On board: Jill Roshto has been named the new CEO of Cancer Services, effective Feb. 23, the nonprofit’s board of directors announced today. Roshto joins Cancer Services after serving as director of development for the LSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences for the past three years and, prior to that, as director of development and marketing at LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute. Roshto replaces Mimi Riche’, who has served as the agency’s interim CEO since November 2014. Riche’ also served as Cancer Services’ executive director from 2006 to 2013. Cancer Services has more details on today’s announcement.
All together now: The Water Institute of the Gulf announced today it has signed an agreement with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development that will allow the organizations to collaborate on applied research aimed at finding solutions to water challenges in the region and around the world. The business council comprises 55 U.S. companies that share a commitment to pursuing sustainable development. It is a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a global network of more than 200 international companies that serves as the umbrella organization for 65 similar national business councils worldwide. The Water Institute has more details on today’s announcement.
Need for speed: Gonzales-based cable and Internet provider EATEL announced today it has increased the bandwidth of its fiber network to boost both download and upload speed for its customers. The company says it has increased speeds for customers at all tiers of Internet service. For its fastest plan, customers will now have download speeds of 150 megabits per second, and upload speeds of 50 Mbps. “Providing more bandwidth to our customers is increasingly important as the amount of streaming video and user-generated content on the Internet continues to rise,” says EATEL Chief Marketing Officer Toby DuBois in a prepared statement, adding the latest expansion “positions us to meet the bandwidth our customers require for years to come.”
