South Louisiana businesses have recently announced the following promotions and new hires.
New Orleans
Morten Jensen
Morton Jensen has been appointed to the role of chief operating officer of Port NOLA, where he’ll be tasked with overseeing port operations and delivery of the Louisiana International Terminal. Most recently, Jensen was terminal investment director for Terminal Investment Ltd. in Geneva, which is one of Port NOLA’s financial partners for the planned new Violet terminal.
Jacinta Massey, at left, and Torry Dean, at right
Boys Town Louisiana announced two new members of its board of directors: Torry Dean, the operations director for the Junior League of New Orleans who also sits on the boards of New Orleans Opera Association and the Grambling State University National Alumni Association, and Jacinta Massey, the diversity and inclusion director and Title IX/ADA coordinator for Nunez Community College.
Darryl Canon
Darryl Canon has been promoted to become hotel manager of Hyatt Regency New Orleans and general manager of Hyatt House New Orleans/Downtown. Canon began his Hyatt career 23 years ago in New Orleans and returned in 2016 to oversee sales and events.
Reese May, at left, and Lauren Darnell, at right
The national disaster recovery nonprofit SBP announced two leadership changes: Reese May, a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Task Force on Reforming Disaster Response and Recovery, was promoted to chief operating officer from chief strategy and innovation officer; and Lauren Darnell, previously the executive director of the Made in New Orleans Foundation and Love Your City program director, was hired as chief of staff.
The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine announced its first-ever team of associate deans. They include: Dr. Rajiv Gala, associate dean for education and academic affairs; Dr. Brian Moore, associate dean for clinical affairs; Dr. Eboni Price-Haywood, associate dean for health equity and public health; Dr. Tamika Webb-Detiege, associate dean for student affairs, Randal Langford and Edward Phillips, co-associate deans for finance and administration; Drs. Nneka Ifejika and Kaneisha Bailey Akinpelumi, co-interim associate deans for research.
Darielle Santiago
Shani Campbell
Dr. Emily Vigour
Dr. Jennifer O’Sullivan
Dr. Genesis Ricard
DePaul Community Health Centers announced the hiring of six new health care providers. Darielle Santiago will work in adult primary care at DCHC Gentilly; Shani Campbell will work in adult primary care at DCHC Metairie; Drs. Emily Vigour and Jennifer O’Sullivan will both work in pediatrics at DCHCs in Algiers and Harvey; Dr. Genesis Ricard will work at DCHC Carrollton; and Danielle Ragsdale, an emergency nurse recognized as one of Louisiana’s “Great 100 Nurses,” will work in urgent care at DCHC Algiers.
The Metairie law firm Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson Lonero, including partners Jay Lonero and Morgan Wells, will merge with the New Orleans firm Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, whose name will be retained for the combined defense firm.
Baton Rouge
Renita Ward Williams
Renita Ward Williams has been named vice chancellor of institutional affairs and strategic planning for Baton Rouge Community College. She will oversee human resources, governance, policy development and institutional strategy while managing external legal affairs and leading compliance oversight. Ward Williams spent the prior two years working for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System as chief compliance, regulatory and legal affairs officer.
From left, Kenith “Ken” Woodall, Dr. Sheldon Johnson, Carl “Mike” Schexnayder
The Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation elected three new members to its board of directors. Dr. Sheldon Johnson, Carl “Mike” Schexnayder and Kenith “Ken” Woodall are each set to serve three-year terms on the nonprofit’s board.
Nine new board-certified health care providers with a combined 181 years of experience this month joined FMOL Health | Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Urology: Drs. Angelo Annaloro Jr., Henry “Drew” Hollier, Thomas “Tom” Wills, Stephen “Randy” Vick, James “Jimmy” Morris, Mark Posner, nurse practitioner Michelle Genre, and physician assistants Johanna De Silvia and Alicia Vick.
Seth Gold has been appointed Medicaid director of the Louisiana Department of Health. Gold previously served as a staffer for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce and a health-policy adviser for former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
Bayou Parishes
Claire Pitre, at left, and Casey Boudreux
Nicholls State University has appointed two adjunct faculty members as instructors in its new Master of Business Administration program in human resources. Claire Pitre, a labor and employment attorney with Jackson Lewis who will teacher a class on labor and employment law, while HR consultant Casey Boudreux, who will teach a class on strategic HR management.
Bayou Parishes
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities announced four new board members. They include: Leigh Anne Chambers, a university administrator from Bossier City, Becky Gottsegen, an artist from Baton Rouge, Stephanie Halphen, a Lafayette accountant, and Drew Tessier, a senior director of public affairs from Baton Rouge.
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