People this Week: New hires, promotions, awards

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Banking/Financial Services

Raymond James has welcomed financial adviser Willis “Andy” Lovell to its New Orleans office. Lovell and senior registered client services associate Alyssa Klein operate as Lovell Wealth Management.

Regions Bank has welcomed Kevin Huskins as vice president, mortgage production manager.

Company Awards/Announcements

Gilsbar LLC, a privately-owned third-party administrator in Covington, is celebrating its 60^th anniversary this month.

The Port of New Orleans’ Strategic Master Plan, “Port NOLA Forward,” has earned the port a Silver 2019 National Planning Achievement Award for Economic Development Planning from the American Planning Association.

Construction/Engineering

Jeb Bruneau has joined the Associated Builders and Contractors New Orleans/Bayou Chapter as its new president/CEO.

General Business

The Louisiana Consular Corps has elected new officers for the 2019-2020 term. Vincent Sciama, consul general of France, has assumed the role of dean, replacing former dean Greg Beuerman, honorary consul of Iceland, who has moved to dean emeritus status. Bret Clesi, honorary consul general of Albania, has become vice dean of the organization, with Nancy Marinovic, honorary consul of Mali, now serving as secretary and Susanne Cooper, honorary consul of Germany, as treasurer. Additionally, Martin Pospisil has been named by the government of the Czech Republic as its new honorary consul for Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Health Care

Henry Gremillion, dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry, has been installed as chairman of the board of directors of the American Dental Education Association.

Ben Caplan has joined the LSU Health Foundation as executive director of business ventures.

BioScrip Infusion Services, Inc. has welcomed its newest district sales manager, Chad Edwards, to its Louisiana team.

Nonprofit

The Louisiana SPCA has welcomed Amelie Brenton as its new development director.

The Catholic Community Foundation has announced that August “Gus” Kuntz is president of its 2019 Board of Directors. James Adams is vice president, Gregory LaCour is secretary and Jose Bautista is treasurer.

Law

WARE|IMMIGRATION has announced that Brittany Odom has become an associate with the firm.

Admiralty attorneys Miles Clements and Josh Lee have joined Phelps Dunbar.

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