South Louisiana businesses have recently announced the following promotions and new hires.
Baton Rouge
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.
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.
New Orleans
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.
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 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.
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…