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Aucoin

Aucoin Wealth

Management of Baton Rouge has joined the Commonwealth Financial Network, a national firm comprising independent financial advisers. Formerly affiliated with Edward Jones, Troy Aucoin and his support staff member, Sharon DeMarte, bring with them approximately $157 million in total client assets.

Baton Rouge Community

College’s construction management program was granted reaccreditation by the American Council for Construction Education board of trustees for a six-year period through July 2027. Although there were many challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BRCC construction management team met the requirements needed for accreditation. According to ACCE, the BRCC program is one of only 15 two-year degree programs in the country that is accredited.

Baton Rouge General has opened a high-risk breast clinic at its Mid City campus, providing specialized care to women at risk for developing breast disease and who are underinsured or uninsured. The clinic is led by Dr. Everett Bonner, surgical breast oncologist. Bonner holds a fellowship in surgical breast oncology from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the world’s oldest and largest private cancer center.

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer

Center’s Prevention on the Go program recently celebrated a milestone of 100,000 cancer screenings. This achievement, which occurred during the cancer center’s 50th anniversary year, was recognized at a recent free breast and colorectal cancer screening at LSU Mid City clinic. Prevention on the Go is a comprehensive program that provides prevention and early detection services to detect cancer in its earliest stage when better outcomes are more likely.

The Spine Hospital of Louisiana at The NeuroMedical Center announced a partnership with DPi Anesthesia. DPi was founded in 2003 and has grown to become a multifaceted corporation serving a growing client base in the health care field. DPi’s anesthesia group brings together a team of highly trained and qualified anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists. The Spine Hospital of Louisiana and DPi Anesthesia will begin its partnership effective Oct. 2.

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION

Franciscan Missionaries of

Our Lady University recently received a national endorsement for nursing and business. Already honored as a college of distinction for its high-impact approach to education, FranU has received specialized recognition in nursing and business.

Morris

Tim Morris, card services analyst at La Capitol Federal Credit Union, earned the certified credit union executive designation as a member of the 2021 graduating class of CUNA Management School. Morris graduated with honors and was chosen by his peers to receive the coveted Al Jordan Leadership and Service Award. AWARDS HONORS

City Year Baton Rouge and BASF Geismar are recipients of the Diversity Star Award from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. City Year Baton Rouge received the award for the small business category, and BASF Geismar received the award for the large business category. BRAC created the Diversity Star Award with a goal of highlighting exceptional business practices in the Capital Region that leverage the value of diversity in organizations.

Dupré Logistics recently received top honors for outstanding

DuPré Logistics

achievement in highway safety performance by the Texas Motor Transport Association. Dupré received first place in the intercity class based on mileage between 5 million and 10 million miles. Dupré also received the first-place honor in the local class based on mileage over 10 million miles.

Emerge will honor 10 individuals at its 2021 Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activist awards luncheon Nov. 12. This awards luncheon recognizes individuals who have provided exceptional volunteer service to the Baton Rouge community. The 2021 honorees are: Laurie Aronson, Leonard Augustus, Cheri Ausberry, Jan Breen, Preston Castille, Curtis O’Neil, Norisha Kirts Glover, Bridget Kaigler, Eric Lane and

John Turner.

LSU journalism professor John Maxwell Hamilton’s book, Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda, has been selected as the American Journalism Historians Association’s 2021 Book of the Year winner. The award recognizes the best book in journalism history or mass media history published during the previous calendar year. Earlier in the year, the book was awarded the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Goldsmith Book Prize.

Hospice in His Care has been named a 2021 Hospice Honors recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of billing and coding services, CAHPS surveys and advanced analytics. Hospice Honors is a program that recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view.

Window World of Baton Rouge

was recognized by Qualified Remodeler as one of the 500 largest remodeling firms in America for 2021. This is the first year the firm, which was ranked 17th, has made this distinguished list. The firm was also recently recognized as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America for 2021 by Inc. magazine.

APPOINTMENTS MEMBERSHIPS

Ballard Scott Ballard has been appointed to the board of directors for Home Bancorp Inc. Ballard is founder, CEO and owner of Ballard

Hospitality and owns Ballard Brands, a fast-casual dining leader based in Covington, with his two brothers. Currently, he serves as an executive board member of the Committee of 100 Louisiana and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Barbin

Phelps Partner Jeff Barbin has been named treasurer for the International Association of Gaming Advisors. Barbin has seven years of experience on the board and most recently served as assistant treasurer for two years. He has been an active member of the group since 2002.

Countryman

Clay Countryman, a partner in the Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson health care practice, has become chair of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section for the 2021-2022 bar year. The ABA Health Law Section is the voice of the national health law bar within the ABA. Countryman, who is based in the firm’s Baton Rouge office, has practiced for more than 25 years exclusively in health law.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sue Kozik has been named to the board for Nexus Louisiana. Kozik came to Blue Cross from Seattlebased Group Health. She has been honored by the IT industry with many prestigious awards, including the CIO 100 Award and the HP Innovation Award.

The Water Institute of the Gulf has appointed three new members to its board: Earthea Nance, Merritt Lane III and William “Bill” Merrell. Nance, associate professor in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, is a certified floodplain manager and a registered professional civil engineer with more than 15 years of experience as an environmental engineer. She has an additional 14 years of experience in academia. Lane, who serves as president, CEO and board chairman of Canal Barge Company Inc., has been involved in inland waterway management in Louisiana and across the country for decades. Merrell is regents professor in marine sciences at Texas A&M University at Galveston and is president emeritus of the Galveston campus.

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Tenreiro

Edgardo Tenreiro

was elected to serve a two-year term as a district trustee on the Louisiana Hospital Association’s board of trustees. Tenreiro, president and CEO of Baton Rouge General, was elected to represent the southeast district.

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