Melanie Bronfin has joined the board of directors for the Bureau of Governmental Research.
Bronfin is the founder and former executive director of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, an independent source of data, research and policy proposals related to young children. She is the president/CEO of Bronfin Policy Strategies. She won BGR’s Excellence in Government Citizenship Award in 2020.
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The Society of Louisiana CPAs has announced its 2022-23 Board of Directors:
Seth Norris of Ville Platte, was named the 2022-23 chair. Norris is the CFO of Cottonport Bank.
John “Bryan” Ehricht was named chair-elect and will automatically become chair in August 2023. Ehricht is managing director with James, Lambert, Riggs and Associates in Hammond.
Bridget Kaigler was elected treasurer. Kaigler is senior director of tax and regulatory reporting at Amedisys in Baton Rouge
Gary Dressler serves as immediate past chair. Dressler is an associate director in the Postlethwaite & Netterville Tax Services Group in Metairie.
Greg Booth was elected to a new two-year term as a member at-large. He is a director in the Postlethwaite & Netterville Tax Services Group in Metairie.
Anthony Rutledge is serving the second year of a two-year term as a member at-large. He is a senior manager, audit and assurance services, with LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors in Covington.
Kenneth Champagne is serving the second year of a two-year term as member at-large. He is a senior vice president, business services with Confie in Baton Rouge.
Jessica Cormier was elected to a two-year term as a member at-large. She is vice president of talent development at Allinial Global in Baton Rouge.
Brandon Lagarde is serving the second year of a two-year term as member at-large. Lagarde is a director with Postlethwaite & Netterville in Baton Rouge where he leads the firm’s Tax Services Group.
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The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business has announced its 2022 Hall of Distinction inductees — Scott R. Brakebill and Brandon Landry.
In addition, this year’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award recipient is Jaime Glas. The college will honor Brakebill, Landry and Glas at a banquet on Oct. 6, in the Business Education Complex.
Brakebill is the founder of Lagniappe Capital and co-founder of Conversion Partners. Previously, he held positions at Morgan Stanley & Co. and Bank of America. He is also a member of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors.
Brakebill earned a bachelor’s from LSU and a master’s in management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Landry is the founder and CEO of Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux. Baton Rouge-based Walk-On’s has expanded from a local favorite to a national brand, with 66 locations open and over 150 more restaurants in the pipeline.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in management from LSU.
Glas is the founder and owner of Queen of Sparkles, a clothing and accessory brand based in Baton Rouge. Queen of Sparkles is sold in over 600 stores worldwide. Before launching Queen of Sparkles, Glas bridged her experience as an engineer and love of fashion by creating the brand HauteWork, the first female-focused, flame-resistant clothing company in the U.S.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in international trade and finance and a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering with minors in Chinese culture and commerce, all from LSU.
Source: nola.com
