BANKING AND FINANCE
Gaston Carby has been promoted to assistant vice president-lending in the Baton Rouge market of Britton & Koontz Bank. Carby, who has been with the bank for six years, previously served as a relationship manager, credit analyst and mortgage loan originator.
Mike Leatherman has been promoted to vice president and loan review officer/special assets manager for MidSouth Bank. Leatherman, who has been with the bank for 13 years, previously served as a loan review officer. In his new role, he will oversee the bank’s collections department, calculate the bank’s allowance for loan and lease losses, perform individual loan reviews and analyze the risk in the bank’s loan portfolio.
James McLemore has been named chief financial officer and senior executive vice president of MidSouth Bank. McLemore, who has more than 24 years’ banking experience, has served as the CFO and executive vice president of Security Bank Corporation in Macon, Ga. In his new role, he will oversee the bank’s finance, accounting, tax and treasury functions, including asset/liability management, profitability and budgeting.
Martin McConnell has been hired as area manager and bank officer for American Gateway Bank’s new Gonzales location. McConnell, who has more than 24 years’ banking experience, previously served as vice president of United Community Bank.
EDUCATION
Joe Alleva has been named vice chancellor and director of athletics at LSU, pending approval by the university’s Board of Supervisors. Alleva, who has served as LSU’s athletics director since 2008, will play a larger role in providing financial support for the university.
Herb Vincent has been named associate vice chancellor for university relations at LSU. Vincent, who worked for the university from 1988-2000 and returned in 2002, previously served as senior associate athletics director. His new role includes managerial responsibility for athletics-related efforts as well as overseeing marketing, community relations, internal and external communications and image building through the Office of Communications & University Relations.
Ed Watson has been confirmed as the director of the LSU Flores MBA Program as well as interim associate dean for Graduate Programs. Watson, who has been at LSU for five years, is a professor in the E.J. Ourso College of Business’ Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences.
HEALTH CARE
Ben Boudreaux has been hired as office manager at Cardiovascular Institute of the South. Boudreaux previously worked at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Deepak Thekkoott has been hired as an intervention cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South. Thekkoott previously worked for CIS’ Opelousas location. He is board certified in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, echocardiology, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.
Dr. V. Antoine Keller has joined the Vascular Specialty Associates as a cardiovascular/thoracic surgeon. He is board certified in general and cardiovascular/thoracic surgery.
Cristy Walker has been promoted to unit director for the intensive care and intermediate care units at Lane Regional Medical Center. Walker, who has more than nine years’ experience in health care, previously served as house supervisor. In her new role, she will coordinate nursing care for the center, including patient satisfaction, staff and physician relations.
?INSURANCE
Dan Wagner has been promoted to state director of individual and senior sales for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Wagner, who joined the company in 2003, previously worked as the regional director of individual sales. In his new role, he will oversee sales efforts and product development and will work with producers to promote individual sales and the company’s Medicare Part D product.
Barry Zajac has been named vice president of health care informatics and measurement in the health care system quality division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. Zajac previously served as vice president of Clinical Informatics for Nurtur Health in Dallas. In his new role, he will be responsible for providing the company with insight into opportunities for health care quality and cost improvement and in planning, researching, developing and implementing its health system performance measurement program.
LEGAL
Patrick Broyles has been named a shareholder of Moore, Thompson, Lee & Broyles. Broyles represents plaintiffs in personal injury cases as well as complex civil litigation, including aviation accidents, medical devices, products liability, medical malpractice, commercial litigation and securities fraud.
NONPROFITS
Carole Anne Brunner has been named development of disabilities director for Capital Area Human Services District. Brunner, a clinical psychologist, has worked within the division for nearly two years. She has more than a decade of clinical, administrative and supervisory experience in developmental disabilities, having previously worked at Northlake Supports and Services Center.
TECHNOLOGY
Courtney Plaeger has been named marketing and business development manager for InfiniEdge Software. Plaeger previously worked for Global Data Systems of Lafayette in a similar capacity. In her new role, she will oversee corporate marketing, outreach campaigns and partnership development as well as help develop the company’s service offerings and solutions.
