Professional Experience

• Senior vice president, commercial lender, Parish National Bank
• Licensed real estate broker, Louisiana
• Louisiana certified residential real estate appraiser
• Expert witness, 22nd Judicial District Court

Professional Achievements (past and current)

• Director and president, Associate Council, St. Tammany Homebuilders Association
• Housing vice chair, New Directions 2025
• Chairman, Slidell Memorial Hospital
• Commissioner, St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission
• State director and chapter president, National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers
• Director, Parish National Bank
• Chairman, Audit Committee, Parish National Bank
• Instructor, Louisiana Real Estate Appraisal

Civic Involvement (past and current)

• Member, St. Tammany Parish Community Action Committee
• Campaign chairman, United Way of St. Tammany
• Rotary Club of Slidell
• Director, Samaritan Center
• Member and president, Bayou Lacombe Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Slidell Chamber of Commerce
• Member, St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce
• President, Bayou Lacombe Museum
• Volunteer fireman, Lacombe Volunteer Fire Department
• President, Leadership Slidell, 2001
• Meals on Wheels, Council on Aging
• Volunteer appraiser, Habitat for Humanity
• Volunteer coach, LYAA, 10 years

Awards

• Associate of the Year, 2002, St. Tammany Homebuilders Association
• Citizen of the Year, Ladies Auxiliary, VFW
• Gladys Kinler Community Service Award, Lacombe Chamber of Commerce
• Achievement award, St. Tammany Parish Council
• Award recipient, The Blood Center
• Past Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus

Education

• Associate's Degree, Business Administration, Delgado Community College
• John McDonogh High School

Personal

• Lacombe resident for more than 30 years
• Married 37 years to lifelong Lacombe resident Mary Katherine Farrell
• Father of three sons, grandfather of two granddaughters and two grandsons
• Member and lector, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Lacombe
• Foster parents