BATON ROUGE—Blaine Hodges of Community Bank of Louisiana in Mansfield has been installed as president of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council. Hodges succeeds Robbin Hardee of Crescent Bank in New Orleans. Hardee will serve as immediate past president on the LBEC executive council for the next year.
Other council members elected were:
- President-Elect Hunter Creed of United Community Bank in Raceland
- Secretary/Treasurer Minh Luu of The Cottonport Bank
- Education Chairman Donald Quintana of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust in New Orleans
- Membership Chairman Janna LeBlanc of Community First Bank in New Iberia
- Councilmen at Large:
- Councilman at Large Susan Allardyce of First National Bank of Louisiana in Lafayette
- Councilman at Large Cullen Bishop of GBT in Gibsland
- Councilman at Large Angelle Bertrand David of b1BANK in Breaux Bridge
- Councilman at Large Candice Festavan of Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Vivian
- Councilman at Large Ashley Godfrey of Louisiana National Bank in Ruston
- Councilman at Large Janel Lyons of Hancock Whitney Bank in New Orleans
- Councilman at Large Leah McDonald of First National Bankers Bank in Baton Rouge
- Councilman at Large Abbey Melancon of Fidelity Bank in Lafayette
- Councilman at Large Kenny Sellars of Home Federal Bank in Shreveport
The mission of the Louisiana Bankers Education Council is to facilitate banker development and promote financial literacy outreach to Louisiana bankers by:
- Elementary school financial literacy education, i.e. Bank-at-School
- High school financial literacy education, i.e. Simply Banking
- College Freshman Scholarships
- 365 to Rich Bank Shadow Day
- Louisiana JumpStart Coalition – partnering with others to promote financial literacy throughout Louisiana
- LBA Leadership School
- Professional development for bankers
- Manage the Louisiana Bankers Patrick Spencer/FISC Education Foundation which funds the above programs
The Louisiana Bankers Education Council was started in 1957 and serves as the educational outreach arm of the Louisiana Bankers Association. For more information, click here.