Rod West has been president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans for two years. Before that, he was the company’s director of electric distribution operations, where he led its rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. West was an attorney for Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox and Jones Walker before he joined Entergy in April 1999 as a senior regulatory counsel. A few months later, he became responsible for the company’s regulatory and financial outcomes. West is the past chairman and a current member of the Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors, and also serves on the board of Allstate Sugar Bowl, First Bank and Trust and is a commissioner of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. He has also taught sports law courses at Tulane University. The former outside linebacker and tight end for Notre Dame recently was considered to head the NFL player’s union.
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