New hires at McGlinchey Stafford, The Ehrhardt Group | Business News
New Orleans
Kristen Hartley has joined Breaux Law Firm.
Hartley spent 17 years as an in-house senior staff counsel for Allstate Insurance. She had a six-year tenure as an attorney member on the Louisiana Disciplinary Board.
She earned a bachelor’s in political science from LSU and a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
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RestorixHealth has new leadership.
Ben Dunford is CEO and Melinda Estep is chief financial officer.
Dunford has a range of experience as health care executive, including serving as chief financial officer of Texas Regional Medical Center, chief operating officer of NorthStar Anesthesia, president of Rural Physicians Group and most recently, CEO of Diversified Radiology.
He earned a bachelor’s in management information systems from Brigham Young University and a master’s in business administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Estep has more than 25 years of experience in finance, health care operations and business development. She held executive officer roles with multiple health care companies, including Denver Health Medical Center, Health Management Associates and, most recently, chief financial officer of John Muir Health.
She earned a bachelor’s in finance and a master’s in health care administration, both from the University of Colorado.
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Mark Romig has joined The Ehrhardt Group as a senior adviser.
Romig recently stepped down as chief marketing officer at New Orleans & Co. after decades promoting the city. He continues to serve as a senior adviser to the destination marketing and sales organization.
Romig has received some of the highest honors in tourism and public service, including the French government’s Ordre national du Mérite, Spain’s Orden del Mérito Civil, the New Orleans Ad Club’s Silver Medal, University of New Orleans’ Alumnus of the Year, the Ella Brennan Lifetime Achievement in Hospitality Award and, most recently, the Will Mangham Leadership in Tourism Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Travel Association.
Baton Rouge
Brandon B. Brown has joined McGlinchey Stafford as a partner affiliated with its Baton Rouge office.
He will lead the firm’s government and internal investigations team and will advise businesses and individuals in government investigations and white collar matters.
Brown was U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana during the Biden administration. Before that, he spent nearly nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the office. Brown was an assistant district attorney in Ouachita Parish from 2002 to 2012.
He earned a bachelor’s and a master’s in business administration, both from Louisiana Tech University and a law degree from Southern University Law Center. In 2022, Brown received a distinguished alumni award from the law center.
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Ronnie Foshee has joined the Baton Rouge commercial lending team of JD Bank as vice president commercial lender.
Foshee has nearly 40 years of experience in the financial services industry.
He earned a bachelor’s in accounting and a master’s in business administration, both from Delta State University. He is a graduate of the LSU Graduate School of Banking.
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Jordan Howard is the new project director of Geaux Far Louisiana.
Geaux Far Louisiana is an initiative from the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children that focuses on unifying the early childhood system to ensure families have access to seamless, high-quality early child development, health and educational services.
She earned a bachelor’s in social work from Southern University and a master’s in social work from LSU.