Vaulted: Investar Bank today announced that Holly Hidalgo-DeKeyzer is the new regional president for Baton Rouge, the bank’s largest market and its headquarters. As regional president, Hidalgo-DeKeyzer will lead the bank’s Capital Region branches, deposit functions, client services and growth strategy. She’ll also direct Investar’s community and nonprofit outreach in the region. Hidalgo-DeKeyzer joined Investar when the bank was founded in 2006 and previously served as its chief lending officer and executive vice president.
Homeward bound: Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has chosen a Baton Rouge native to lead the Louisiana State Museum system as assistant secretary in the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. Mark Tullos will officially begin the job Jan. 21, overseeing 11 museum sites around the state, including the Cabildo in New Orleans and the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge. A spokeswoman for Dardenne says Tullos will be paid $115,000 a year—$107,000 of that from the state, with other supplements added by museum foundations. Tullos has worked as director of the Hilliard University Art Museum at UL Lafayette since 2005.
