DAVID THOMPSON
Red River Bank
MICHELLE MASSÉ
LSU Graduate School
HELEN SEDER
LSU Executive Education and the LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute
EDWARD VIOLETT
Our Lady of the Lake College
NEIL MANUEL
Lane Regional Medical Center
TREY CASTLEBERRY
PacTec Inc.
BANKING & FINANCE
David Thompson has been named market president at Red River Bank. The veteran Baton Rouge banker comes to Red River Bank from Iberia Parish, where he was senior vice-president and commercial group manager since 2008. Thompson has more than 25 years of banking experience in the Baton Rouge area, and began his banking career at City National Bank.
EDUCATION
Michelle Massé, professor and director of graduate studies in the LSU Department of English, has been named the new dean of the LSU Graduate School. Massé received her bachelor’s degree from Anna Maria College, with a double major in English and comparative literature. Her doctorate is from Brown University, where she focused on theory of the novel. Massé held an assistant professor position at George Mason University before coming to LSU in 1985. At LSU, she served rose to professor of English. In addition to serving as director of graduate studies in the Department of English, she was the founding director of Women’s and Gender Studies at LSU and served in that role from 1991 to 1995 and again from 2008 to 2011.
Helen Seder has joined LSU Executive Education and the LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute as operations manager. She will manage program administration and logistics for all LSU Executive Education open enrollment and custom training, in addition to providing support for special programming for SEI. Seder comes to LSU following a two-year placement with City Year Baton Rouge. During her time with City Year, she focused on tutoring and mentoring youth and creating and facilitating volunteer events in the community.
Brother Edward Violett has joined Our Lady of the Lake College as the school’s vice president for Academic Affairs. Violett served for seven years in Rome, Italy, on the General Council as chief financial officer for the Society of Mary, and most recently was on sabbatical while functioning as the mission and finance consultant for the Marianist Province of the United States based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his role as assistant general for Temporalities for the Society of Mary, Violett planned and participated in site visits to K-12 schools, universities and international social development projects around the world. Because of this involvement, he reviewed and evaluated strategic plans, program and curricular outcomes, financial policies, and administrative practices, giving him an ideal perspective from which to direct curriculum and faculty development for Our Lady of the Lake College. Prior to his work in Rome, Violett served as an assistant professor and director of the graduate program in international relations at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
HEALTH CARE
Neil Manuel has been named the medical/surgical unit director at Lane Regional Medical Center. He will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of nursing care for the unit according to accreditation and professional standards, including patient satisfaction, quality assurance, staffing and physician relations. Manuel has more than 20 years of health care experience, including paramedic, dialysis, intensive care and emergency room nursing. Prior to this position, he was a clinical nurse leader at Lane.
MARKETING
Trey Castleberry has joined PacTec Inc. of Clinton as marketing director. He previously served as a producer/director for the Automotive Marketing Group in Baton Rouge, and brings nearly 15 years of executive-level experience in several industries to PacTec Inc. He is a Barton Fellow graduate of the John W. Barton Sr. Community Leadership Development Program and past president of the Rotary Club of Denham Springs.
