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LABI Announces 2019 Board of Directors, Members of the Emerging Leaders Council

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    LABI Announces 2019 Board of Directors, Members of the Emerging Leaders Council

    By Megan M. Duhon | Chamber Announcements, News | Comments are Closed | 13 February, 2019 | 0

    BATON ROUGE, LA (February 12, 2019) – Today at the Annual Meeting in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) formally announced its officers and Board of Directors for 2019, along with the members of the 2019 LABI Emerging Leaders Council, a group of distinguished entrepreneurs and young professionals. LABI is pleased and proud to be guided by some of the top leaders and talent from the Louisiana business community from every corner of the state.

    Sonia Pérez, president of southeast states for AT&T, will serve as the chair of LABI for 2019. She replaces Tim Stine, CEO of Stine Lumber Company, who becomes the immediate past chair. Terry Baugh, Chief Financial Officer of D&J Construction Company, Inc., will serve as the board’s vice chair. Tom O’Neal, President of O’Nealgas, Inc., and Christel Slaughter, CEO, SSA Consultants, will serve as Secretary and Treasurer respectively, rounding out the slate of 2019 LABI Officers. Serving as chair of the Emerging Leaders Council is Jim Raines, partner, Breazeale, Sachse, and Wilson LLP.

    Fourteen LABI members are new to the Board of Directors, and 19 leaders were re-nominated for another term. That combined list is as follows:

    Andree Begneaud
    Owner, Begneaud Manufacturing, Inc. (Lafayette)

    Greg Bowser – Trade Association Representative
    President, Louisiana Chemical Association/Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance (Baton Rouge)

    J. H. Campbell
    Manager, Client Consulting Services, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Kim Carver
    Vice President of Government Relations, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust (New Orleans)

    Michael Echols
    Director of Business Development, Vantage Health Plan (Monroe)

    Cassie Felder – Small Business Representative
    Managing Attorney, Swamp Dragon, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Felicia A. Frederick
    State Government Affairs Manager, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (New Orleans)

    Ryan Girouard
    Vice President – Middle Market Banking, Hancock Whitney Bank (Baton Rouge)

    George Guidry
    Regional Manager, State Government Affairs, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Mike Hall
    Controller, Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC (Convent)

    David Huval
    Professional Civil Engineer, CEC, Inc. (Lafayette)

    Steve Jordan
    CEO, Central Crude, Inc. (Lake Charles)

    Christopher Kinsey
    CEO, Kinsey Interests, Inc. (Shreveport)

    Jay Lapeyre
    President, Laitram, LLC (Harahan)

    Jamey LeBlanc
    Senior Director – Strategic Support, Community Coffee Company, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Brad McFarland
    General Manager, LafargeHolcim U.S. (Metairie)

    Danny Montelaro
    South Louisiana Area President, Regions Bank (Baton Rouge)

    Jody Montelaro
    Vice President – La. Governmental & Regulatory Affairs, Entergy Corporation (Baton Rouge)

    Spencer Murphy
    General Counsel, Canal Barge Company, Inc. (New Orleans)

    Mark Myrtue
    Treasurer and Corporate Secretary, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Covington)

    Reldon Owens
    Director of External Relations, Diamond B Construction LLC (Alexandria)

    Fred Palmer
    State Government Relations Manager – Southeast U.S., Shell Oil Company (New Orleans)

    Sonia Pérez
    President – Southeast States, AT&T (Baton Rouge)

    Todd Perry
    Principal/Senior Geologist, PPM Consultants (Monroe)

    Arthur Price
    President, Badger Oil Corporation (Lafayette)

    Paula Ramsey – Chamber of Commerce Representative
    Vice President, The Chamber Southwest Louisiana (Lake Charles)

    Phillip Rozeman
    President, Willis-Knighton Cardiology (Shreveport)

    Christel Slaughter
    CEO, SSA Consultants (Baton Rouge)

