Clyde P. Roy

LUBA Workers' Comp recently named Clyde P. Roy as its chief operating officer. Roy was promoted from his current position as senior vice president. He has served in that capacity since 1999.

Prior to joining LUBA, he served as state sales director for PCA Solutions Inc., where he was responsible for statewide sales involving workers' compensation benefits.

LUBA Workers' Comp is a Louisiana insurer designed to return surpluses to its policyholders based upon individual safety performance. The company has turned over $14 million to its policyholders.

Tom Moeller

Tom Moeller, manager of Baton Rouge's ExxonMobil refinery and chairman of the board of the Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance, was recently promoted to direct ExxonMobil refinery operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Moeller's office is in Brussels.

As chairman of the LCIA board, he also served on the board of directors and on the Executive Committee of the LCA.

Lawrence Adams

Lawrence Adams AIA recently joined Perez APAC of New Orleans as design director.

Adams has specialized in hotel design and large scale development projects at major architectural and planning firms, including his own, where he directed numerous high profile architectural projects including the Four Seasons, RIHGA Royal and Chambers hotels in New York City.

He co-authored, with Richard Penner and Walter Rutes, a professional book entitled Hotel Design Planning and Development.

For nine years as adjunct faculty member at New York University Adams has taught master's degree courses on hospitality design, planning, development and management.

G. Phillip Shuler III

G. Phillip Shuler III, partner at Chaffe McCall, Phillips, Toler and Sarpy LLP of New Orleans, was recently elected a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Shuler has practiced law for Chaffe McCall since 1973 and leads the firm's Employment Law Section. He is past chairman of the Labor Law Section of the Louisiana Bar Association, a member of the Employment Law Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Litigation Section, and chairman of the National Labor and Employment Law Council of the Associated General Contractors of America.

Shuler also reports on legal issues affecting the industry in his monthly column in Louisiana Contractor magazine.

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Inc. was founded in 1995 as a non-profit professional association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide in the practice of Labor and Employment Law. Shuler is the sixth fellow elected from Louisiana.

Shuler received his law degree from Kansas University Law School in 1969, where he was chairman of the Moot Court Council.

Founded in 1826, Chaffe McCall is New Orleans' oldest law firm, and currently employs 66 lawyers in its New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Caracas, Venezuela, offices.

Kathleen Gootee, Derek Gardes, Denis F. Ostarly, W. Eric Powers

The Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association recently announced its new board members for 2003-2004.

They include President Kathleen T. Gootee, Gootee Construction Inc.; Vice President Derek D. Gardes, F.H. Myers Construction Corp.; Secretary Denise F. Ostarly, Gibbs Construction; Treasurer W. Eric Powers, Ericksen, Krentel, Canton, & Laporte LLP.

Directors include Brian J. Cooney, Barriere Construction Co. LLC; Charles W. Cassreino, Postlethwaite and Netterville APAC; Christina H. Chifici, Rebowe & Company CPAs; Pamela K. Tucker, Cory, Tucker and Larrowe Inc.; Ronald J. Schmitt, Ellis Construction Inc.; Jean M. Kass, Kass Brothers Inc.; and Edward K. Methe, Gibbs Construction.

Jack R. Cochran, Max Z. Conrad, Suzanne Louise Turner

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will induct 35 new members into the Council of Fellows during the ASLA Annual Meeting Oct. 30-Nov. 3 in New Orleans.

Jack R. Cochran of New Orleans, and Max Z. Conrad and Suzanne Louise Turner of Baton Rouge will be inducted during the ceremony.

The Council of Fellows is comprised of more than 600 landscape architects recognized by their peers for outstanding accomplishments in works of landscape architecture, administrative leadership, knowledge and service to the profession.

Fellows may use the designation FASLA following their name to signify membership in the ASLA Council of Fellows.

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 13,500 members.

Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.

George V. Baus Jr.

George V. Baus Jr. recently joined Gallagher of Louisiana in the New Orleans office as a vice president specializing in bonding and insurance for contractors.

Gallagher of Louisiana has offices in Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Monroe, Plattenville and New Orleans, and is part of Arthur J. Gallagher.

Baus was formerly with Zurich North America for 11 years as an executive in both the Financial Services units. While there, he worked to re-establish and expand the company's New Orleans office through marketing and underwriting efforts for the construction and banking industries.

He is a Tulane University graduate and is currently enrolled in the MBA program at the Tulane A.B. Freeman School of Business. He has also received the CIC designation from the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.