BANKING/FINANCE
Michael J. Brown has been promoted to vice chairman and chief operating officer of IberiaBank. Brown, who joined the bank in 1999, was most recently responsible for managing its markets in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and Florida. In his new role, he will continue to oversee those markets.
Craig Kliebert has been promoted to assistant vice president of The Shobe Financial Group. Kliebert joined the company in 2005 as an associate financial planner and later became a Certified Financial Planner.
Paul Judice has been named senior vice president/city president for MidSouth Bank’s Baton Rouge market. Judice previously served as the executive vice president/chief lending officer for American Gateway Bank. In his new role, he will be responsible for building business relationships with new and existing customers and will be instituting an employee development program.
Cordell H. White has been promoted to chief executive officer of First Community Bank of Hammond. White, who joined the bank in 2002, previously served as executive vice president, chief operating officer and senior lending officer.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA
Elizabeth Hutchison has been named coordinator producer for Launch Media. Hutchison previously worked in Los Angeles as a coordinating producer for The History Network’s Albert Einstein documentary and as casting producer for CBS’ Survivor. In her new role, she will oversee day-to-day project operations as well as marketing and client relations.
ENGINEERING
Chuck Turlington has been named transportation engineer for Urban Systems Associates, a traffic engineering, transportation planning and land-use planning firm.
GOVERNMENT
Erin Monroe Wesley has been named senior vice president of governmental affairs for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. Wesley previously served as executive counsel for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. In her new role, she will lead BRAC’s political-advocacy efforts at the local, regional, state and federal levels; direct the organization’s lobbying efforts related to the Legislature; cultivate strong relationships among top business leaders and public officials in the Capital Region; and manage FuturePAC, BRAC’s political action committee.
HEALTH CARE
Dr. Juzar Ali has been named medical director of the LSU Health System’s Interim LSU Public Hospital. Ali is a professor of medicine in the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine and previously served as vice chair of the Medicine for Clinical Affairs in the LSU HSC School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care. He also is the director of the LSU Tuberculosis Clinics and the OPH Region 1 Metro-Wetmore TB Clinics.
Steve Dille has been named controller of Medical Management Options. Dille, who has 12 years’ experience as a controller, previously served in the same capacity for Raising Cane’s.
Stephanie Stephens has been named chief financial officer of Medical Management Options. Stephens, who has 25 years’ experience in health care finance and operations, previously served as a health care consultant and hospital administrator. In her new role, she will oversee the accounting and accounts receivable departments.
Denise S. Dugas has been named behavior health service line administrator for the Baton Rouge General. Dugas, who has more than 15 years’ experience in mental health care, physical rehabilitation and long-term acute care management, most recently served as the national director for behavioral health services for Promise Health Care/Success Health Care in Boca Raton, Fla. In her new role, she will oversee behavioral health support services, physician relations, performance improvement, financial performance, and planning/program and census development.
Michael Kozar has been named chief executive officer of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital. Kozar, who has 27 years’ experience, most recently served as regional vice president with Quorum Health Resources.
Gina B. Williams has been promoted to regional manager-Baton Rouge for Peoples Health. Williams, who has more than 20 years of clinical and administrative experience in health care, most recently served as a regional field supervisor for which she was responsible for day-to-day oversight of the medical management process for the Baton Rouge team. In her new role, she will oversee the clinical care coordination of plan members, manage the administration of plan benefits and monitor functions of clinical staff for effective operations.
INSURANCE
Amy Underwood has been named vice president of Wright & Percy Insurance’s employer solutions division. Underwood, who has almost 10 years’ experience in accounting and workforce management, previously served as an account district manager for Automatic Data Processing. She will be responsible for evaluating processes to determine the effectiveness of human resource programs, including payroll and time tracking systems that will help clients reduce employee-related costs.
LAW
Nicole Roberts Dillon has been named a partner in the firm of Seale & Ross. Dillon practices in the areas of family law, estate planning, wills and trusts, successions, real estate and commercial transactions.
