Reeves goes to BCBSLA Foundation

Reeves goes to BCBSLA Foundation

Christy Reeves has been named director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation, the company’s charitable subsidiary. Reeves will oversee the operation of the foundation’s two signature programs, the Angel Award and Smart Bodies, as well as manage corporate philanthropy, community relations and internal and external diversity programs.
SJB Group appoints director

SJB Group appoints director

Eric M. Poche has been appointed director of parks and planning for SJB Group. Poche has been with the company since 2006, having managed Dutchtown Gardens in Ascension Parish and consulting for Ascension Parish’s skate park project. His new role specializes in land planning and landscape architecture services for community, residential, commercial, mixed-use and recreation projects.
B.R. businessmen inducted into Southern Law Hall of Fame

B.R. businessmen inducted into Southern Law Hall of Fame

Brace Godfrey (pictured top), CEO of Cyntreniks, and Ernest Johnson (pictured bottom)--civil rights attorney, minister and president of the Louisiana State Conference of NAACP Branches--are among the seven alumni being inducted into the 2007 Southern University Law Center Hall of Fame. Annette Eddie-Callagain of Okinawa, Japan; Judge Ethel Simms Julien of Orleans Parish Civil District Court; Chris J. Roy Jr. of Alexandria; W. James Singleton of Shreveport and Rep. T. Taylor Townsend, D-Natchitoches, will also be honored.

Lane Medical names chief anesthetist

Lane Medical names chief anesthetist

Gerald Pedersen has been named chief anesthetist at Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary. As such, Pedersen is responsible for oversight of all anesthesia activities at the hospital, including management of the anesthesia team, patient satisfaction and physician relations. He has more than 28 years of experience in health care and is a native of Maryland.
Mary Bird hires new director

Mary Bird hires new director

Renea Austin-Duffin is the new executive director of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s C.A.R.E. Network. Duffin will be responsible for the oversight and strategic development for all programs and services within the service area to lessen the burden of cancer in the community. She previously worked for BCBSLA and former Gov. Mike Foster.
Ad veterans open new firm

Ad veterans open new firm

Jeff Wright (pictured top) and Stuart Feigley (pictured bottom) have opened Wright Feigley Communications, an advertising, marketing and public relations firm. Wright was previously a partner and senior vice president at the Graham Group. Feigley also worked for various firms in Texas, Ohio and New Orleans.

People at the Podium

MARCH 26, MAYOR RAY NAGIN: Speaks to the Press Club of Baton Rouge at De La Ronde Hall. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch begins at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is $12 for members, $15 for nonmembers. E-mail dheitman@theadvocate.com for more information.

MARCH 26, ARCHITECT STEVE OUBRE: Speaks as part of a community design workshop to present designs for Americana, Zachary’s newly planned Traditional Neighborhood Development. Open to the public, the event takes place at Fellowship Church and starts with a social event at 4:30 p.m, followed by a presentation at 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Mike Higgins at 907-5611.

MARCH 29, CEO MARC MORIAL: Speaks at 11:30 a.m. as part of the Southern University Law Center’s Justice Revius O. Ortique Jr. Symposium on Law, Politics, Civil Rights and Justice in the Bert and Sue Turner Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts. The symposium is free and open to the public. For more information and to RSVP, contact Rachel Emanuel at 771-5815.


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person_6 Stephen Babcock
Founding partner
Babcock Law Firm
Hometown: Ruston

After graduating from LSU’s law school and working in-house for a large insurance firm, Babcock started his own firm in his spare bedroom with a cash advance from his Visa card. His practice now operates from an office, not a bedroom, and has maintained at least 150% year-end growth revenue since its first day. When he’s not in the office, in the courtroom or on the golf course, Babcock can be found reading Digital SLR Cameras and Photography for Dummies, watching Lost or eating Nutter Butter cookies with ice-cold milk. To view the entirety of our question-and-answer session with Babcock, click here. We’ve pulled a few of our favorites below.

Q: What is your favorite gadget?
A: I’m sorry, were you saying something? I was too busy typing on my BlackBerry!

Q: What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
A: The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Continue reading the Q&A session here.