Baton Rouge
Emily George Tilley has been selected as executive director for O’Brien House, a nonprofit, long-term residential treatment facility for adults recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.
Tilley is a licensed social worker who has spent the past 10 years as O’Brien House’s clinical director. Her prior experience includes serving as a social worker for Baton Rouge Area Alcohol and Drug Center and several healthcare systems, serving as a child welfare specialist for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services.
She replaces Todd Hamilton, who will retire from the position he has held since 2013.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a master’s degree in social work and public administration from LSU and is working on a doctorate in social work at Tulane University.
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Dr. Kacie Philippe Teague has joined the staff at Lamendola Dentistry in Gonzales and Lam Dentistry in Prairieville.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from LSU and a doctorate of dental surgery from the LSU School of Dentistry.
Teague is a member of the American Dental Association and Louisiana Dental Association.
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Corporate Realty has opened full-service commercial real estate office in One American Place, 301 Main St., in Baton Rouge.
Walter H. Ketchings III has joined the Baton Rouge team. Ketchings spent the past 14 years with NAI/Latter & Blum.
Acquired in December by Benson Capital, Corporate Realty is a commercial real estate company that specializes in office and retail leasing and brokerage, property management, lease administration, investment brokerage and construction consulting.
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Scott Richard has been named vice president of finance for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
Richard has been the director of finance since 2017 and is also serving as the interim chief financial officer for Our Lady of Lourdes.
Richard has nearly 25 years of experience serving within the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, including stints as the chief financial officer of St. Elizabeth Hospital (now Our Lady of the Lake Ascension) and interim CFO at St. Francis Medical Center. He also was part of the team that helped open Our Lady of Angels in 2014.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in business administration from LSU.
New Orleans
Ally Byrd has joined McGlinchey’s Enterprise Litigation and Investigations section as a member in the New Orleans office.
Byrd focuses her practice on products liability and mass tort lawsuits alleging economic loss, product defects and personal injuries, and defends premises liability, workplace injury and workers’ compensation claims, as well as employment litigation.
Prior to joining McGlinchey, Byrd’s legal practice focused on clients’ employment, workers’ compensation and general liability matters.
She earned bachelor’s degree in psychology from LSU and graduated cum laude from LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
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Ryan Gootee General Contractors of Metairie has made the following hires:
Chris Talliancich as an assistant project manager
Mason French, project engineer
Sean Dornan, assistant project superintendent
Hunter Winn, assistant project superintendent
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University of Holy Cross in Algiers has appointed Jeannie Brown as vice president for admissions and financial aid.
Brown’s career includes work at Loyola University and Delgado Community College. She previously served as president of the Louisiana Association of Colleges and University Student Personnel Administrators.
Chris Rholdon was named vice president for strategic initiatives and university advancement.
Rholdon previously served as both director of alumni affairs and director of advancement and is a graduate of Our Lady of Holy Cross, now known as the University of Holy Cross.
