GARY MERRIFIELD
Red River Bank
MARTIN STOTT JR.
Lane Nursing Home
TROY GUILBEAUX
Paragon Casino Resort
KEVIN RYDER
HR Solutions
SUZANNE MCCAIN
Fenstermaker
KATI HYER
Commerce Title
SCOTT DELANEY
LSU Continuing Education
BANKING & FINANCE
Gary Merrifield has joined Red River Bank as chief credit policy officer/senior vice president. Merrifield began his career with City National Bank and has more than 25 years of banking experience in the Baton Rouge area. He most recently served as senior regional credit officer for a multibillion-dollar regional bank in Jacksonville, Florida.
HEALTH CARE
Martin Stott Jr. has been named the nursing facility administrator for Lane Nursing Home at Lane Regional Medical Center. The Clinton native is responsible for coordinating all aspects of nursing care for the division, including patient satisfaction, staff and physician relations. He has more than 10 years of nursing home administration experience and is licensed as a nursing facility administrator in Louisiana. Stott previously was the human resources/payroll manager at Grace Nursing Home in Slaughter.
HOSPITALITY
Troy Guilbeaux has been appointed director of training at Paragon Casino Resort. Guilbeaux brings nearly 20 years of experience in training and leadership for both new hires and existing employees. He previously has been employed at Paragon, including a tenure as training manager from 2005 to 2013. During that time, he co-created and implemented several training, team-building and leadership programs for Paragon associates, from line level to executives.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Kevin Ryder has been hired as chief financial officer of HR Solutions, a human resources outsourcing firm in Baton Rouge. Ryder will focus on growing the organization and bringing a client perspective to the company’s work. Ryder was most recently CFO at Gulfstream Services Inc. He is a Baton Rouge native and has experience working in industries including oil and gas, investment banking and financial services.
ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
Suzanne McCain has been hired as engineering director at Fenstermaker. McCain will be responsible for project management and leadership of the engineering design team. McCain is a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Louisiana Engineering Society. McCain is also the state delegate for the Louisiana Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Prior to joining Fenstermaker, she served as principal civil engineer with URS. In 2010, she was named senior project manager for HNTB and was responsible for the supervision of numerous infrastructure projects throughout the state, most notably the submerged roads program in New Orleans which involved the reconstruction of roads that were flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and the I-20/I-49 interchange in Shreveport.
MARKETING
Kati Hyer has joined the Commerce Title team as the marketing project manager, leading the company’s efforts to unite data and analytics with public relations and marketing. She previously worked as a public information officer with the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana, where she spearheaded the agency’s digital campaigns.
TECHNOLOGY
Scott Delaney has been hired as the information technology director for LSU Continuing Education. As IT director, Delaney will oversee all the technical needs of LSU Continuing Education and will be involved in all aspects of technology-leveraged operations of supporting students in all 50 states and 40 foreign countries. Delaney has worked for LSU in various departments for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Continuing Education, Delaney held positions in Information Technology Services, the LSU Student Union and Auxiliary Services.
