estate holdings that had been acquired over the years. Jay attended the University of The South in Sewanee and graduated from Tulane University.

"Jay is thoughtful and considerate. His personality lends itself to this line of work." – Bill & Karyn K. | Sellers