    Matt Stuller
    Founder and Chairman, Stuller, Inc. (Lafayette)

    Kelli Bondy Troutman
    Vice President, Director of Communications & Community Relations, LUBA Workers’ Comp (Baton Rouge)

    Rusty Vincent
    Secretary Treasurer, Century Group, Inc. (Sulphur)

    Robert Webb
    President, Louisiana CAT (Reserve)

    William Windham
    CEO, Windham, LLC (Bossier City)

    Other current members of the LABI Board of Directors include:

    Clay M. Allen
    Managing Partner, Allen & Gooch (Lafayette)

    Robert Angelico
    President and Managing Partner, Liskow & Lewis (New Orleans)

    Joe Arroyo
    Fire Extinguisher and Supply Company, Inc. (New Orleans)

    James A. Babst
    Attorney, Wegmann & Babst, LLC (New Orleans)

    Scott Ballard
    Founder, Ballard Brands (Covington)

    Bobby Barousse
    Chief Financial Officer, Elmer Candy Corporation (Ponchatoula)

    Terry Baugh
    Chief Financial Officer, D&J Construction Company, Inc. (West Monroe)

    Adrianne Baumgartner
    Partner, Porteous, Hainkel, & Johnson (Covington)

    C.J. Blache
    Attorney, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister (Baton Rouge)

    Robert S. Boh
    President, Boh Brothers Construction Company, LLC (New Orleans)

    Boyd Boudreaux
    President & CEO, JD Bank (Jennings)

    Michael Boudreaux
    President, Juban’s Restaurant, Inc. (Baton Rouge)

    Ayres Bradford
    Business Development Director, Lincoln Builders, Inc. (Ruston)

    James B. Bulliard
    Owner, Cajun Chef Products, Inc. (Saint Martinville)

    Emile Cordaro
    Government Affairs, American Electric Power (Shreveport)

    Tom Cox
    President, Golfballs.com, Inc. (Lafayette)

    Kim Cusimano
    Manager, Government & Public Affairs, North American Operations, Sasol Chemicals USA (Westlake)

    Hank Danos
    President, Danos (Gray)

    Jason DeCuir
    Principal, Ryan, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Christopher Dicharry
    Partner, Kean Miller LLP (Baton Rouge)

    John Doggett
    Chief Administrative Officer, Crest Operations, LLC (Alexandria)

    Maura Donahue
    Executive Vice President, DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc. (Mandeville)

    Keith P. Duet
    Owner, Duet Wealth Management (Covington)

    Reggie Dupre
    Owner, Dupre Logistics, LLC (Lafayette)

    Michael Eason, Sr.
    Vice President, Michael Eason – Merrill Lynch (Lake Charles)

    Ronald Evans
    Owner, International Packaging Company, LLC (Gretna)

    Tommy Faucheux
    Southeast US State Government Affairs Leader, The Dow Chemical Company (Plaquemine)

    Art Favre
    President, Performance Contractors (Baton Rouge)

    Courtney Fenet, Jr.
    Vice President and Special Assistant to CEO and President, R.E. Heidt Construction Company, LLC (Sulphur)

    William Fenstermaker
    Chairman/CEO, Fenstermaker (Lafayette)

    John J. Finan, Jr.
    Executive Emeritus, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc. (Baton Rouge)

    Wayne J. Fontana
    Attorney, Fontana & Seelman, LLP (New Orleans)

    William Fontenot
    President & CEO, Cleco Corporate Holdings, LLC (Pineville)

    Marlowe Foster
    Government Affairs, Gulf Coast Region, BASF Corporation (Geismar)

    David Gaines
    CEO, System Retail Services & Vice President of Public Affairs, Ochsner Health Systems (New Orleans)

    Lane Grigsby
    Chairman Emeritus, Cajun Industries, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Richard Guillory
    Vice President of Operations – South Central Group, Cintas Corporation (Lafayette)

