Networking Event

1) Mason G. Couvillon is the president, principal/owner, and financial planner of Dardis Couvillon & Associates. He attended Jesuit High School, Georgetown University, and Harvard University. In the past he has worked as the financial planner and retirement planning specialist for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Washington, DC. The vice president, portfolio manager, and trust investment officer for Hibernia/Capitol One National Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. As well as a financial consultant for the Companies of Becker and Suffern.

H. Jude Boudreaux is the director of financial planning for Bellingrath Wealth Management. Mr. Boudreaux is a Loyola New Orleans Alumni as well as a certified financial planner practitioner, granted by the certified financial planner board of standards. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Financial Services from the American College in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Andrew Goodwin recently completed the Uniform Certified Public Accountants exam and is currently awaiting certification from the Louisiana State Board of CPAs. Mr. Goodwin is a Loyola New Orleans Alumni with a bachelor of Accountancy with degrees in International Business and accounting. After graduating Mr. Goodwin began working for Ernst and & young LLP as a staff accountant in the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice.

Michelle L. Huck received her Bachelor of Arts in economics and history from Loyola University New Orleans and her Master of Science in Accounting from the University of New Orleans. She served as an intern at Entergy Services Inc. in the Finance Operations Center in New Orleans, LA. Ms. Huck is currently serving as a staff accountant at Ernst & Young, LLP.

Rodney Crosby graduated from the University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of science and degree in Finance in 2001. He began working in the bank industry in 2000. At one point he was the portfolio manager and credit analyst with Hibernia National Bank/ Capitol One. He is currently holds a credit specialist position with Region’s Commercial Real Estate Department in New Orleans, LA.

2) I thought that I did a good job of asking questions that kept the conversation flowing. In the beginning it was a little difficult to come up with things to say and questions to ask but as the night progressed I felt the questions and conversation topics coming to me a lot quicker.

3) One thing I could do better in the future is introduce myself using my full name. One of the business professionals pointed that out to me during the event and I realized that that was something I needed to work on.

4) One business professional i would want to emulate is Russell Simmons, the most influential mogul in hip hop.

5) BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world. We offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals.