Economic Development Staff
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Click on a region of Louisiana to find the designated Community Developer who represents that area.
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Eduardo "Ed"Jimenez - Director, Business and Economic Expansion
ejimene@entergy.com
Click here to view Ed's bio.
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 Merite Cain, Sr Administrative Assistant
225-763-5060
mcain@entergy.com
Ms. Cain joined Entergy over 25 years ago as a staff secretary working in Economic Development in the Marketing Department. She is currently an Asst-Administrative-Senior. She provides executive-level support to the Director of Economic Development and the staff.
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 Myron Lambert, Senior Account Executive
225 763 5132
mlambe3@entergy.com
Myron Lambert has thirteen years experience working all aspects in the Petrochemical Industry in Louisiana. Myron’s extensive experience in Customer Service, Sales, and Sales/Branch Management stems from three very successful years of outside sales to the petrochemical industry and fours years in Sales and Branch Management. His active approach in treating sales as a profession, ambition to work with and train Customer Service Agents and Account Managers is his core competency. Other key strengths center around sales plans, budgeting, and utilizing CRM systems to maximize time management, prospecting, and increasing gross profit.
Myron views his largest accomplishment as taking Brenntag St. Gabriel from $15m in Revenue and $600k in EBITDA in 2005 to $28.5m in Revenue and $1.6m in EBITDA in 2008. Myron started his career in outside sales from 1997 through 2000 when he went to work for ExxonMobil in Operations. While at ExxonMobil, he continued to build on his Bachelors Degree in Business Management by completing a four year apprenticeship in Process Technology accredited by the State of Louisiana and ExxonMobil. While completing the apprenticeship Myron enrolled in the E. J. Ourso Executive M.B.A. program completing the graduate program and the apprenticeship simultaneously. After five years with ExxonMobil Myron returned to Brenntag Southwest as a Branch Manager.
Myron managed two chemical distribution facilities across four states, twenty five employees, and all operations, sales, and customer service with total profit and loss responsibility. Myron left Brenntag in May of 2009 to accept his current position with Entergy Louisiana working in Economic Development. Myron is currently working towards his Certification in Louisiana Economic Development, is a member of community organizations such as the Lutcher QB Club and New Roads Lions Club. Professionally part of LIDEA and Louisiana Chemical Association.
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  Ron Childress, Community Developer
337-431-6268
rchildr@entergy.com
Ron Childress recently joined the Louisiana Economic Development group as a community developer and will be responsible for administering the Team City program across 12 Entergy served parishes in the Lake Charles / Lafayette area.
Ron began his career with Entergy in 1977 where he worked in various operations and maintenance positions at the Nelson Plant in Westlake, Louisiana. In 1997 he accepted the opportunity to support the J-STARS program for defense contractor Northrop Grumman located at the Chennault Industrial Airpark in Lake Charles. Ron rejoined Entergy in 2000 where he managed various co-owner agreements for the Commercial Operations Group located in The Woodlands, Texas.
Ron is a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana and has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic / Electrical Technology and a Masters of Business Administration degree from McNeese State University.
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 Perry Pertuit, Senior Lead Analyst
225-763-5229
ppertui@entergy.com
Perry Pertuit joined Entergy Louisiana’s Economic Development department as the Senior Lead Analyst in December of 2006. His marketing and research responsibilities for Economic Development includes the Strategic and Marketing Plans, Target Industry and Lead Generation Programs - performing necessary analysis to identify prospective industries and businesses to locate in Louisiana, Marketing/Advertising/PR initiatives, maintaining and reporting market trend and economic information for the state along with performance results for the departments’ various programs.
He also manages the Louisiana Site Selection Center web site - a Buildings & Sites Database and GIS mapping application with detailed Demographic and Business Data, Parish & Community Profiles and a Geospatial Data Download Portal used as the official Site Selection Center by the state (LED) along with regional and local organizations, the corporate Economic Development web site for LA and the Site Selection Research Center (business, industry and state information, data, publications, marketing material etc.).
Perry is originally from Marrero, LA. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications, specialty in public relations from Nicholls State University. He has 15 years of marketing experience, particularly in the restaurant/food service industry with national, regional and local companies. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
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 Sam Richardson, Staff Account Executive
225-763-5173
crichar@entergy.com
Sam Richardson is a Staff Account Executive responsible for recruiting and retaining business and industry in Louisiana. Richardson has a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana Tech University and is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute, University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute, Texas A&M University Basic Industrial Development Course, and Council for a Better Louisiana’s Leadership Louisiana program. He is a member of Corporate Real Estate Network (Corenet), Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC), and Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA).
Richardson has worked for Entergy for 25 years, working out of Lake Charles, Jennings, Baton Rouge, and the West Monroe offices.
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 Pamela Webster, Associate Analyst
pwebste@entergy.com
Pamela Webster joined the economic development department as an Associate Analyst in July of 2007. Her primary responsibilities are the development and maintenance of a statewide Building and Sites database, and development of an automated system to track economic development activities. Other responsibilities include conducting research and supporting the marketing effort.
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  Karen K. Yates, Community Developer
225-763-5197
kyates@entergy.com
Karen Yates joined Entergy in 1974 and has worked in various sales and marketing positions. As a community developer, she has responsibility for administering the Team City program for the Baton Rouge metropolitan area and parishes north of Lake Pontchartrain.
A native of Minden, La., she earned a bachelor’s degree from Northeast La. University in Monroe, La.
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For economic development information about Orleans Parish, please contact Gary silbert 504-670-3630 or Steve Molnar, 504-670-3635.
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