    Tyson Hackenberg
    Vice President, APTIM (Baton Rouge)

    Bryan Hanks
    President, Beta Land Services, LLC (Lafayette)

    Chris Haskew
    Louisiana Market President, Capital One Bank Louisiana (Baton Rouge)

    Tom Hawkins
    President, Atmos Energy (Baton Rouge)

    Bryan Jones
    Gulf Coast Deputy Office Leader, HNTB Corporation (Baton Rouge)

    Dana Keel
    Government and Public Affairs Manager, CITGO Petroleum Corporation (Lake Charles)

    Meryl Kennedy
    President, Kennedy Rice Dryers, Inc. (Mer Rouge)

    Melissa Mann
    Senior Director of Government Affairs, Central Region, CenturyLink (Monroe)

    Martin Mayer
    President, Stirling Properties, Inc. (Covington)

    Jude Melville
    President, Business First Bank (Baton Rouge)

    Patrick Mockler
    President, Mockler Beverage Company (Baton Rouge)

    Jessica Monroe
    Director of State Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson HCS (Baton Rouge)

    John Overton
    Owner & CFO, Turn Key Solutions (Baton Rouge)

    James Pellerin
    President, Pellerin Millnor Corporation (Kenner)

    Scott Poole
    Chief Operating Officer, MARTCO LLC (Alexandria)

    E. Frederick Preis
    Senior Partner, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP (New Orleans)

    Wynn Radford
    State and Federal Affairs, Communications and External Affairs, BP America, Inc.

    James T. Rogers, III
    Partner, Adams and Reese (Baton Rouge)

    Kenneth L. Ross
    Managing Partner, Seale & Ross (Hammond)

    Gordon E. Rountree
    SVP/General Counsel, Lafayette General Health System (Lafayette)

    Dana Stumpf
    Chief Executive Officer, Durr Heavy Construction, LLC (Harahan)

    Stephen Toups
    Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, Turner Industries Group, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Stephen Waguespack (ex oficio)
    President & CEO, LABI

    Peter Wilson
    President & CEO, Barriere Construction Company, LLC (Metairie)

    Joseph Zanco
    Executive Vice President/CFO, Home Bank (Lafayette)

    Angela Zeringue
    Polyolefins Plant Manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Company (Baton Rouge)

    ***

    The 18 new members of the 2019 LABI Emerging Leaders Council include:

    Cody Bauman
    Project Engineer, Drax Biomass (Monroe)

    Anita Begneaud
    CEO, Lafayette Downtown Development Authority

    Kia Bickham
    Community Outreach Manager, APTIM (Baton Rouge)

    Anita Byrne
    Partner, SSA Consultants (Baton Rouge)

    Eric Engemann
    President, Cristo Rey Franciscan High School (Baton Rouge)

    Marshall Ferrell
    President, Construction Safety Products (Shreveport)

    Lance Glaser
    Strategic Procurement Manager, Performance Contractors, Inc. (Baton Rouge)

    Dustin Granger
    Financial Manager, CEO, Toujours Planning (Lake Charles)

    Brent Guthrie
    Project Manager, Cajun Industries, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Canaan Heard
    CEO, Protac LLC and Protac Foundation (New Orleans)

    Ron Hemelt
    Investment Banker, Evangeline Securities (New Orleans)

    Trent Hill
    Digital Marketing Strategist, Gatorworks (Baton Rouge)

    Riley Kennedy
    Director of Organization Development, Woodward Design+Build (New Orleans)

    Justin Landry
    Development/Finance, Stirling Properties (Covington)

    Mike Nizzo
    Market President for East Baton Rouge, Business First Bank (Baton Rouge)

    Dustin Puryear
    CEO, Puryear IT, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Meagan Shields
    Investment Portfolio Manager & Enterprise Risk Specialist, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (Baton Rouge)

    Stephen Smith
    Petroleum Landman, Hunter Energy, LLC (Shreveport)

    Other current members of the LABI Emerging Leaders Council include:

