South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations.
Baton Rouge
Donald Price has been hired by Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann as special counsel. Price began his career as a plaintiff’s attorney at Dué, Price, Guidry, Piedrahita and Andrews in Baton Rouge and, most recently, worked on regulatory issues and coastal land loss litigation as special counsel for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Lindsey Duplessis has been hired by Currency Bank to become its Ascension market president, where she will lead its planned expansion into Ascension Parish. Duplessis has previously held senior management roles with Renasant Bank and Capital One, where she has focused on commercial lending, business development and long-term client relationships.
The nonprofit Better Louisiana announced the addition of announces the addition of seven new members for the first quarter of 2026. They include: Jon Atkinson, president and CEO of The Idea Village; James Craven, chief physician executive at FMOL Health; Jeffrey Goodman, CEO of the Committee of 100 Shreveport-Bossier; Greg Hamer, president of B&G Foods; Andy Kopplin, president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation; Patrick Moore, managing partner and president of Moore Planning Group; Jim Tucker, president and CEO of CommCare Management Corporation and former speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
The board of directors of Women’s Hospital has elected three new officers: Janet Olson is chair, Nick Speyrer is chair-elect and Dr. Shawn Kleinpeter is secretary/treasurer.
New Orleans
Oscar Carlsson has been appointed to the board of directors of Rep Data, as the market research firm scales up its investment in Europe following the acquisitions of survey tool ReDem and research platform SightX. Based in Stockholm, Carlsson is the founder of Milo Advisory and previously spent more than 20 years at the research technology company Cint.
Chloe Seydel has been hired by Arnaud’s Restaurant to lead the 108-year-old restaurant’s dessert program as head pastry chef. Seydel is a New Orleans native with experience working at the Ace Hotel, Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Arena.
Across Louisiana
Dr. Kanchan Upadhyay, Jenny Anderson and Samantha DeWitt, of the Vernon Oncology Clinic in Lafourche Parish, are now part of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center network. The Alexandria-based network will expand the clinics services with more early detection and supportive care services. Upadhyay, who has been in practice since 2022, will continue to provide internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology services from the Leesville clinic…