Business and Professional News in New Orleans and Baton Rouge

2023-11-12 06:15:00

New Orleans

Dennis Jack Jr. has been hired by Legacy Professional Services as vice president, operations.

Jack spent 11 years as a commercial banker for Hancock Whitney Bank and financed construction projects.

Legacy is a construction management company with projects spanning across the South, Midwest and Northeast.

Michael A. Levatino Jr. has joined the New Orleans practice of Kean Miller with the energy and environmental litigation group.

Prior to joining the firm, Levatino represented clients in state and federal court in matters involving construction, environmental, insurance and commercial disputes.

He earned a bachelor’s in history from the University of New Orleans and a law degree, magna cum laude, from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Clinton J. Romig III has been named president of Marsh McClennan Agency of Louisiana.

Romig succeeds Tommy McMahon, who will remain with the company as a client adviser. McMahon served as president of the firm’s predecessor agency, Eustis Insurance and Benefits, and then as president of MMA Louisiana beginning in 2018.

Romig has been with the agency since 2015.

He is a graduate of Tulane University.

Tammy Boyd has been hired by Red River Bank as senior vice president and regional credit officer for the New Orleans market.

Boyd has more than 30 years of commercial banking experience.

Red River Bank recently broke ground on a branch on 1914 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie that is set to open in fall 2024.

Keith Jenkins has been named managing partner of the KPMG offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouges.

He replaces Lee Anne Sciambra, who is transitioning to a national leadership role.

Jenkins began his career with KPMG in New Orleans in 2004 and was admitted to the partnership in 2016.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from LSU and a master’s in business administration from the University of New Orleans.

Jacky Kepper has joined Bennu Title as managing attorney.

Kepper has more than 10 years experience in real estate law, including specialized transactions such as relocation, tax title and REO/foreclosures.

She earned a master’s in urban and regional planning from the University of New Orleans and a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Baton Rouge

Gerrit van de Wetering has been hired by b1Bank as managing director of derivative solutions.

Van de Wetering has worked for Derivative Path, BMO Capital Markets, Morgan Keegan and Co., BankOne and ABN Amro. During his career, van de Wetering covered both corporate borrowers and regional and community banks for interest rate, currency and commodity hedging.

He earned a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Iowa and a master’s in business administration with a focus on finance from Loyola University, Chicago.

Olivia M. Graham has joined the Baton Rouge practice of Kean Miller in the e-discovery and energy and environmental litigation groups.

Graham has experience in civil litigation matters, including contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fraud allegations and other commercial issues.

She earned a bachelor’s in economics with a concentration in international trade and finance from LSU, a law degree, a comparative law degree and an energy law and policy certificate, all from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

Carrie L. Jones has joined the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson as special counsel in the health care practice group.

She earned a bachelor’s from LSU, a master’s in business administration from Southeastern Louisiana University and a law degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

Dr. Diana Coulon has accepted the position of director of comparative biology core and attending veterinarian at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

She has been serving as the interim attending veterinarian for the past six months.

Before that, Coulon was an instructor and attending veterinarian for research animal compliance at the LSU AgCenter.

Dr. Oanh Truong has joined Baton Rouge General Physicians as a family medicine physician.

She is seeing patients at BRG’s Family Health Center clinic, 3401 North Blvd.

She earned a bachelor’s in psychology from Rice University, a master’s in public health from the University of Pittsburgh, a diploma in international medicine and public health from the INMED Institute for International Medicine and a medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. Truong completed her residency at Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center, where she served as teaching chief and was part of the Global Health Clinical Scholars Program. She completed a fellowship in global health at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

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