State tourism secretary honored
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has named Louisiana Office of Tourism Assistant Secretary Kyle Edmiston as one of the organization’s 2017 Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality Sales, Marketing, Revenue Optimization. The award is given annually to honor the top 25 achievers in sales, marketing, and revenue optimization of hospitality, travel and tourism organizations for their accomplishments in the preceding 18 months. To be named to the Top 25 list confirms that a hospitality sales and marketing professional has shown great leadership and performed at a high level in the industry.
In his role as assistant secretary, Edmiston oversees the Louisiana Office of Tourism’s promotion and marketing of Louisiana as a desired travel destination to domestic and international visitors. Under Edmiston’s oversight, Louisiana has seen record-breaking numbers each year for visitation, spending, and tax revenue generated for the state. Since 2012, the number of visitors to Louisiana has grown to 46.7 million in 2016. During that same time, visitor spending increased from $10.1 billion to $16.8 billion and annual tax revenue generated for Louisiana increased from $719 million to $1.04 billion.
In August, the U.S. Travel Association named Edmiston the 2017 State Tourism Director of the Year during the annual Education Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO) conference in Minneapolis.
BBB elects chairman for 2018
The Better Business Bureau Serving Northeast and Central Louisiana and the Ark-La-Tex elected at its annual meeting Lisa Janes, Town Square Media, as Chairman of Board for 2018. Also elected was Jarrod Horton, Anti-Pest, as Vice Chairman, Brad Daniel, Capital One Bank, Secretary-Treasurer, George Fritze, Red River Chevrolet, Past Chairman, Ricky Rogers, East Ridge Country Club, and Mark Montgomery, Montgomery Realty & Development, Executive Committee.
Other officers elected were Andrew Fisher, President & CEO, Robin Guenard, Vice President-Operations and Bob Davis, Vice President-Sales.
Re-elected as board members were Paul Pratt, Chesapeake Energy, Matt Locke, Lock Properties, Inc., George Sirven, Channel 3 TV, Cark Bullard, Gateway Tire, Dwayne Butler, Red Carpet Employment Agency, Texarkana, Sherry Martin, All Plumbing 24/7, Inc., Monroe, and Mike Upton, Upton, Draughon, & Bollinger, LLC., Alexandria.
City employees receive certification
The City of Shreveport’s Human Resources Department has announced that Qualan Jefferson, Sr. Human Resources Analyst, Denys Pratt, Sr. Human Resources Analyst and Joe Hamilton, Human Resources Analyst III, have recently passed the professional certification exam for the national Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) receiving the designation, SHRM CP.
Jefferson, SHRM CP Sr. Human Resources Analyst has a Bachelors in Organizational Management, Masters in Human Resources Management and served in US Army as a Recruiter.
Pratt, SHRM CP Sr. Human Resources Analyst, holds a MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and an MS in Guidance and Counseling in Human Services and possess several years experiences in banking as a Trainer.
Hamilton, SHRM CP Human Resources Analyst III, has approximately a decade of experience in the HR profession holding titles such as Human Resources Coordinator, Labor Relations Manager and Director of Human Resources in Health Care and with Fortune 500 companies as well as receiving a Bachelor’s in Human Resources Management.
The three currently serve under the leadership of Angelita Jackson, Director of Human Resources, SHRM SCP, IPMA SCP.
DPSO announces recent retirements
DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle has announced recent retirements.
Captain Pat Jones, Chief Criminal Deputy Horace Womack, and receptionist Peggy Lewis all recently retired from the sheriff’s office.
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