    Albert Alexander
    Senior Associate, Bluehenge Capital Partners (Baton Rouge)

    Sarah Olcott Allen
    Director of Government Affairs – Southeast Region, Cox Communications (Baton Rouge)

    Jeff Andry
    Business Developer, Cleco Corporation (Pineville)

    John Blackledge
    General Manager Shreveport/Bossier Market, Cintas Corporation (Bossier City)

    Alison Burns
    CEO, Precision Payment Systems (New Orleans)

    Amy Canik
    Commercial Banking Relationship Manager, Regions Bank (Baton Rouge)

    Robert Crawford
    Investor, Atco Investment Company (Shreveport)

    Lynn Daigle
    Commercial Real Estate Agent, NAI/Latter & Blum, Inc. (Baton Rouge)

    James Debaillon
    Senior Consultant, Operations US Federal Market, CGI (Lafayette)

    Eric Dexter
    Director of Business Development, Civil Solutions Consulting Group (Baton Rouge)

    Paul Dickson, Jr.
    Executive, Morris & Dickson Company, LLC (Shreveport)

    Amanda Hatten Edge
    Northern Region Project Manager, Entergy Louisiana (West Monroe)

    Charles Fenstermaker
    Chief Financial Officer, Fenstermaker, Inc. (Lafayette)

    Seth Guidry
    Program Manager, Danos (Gray)

    William “Billy” Guste IV
    Senior Program Specialist, ELOS Environmental (Hammond)

    Jason Hayes
    COO, Hayes Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Pineville)

    Michelle Hensgens
    Divisional Director, Business Development, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center (Lafayette)

    Bryan Hodnett
    Director of Business Development, DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc. (Mandeville)

    Michael Howard
    Outside Sales and Business Development, Controlled Fluids, Inc. (Broussard)

    Jack Hunt
    Operations Manager, Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC (Baton Rouge)

    Todd James
    Director of Strategic Planning, Broadmoor LLC (Metairie)

    Laura Pryor Johnson
    Associate, Allen and Gooch (Lafayette)

    Benjamin Lee
    Insurance Agent, State Farm Insurance Company (Bossier City)

    Mike Levy
    Capital Stewardship Advisor, Chevron Corporation (Covington)

    Marissa Lingoni
    Director of Business Development, Providence Engineering & Design (Baton Rouge)

    Chip McAlpin
    Vice President – Corporate Strategy and Development, Stupp Corporation (Baton Rouge)

    Brach Myers
    Senior Vice President, LHC Group (Lafayette)

    Robbie Naquin
    Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending for Maritime, Capital One (New Orleans)

    Nial Patel (past ELC chair)
    Vice President, Cornerstone Government Affairs (Baton Rouge)

    James Rhodes
    Co-Founder, Rhodes Property and Development (Natchitoches)

    Brian Rodriguez
    President, Guaranty Group (Baton Rouge)

    Nick Speyrer
    President, Emergent Method (Baton Rouge)

    Garrett Stine
    Director of Training, Stine Lumber Company (Sulphur)

    Mawe Takyi
    Financial Advisor, Dent Asset Management (Baton Rouge)

    Amy Thibodeaux
    President, Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce (Crowley)

    Robert Williamson
    Commercial Lender, Lake Charles Market, JD Bank (Lake Charles)

    Robert “Robbie” Wooderson
    Chief Operations Officer, Durr Heavy Construction, LLC (Harahan)

    For Press Inquiries Contact:

    Camille Ivy-O’Donnell
    (817) 944-5091
    camillei@labi.org

    About the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry

    The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry was organized in 1975 to represent Louisiana businesses, serving as both the state chamber of commerce and state manufacturers association. LABI’s primary goal is to foster a climate for economic growth by championing the principles of the free enterprise system and representing the general interest of the business community through active involvement in the political, legislative, judicial and regulatory processes. Find out more information at http://www.labi.org

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