Charlie Ann Fuhrer, Cecil A. Hernandez will reign as festival royalty

Charlie Ann Fuhrer and Cecil A. Hernandez will reign as king and queen of the 90th Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival.
Fuhrer and Hernandez were crowned Saturday night in a ceremony at Morgan City Auditorium.
They’ll succeed the 89th queen and king, Nathalie Sloane and Daniel T. Conrad.
King Cecil A.
Hernandez
Hernandez, a longtime resident of St. Mary Parish and a graduate of Morgan City
High School and LSU, currently serves as president and CEO of Conrad Industries Inc.
Hernandez joined Conrad Industries in 1998 and held various leadership roles including executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Hernandez moved with his family to Morgan City in the early 1960s, where his parents, Cecilio and Dulce Hernandez, moved the family due to employment opportunities in shipyard and offshore oil and gas development.
As a young man, he worked summers and holidays at Avondale Shipyard while attending college. His early professional career included positions at Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Oceaneering International, and Hernandez & Blackwell CPAs.
Hernandez has been involved in numerous community, civic and professional organizations over the years and is a parishioner of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Berwick.
Hernandez is married to Kimberly Conner Hernandez. Together, they share a close-knit family: Tyler and Marta Hernandez and their daughter Cecilia; Patrick Hernandez and Leo Yanez; and Julianna Hernandez.
Hernandez said he is honored to serve as King of the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, celebrating the vibrant heritage of the industries that shaped his life, his family, and his community.
Queen
Charlie Ann
Fuhrer
Fuhrer, 19, is the daughter of David and Joellen Fuhrer of Berwick. Fuhrer is a graduate of Central Catholic High School. She is currently attending Nicholls State University, where she is pursuing a degree in mass communication with a concentration in public relations.
At Nicholls, she is involved in the NSU women’s track and field team, Delta Zeta sorority and Colonel Catholics. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Her crowning continues a proud multi-generational legacy of festival royalty. Her grandmother, Ann Giordano Roy, reigned as queen in 1958; her mother, Joellen Frances Roy Fuhrer, reigned as queen in 1991; and her cousin, Hailee Ann Thomas, reigned as queen in 2014.