ARCHITECTURE
Jonathan Guelfo has been named project manager for Remson-Haley-Herpin Architects. Guelfo, who recently passed the Architectural Registration Exam and now is a licensed architect, has been with the firm nearly seven years. He previously served as an intern architect.
BANKING/FINANCE
J. Cleve Langlois has been hired as senior vice president and Baton Rouge Market Area President for First Bank and Trust. Langlois, who has more than 40 years’ experience, recently served as senior commercial lender and relationship manager for Hancock Bank.
Gerard LeBlanc has been promoted to senior consultant for Ryan, which provides state, local, federal and international tax advisory and consulting services. LeBlanc previously served as a consultant.
Jeffrey Tanguis has been named senior vice president for Hancock Bank. Tanguis, who joined the company in 1994, has 26 years’ experience in funds management. He serves as the bank’s director of fixed income.
EDUCATION
Yvette “Mimi” LaValle has been promoted to director of communications for the LSU College of Engineering. LaValle previously served as associate director of communications and alumni relations. In her new position, she will direct strategic communication and marketing efforts.
Lee Killett Rayner has been promoted to director of development for the LSU College of Engineering. Rayner previously served as associate director of development for LSU’s Biological & Agricultural Engineering and Construction Management & Industrial Engineering Departments. In her new role, Rayner will direct the college’s efforts to raise $100 million by 2010.
ENGINEERING
Cory Belden as been hired as the director of Baton Rouge engineering operations for Fenstermaker. Belden has more than 15 years’ experience in transportation engineering, flood control and planning projects. He has designed highways, roadways, interchanges, intersections, grading plans, sewer systems, drainage systems and flood-control projects.
Steve Whitting has been promoted to principal consultant for Professional Service Industries’ remediation design/construction line. Whitting, who has been with PSI since 2006, also serves as the environmental services department manager in the Baton Rouge office.
ENTERTAINMENT
Dan Kyle has been named chief financial officer for Southern Star Amusement. Kyle, a Certified Public Accountant, previously served as Louisiana’s legislative auditor for 14 years. In his new role, he will lead the company’s finance and administration team, oversee all accounting practices, direct financial strategy and prepare budgets, financial reports, taxes and audits.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Angele Anson has been promoted to vice president of marketing for Piccadilly Restaurants. Anson, who joined the company in 2008, has more than 12 years’ marketing experience. She previously served as the senior director of marketing.
Marcus Day has been hired as the executive chef at Carter Plantation. Day, who served as executive sous chef at Carter Plantation from 2006-07, most recently worked as sous chef at Jacmel Inn in Hammond.
HEALTH CARE
Michelle Watkins has been promoted to revenue management director of North Oaks Health System. Watkins, who has been with North Oaks since 1993, has served in several managerial and supervisory positions, including medical office supervisor, budget accountant, accounting program manager and reimbursement coordinator. In her new role, she will be responsible for the planning, organization, implementation and direction of the day-to-day operations of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and cost reporting, managed-care contracting, licensing and credentialing, third-party payers, regulatory updates and payment audits.
INSURANCE
John Hawie has been named senior vice president and chief investment officer for Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation. Hawie, who has extensive experience in property-and-casualty company asset management in the U.S. and Europe, previously served in the same capacity for Commerce Group in Webster, Mass. Hawie also served on the board of Tiger Athletic Foundation from 1997-2004.
NONPROFITS
Eddie Ashworth has been named director of the Louisiana Budget Project, a Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations initiative that monitors and reports on state spending. Ashworth, who has previously served as the undersecretary of the Department of Social Services, executive director of the Southern Poverty Law Center and CEO of the Louisiana Technology Park, has experience in public policy, public and private partnerships, and administration.
SMALL BUSINESS
Sharon Daigle has joined Automated Filing Systems as a senior account manager. Daigle, who has more than 15 years’ experience as an executive in the mortgage industry, previously worked for a national document-destruction company.
TECHNOLOGY
Lionel Rainey III has been hired as a business development specialist for Bizzuka. Rainey previously oversaw the sales department for the first American-formatted radio station in England.
