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Susan Halsey (1980 BACH BUS, 1983 JD) was selected by Fort Worth, Texas magazine as one of Tarrant County’s 2013 Fort Worth “Top Attorneys.” The attorneys are chosen as the best in their field by their peers. Mary C. Hester (1981 MAST H&SS, 1994 JD ), an attorney with Taylor Porter, was named by Louisiana Super Lawyers magazine as a 2014 Super Lawyer in the area of estate planning and probate. Sarah Holliday (1984 BACH H&SS) was featured in the December 2012 issue of InRegister magazine as “a person of character” who “fights hard and consistently for herself and for those around her. . . . questions the status quo. . . . [and] wants to make the community a better place in which to live.” Holliday, who is currently battling breast cancer, launched the Pink Cupcakes Foundation to educate female teens about their bodies and breast health. Holliday chartered the Capital City Republican Women in 2010, making history as the first black president of a chapter of the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women. She has run for several political offices and was appointed commissioner to the Planning and Zoning Board by the Baton Rouge Metro Council. Holliday earned a master’s degree in counseling from Southern University and has been involved in Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the Junior League of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Association of Parliamentarians, National Federation of Republican Women, and the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women. She received the Woman of the Year award from the National Center for Urban Development in 2005, and she served on the boards of Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge, the Battered Women’s Shelter, and Catholic High Mother’s Club. She was also
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featured in “Everything Woman” in the January issue of City Social.
Chamber of Commerce. He earned a J.D. from Tulane University in 1996.
Thomas Hudnall (1988 BACH H&SS) has been promoted to the rank of colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve and is stationed at Scott Air Force Base with headquarters American Mobility Command. He was formerly deputy commander, 507 Operations Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Hudnall served as commander of the 465 Air Refueling Squadron and deployed as expeditionary air refueling squadron commander. The airmen and squadron under his command have been recognized with regional and national awards. A command pilot with more than 4,500 flight hours, Hudnall has served in multiple theaters of operation.
Perry Walker Terrebonne (1986 BACH BUS), an an attorney in White Castle, La., spoke at a seminar on Social Security Disability Law held in Baton Rouge in May 2013. Terrebonne earned a J. D. from Southern University Law Center in 1991 and am M.Ed. from William Carey University in Biloxi, Miss.
David L. “Dave” Kemmerly (1984 BACH H&SS) has joined Adams and Reese’s Baton Rouge office as special counsel. A governmental relations and health care attorney, Kemmerly spent more than eight years at Humana corporate headquarters in Louisville, Ky., as regional legislative manager and director of state public affairs. Prior to joining Humana he was associate director of governmental affairs for the Louisiana State Medical Society and served as legislative assistant to Congressman Buddy Roemer and as special assistant to Roemer during his tenure as governor. He served as a political consultant to numerous local, state, and federal campaigns. Kemmerly is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He served on the state government relations committee for America’s Health Insurance Plans; on the boards of the Florida Association of Health Plans, the Florida Insurance Council, the Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, and the Kentucky
R. David Wheat (1985 BACH BUS, 1988 JD) a partner in Thompson & Knight law firm in Dallas was selected for inclusion in the 2013 “International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers” compendium book published by Who’s Who Legal. In addition, he is among the firm’s attorneys recommended by Tax Directors Handbook 2014, a directory that analyzes the tax capabilities of law firms and includes statistics and thought leadership articles from respected industry commentators.
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Brad Jewell (1995 BACH BUS, 2004 MPA), vice president and chief financial officer of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation in Baton Rouge, has been appointed to the Not-for-Profit Organizations Expert Panel of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) for a three-year term. The panel, represented by select certified public accountants from across the county, seeks to represent the public interest and AICPA members through liaison activities with various industry groups and regulators, identify financial reporting/auditing issues, and work with various bodies towards resolutions, and advise and assist in the development of AICPA products and services related to the industry. Jewell is a member of the AICPA and the Louisiana Society for Certified Public Accountants.