Elmer Candy Corp. executive chosen
The state's largest business lobby, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, will be under new leadership this year. The business group elected Robert "Bobby" Barousse Jr., the chief financial officer of Elmer Candy Corp. in Ponchatoula, as its new board chairman.
Maura Donahue is vice chairman of the board of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Other newly elected officers include Maura Donahue, vice president of DonahueFavret Contractors of Mandeville, vice chairman; Brent Wood of Covington, public affairs manager of Chevron Corp., secretary; and James Lapeyre of New Orleans, president of the Laitram Corp., treasurer.
Newly elected members of the association's board include Cathy Engle of West Monroe; Art Favre of Baton Rouge; Todd Gregory of Mandeville; Monica Mason of Thibodaux; Gordon Rountree and Gus Zepernick, both of Lafayette; Michael Olivier of Baton Rouge; and Scott Terry of Ruston.