New Orleans
Darryl Stevens has been hired by Magnolia Community Services as facilities director.
Stevens has nearly 15 years of experience in facilities management and previously served as facilities director for Wynhoven Healthcare.
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Paul Babineaux has joined Gordon Arata as an associate in the New Orleans office.
Babineaux joins the litigation team where he will work on a range of matters, including construction, energy and general commercial litigation. He previously practiced at an insurance defense firm and served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Litigation Division of the Louisiana Department of Justice.
He earned a bachelor’s in mass communications-journalism from LSU and a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Babineaux was a Dean’s Merit Scholar at Loyola.
Baton Rouge
Landon Hester has been hired as executive director of the Baton Rouge Bar Association.
He replaces Ann K. Gregorie, who retired after 38 years as executive director.
Hester recently was communications lead for the Center for Planning Excellence. Before that, he spent four years as communications coordinator for the bar association.
He earned a bachelor’s in mass communications and a master’s in strategic communications, both from LSU.
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St. James Place has made two changes to its leadership team.
Mike Champagne is now executive director for assisted living and memory care.
Champagne has more than 15 years of experience in senior health care. He has worked on the sales, marketing and operations side.
Amy Nelson is now executive director of health care.
Nelson has been a member of the St. James Place leadership team since 2019, when she was hired as director of assisted living. She has worked in long-term care since 2006.
She earned a bachelor’s in marketing and a master’s in business administration, both from Southeastern Louisiana University.
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Ochsner Health has added four new orthopedic and sports medicine providers.
Joseph Halphen practices orthopedic medicine at Ochsner Health Center-Central.
He earned a bachelor’s in biological sciences from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University and a bachelor’s in physician assistant studies from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.
Lindsey Thompson is a family nurse practitioner specializing in orthopedic medicine at Ochsner Health Center-Prairieville and Ochsner Health Center-Gonzales.
She earned a bachelor’s in nursing from Nicholls State University and a master’s in family nursing from the University of South Alabama.
Patrick Arcement practices orthopedic medicine at Ochsner Health Center-Denham Springs and Ochsner Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Elite Training Complex-Burbank.
He earned a master’s in physician assistant studies from Our Lady of the Lake College, now Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University.
Callie Amedee practices orthopedic medicine at Ochsner Medical Complex-The Grove.
She earned a bachelor’s in kinesiology and a master’s in biology-medical sciences, both from LSU and a master’s in physician assistant studies from Mississippi College.
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Tiffany Franklin has been named vice chancellor for extension and outreach at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
Franklin is a program specialist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement.
She has served as a science adviser for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and associate youth specialist and program leader for 4-H and youth development at the Southern Ag Center.
She earned a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation and leisure studies, a master’s in public policy and program management and a doctorate in public policy, all from Southern University.
Raquel Square Ayles has been named associate vice chancellor for extension and outreach
Ayles serves as Southern Ag Center’s Youth Development Program leader and STEAM specialist. Before the Ag Center, she was chief academic officer of the Algiers Charter School Association and superintendent of Charter Schools USA in Louisiana.
She earned a bachelor’s in elementary education, a master’s in education administration and supervision and a doctorate in public policy, all from Southern University.
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Stefan Pasiakos has joined the faculty of Pennington Biomedical Research Center as professor and director of human performance optimization.
Pasiakos most recently served as director of the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. He held several senior leadership positions at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine from 2009 to 2023 where he focused on military nutrition and operational effectiveness.
He earned a bachelor’s in human performance from Southern Connecticut State University, a master’s in exercise physiology from Adelphi University and a doctorate in nutritional science from the University of Connecticut. Pasiakos spent more than eight years as an Army Medical Service Corps officer.
