Melanie Bronphin Participated in the Board of Governors of the Government Research Service.
Bronphin is the founder and former executive director of the Louisiana Child Policy Institute, an independent source of data, research, and policy recommendations on young children. She is President and CEO of Bronfin Policy Strategies. In 2020 she received BGR’s Government Citizenship Excellence Award.
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The Louisiana Institute of Certified Public Accountants has announced its Board of Directors for 2022-23.
Seth Norris President for 2022-23 has been appointed by Ville Platte. Norris is his CFO at Cottonport Bank.
John “Brian” Ericht Appointed as incoming Chair and will automatically become Chair in August 2023. Ericht is his director of Hammond, managing his James, Lambert, Riggs and Associates.
Bridget Kaigler I was selected as an accountant. Kaigler is the Senior Director of Tax and Regulatory Reporting at Amedisys in Rouge.
Gary Dressler serve as the immediate past chairman. Dressler is an associate his director of Metairie’s Postlethwaite & Netterville Tax Services Group.
Greg Booth Elected to a new term of two years and elected as a whole member. He is Director of Metairie’s Postlethwaite & Netterville Tax Services Group.
Anthony Rutledge I am serving as a general member in the second year of my two-year term. He is Senior Manager of Audit and Assurance Services and serves as his LaPorte CPA and Business Advisor at Covington.
Kenneth Champagne I am serving as a general member in the second year of my two-year term. He is Senior Vice President of Business Services for his Confie at Baton His Rouge.
Jessica Cormier Elected as a general member for a two-year term. She is the Vice President of Human Resources Development for her Allinial Global in Baton Her Rouge.
Brandon Lagarde I am serving as a general member in the second year of my two-year term. Lagarde is a director of Postlethwaite & Netterville where he is in Rouge and heads the company’s tax services group.
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LSU EJ Ourso College of Business Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees — Scott R. Brakebill When Brandon Landry.
Also, the recipients of this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award are: Jaime GlassThe College will honor Brakeville, Laundry and Glass at a banquet at the Business Education Facility on October 6th.
Brakebill is the founder of Lagniappe Capital and co-founder of Conversion Partners. Prior to that, he held positions at Morgan Stanley & Co. and Bank of America. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the LSU Foundation.
Brakebill holds a bachelor’s degree from LSU and a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Landry is the founder and CEO of Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux. Baton his Rouge-based Walk-On’s has expanded from a local favorite to a national brand, with 66 stores opening and more than 150 restaurants in the pipeline.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from LSU.
Glas is the founder and owner of Queen of Sparkles, a Baton Rouge-based clothing and accessories brand. Queen of Sparkles is sold in over 600 of her stores worldwide. Prior to launching Queen of Sparkles, Glas launched her HauteWork, the first women’s fire-resistant clothing company in the United States, to bridge her experience as an engineer and her love of fashion.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, all from LSU, with minors studying Chinese Culture and Commerce.
