new orleans
Melissa Chauvin and Kathy Flattmann are currently partners at Wegmann Dazet CPAs.
Mr. Chauvin has more than 20 years of tax, accounting, and consulting experience.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southeastern University of Louisiana.
Mr. Flattmann has more than 15 years of experience in public accounting, serving clients in industries including grocery/retail, restaurants, construction, engineering, and education.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in business accounting from LSU.
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Sean Sullivan has been named to the McGlinchey Stafford squad.
Mr. Sullivan joined the firm as an attorney in early 2024. He represents clients in first-party property claims and has 15 years of experience in insurance coverage and defense.
He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law.
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Gina Klein is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Magnolia Community Services.
Mr. Klein has nearly 20 years of experience in nonprofit management accounting and operations. She previously served as Senior Director of Finance for GNO ARC and Director of Operations for the New Orleans Opera Society.
Baton Rouge
Melissa Parmelee has joined Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge as Director of Development.
Parmelee has more than 15 years of leadership and development experience with organizations including Capital Area United Way, Kids’ Orchestra, and St. James Episcopal Church.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and public relations from LSU.
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Lauren Hadden has joined SSG as a Senior Associate.
She joins SSG, formerly known as the Southern Louisiana Strategic Group, after serving as general counsel for the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce for the past four years. Previously, Hadden was an attorney at Taylor Porter.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in political communication from the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication and a law degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
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The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce has hired three employees.
Rowdy Gaudet will become senior vice president of marketing and strategic communications.
Gaudet has more than 10 years of policy and communications experience, most recently at financial services firm V. Graham. He is a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from McNeese State University, a master’s degree in business administration from LSU, and an executive certificate in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Luke Bullock is currently political director and will lead LABI’s Energy and Environmental Quality Council. Mr. Bullock has held positions at the Texas Department of Transportation, former Texas Governor Rick Perry’s office, the Texas House of Representatives, the 2020 Republican National Convention, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and business law from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Shelby Dunbar is director of government relations and will lead the Civil Justice and Technology Council.
She earned her law degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
