FIRM

Financial and Management Services

1055 Laurel St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-4641
Phone: (225) 344-2374
Fax: (225) 338-9679
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.freddent.com

PRINCIPAL(S)

Fred C. Dent, Jr.
Elizabeth Ratcliff Dent

SERVICES/AREAS OF EXPERTISE

· Management
· Marketing
· Sales
· Banks in Insurance
· Regulation

Has served as an expert witness in areas of banking and insurance.

Elizabeth Dent:

· Women in management and the professions
· Workplace education

BIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL(S)

Fred Dent

NATIONAL

Served in the Office of Emergency Planning, Executive Office of the President

STATE

Louisiana State University

· Associate Director, Division of Continuing Education, Institute of Insurance Marketing
· Director (Department Head), Institute of Insurance Marketing
· Special Lecturer, Department of Finance
· Special Lecturer, Department of Home Economics
· Chancellor's Medal of Achievement for contributing to and supporting the academic and military traditions of the university

State of Louisiana

· Commissioner, Office of Financial Institutions (1987-1991): responsible for regulation of all state chartered banks, savings & loans, credit unions, independent finance companies, and securities firms in Louisiana. Closed more than 91 financial institutions without a loss of one dollar. All institutions opened the next day.
· Director, Community Action Agencies Division, Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1965).
· Louisiana Legislature, Chairperson of the Blue Ribbon Committee for the House Standing Committee on Insurance. Cited by the Legislature for developing an accreditation program recognized by national regulators as the 14th state in America to achieve accreditation.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

· Spokesperson and Founding Member of TaxBusters: Fought tax increases and worked to make local government more efficient and effective.
· Chairman, District Attorney's Pre-Trial Intervention Committee.
· Member, East Baton Rouge Plan of Government Study Committee (1972).
· Chamber of Commerce "Partner" for Economic Development for saving and creating jobs in the community.
· Top Marketer of the Year.Baton Rouge Sales and Marketing Executives (1987).

MILITARY

· Chairman, Board of Cadets of the Ole War Skule
· Graduate, US Army Infantry Center, Basic Infantry Officer's Course (BIOC), Advanced Infantry Officer's Course (AIOC), The Airborne Course
· Captain, US Army Special Forces
· Member: Reserve Officers Association, Special Forces Association, Military Order of World Wars
· Project Leader of the largest event honoring Veterans in Louisiana: LSU Salutes in 1995

ACADEMIC/CONTINUING EDUCATION

· School of Government of the State and Local Course: Developing and Analyzing Policy Issues, 1987 Graduate
· Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors: courses on Regulatory Issues
· Chartered Life Underwriter, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA (1974)
· Certificate Courses, Institute of Insurance Marketing, LSU, in Basic and Advanced Life Underwriting, Estate Planning, Pension and Profit Sharing, Business Insurance, Introduction to Property/Casualty, and Commercial Property/Casualty
· Bachelor of Arts, Government and Political Science, Louisiana State University (1959) with one year of law school

CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Past and Present)

· Member, Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
· Member, American Society of Training and Development
· Member, Baton Rouge Board of Realtors
· Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce:

· Chairperson, Planning and Zoning Committee and Downtown Improvement Committee
· Member, Economic Development Committee and Local Industry Committee

· Member, Baton Rouge Estate and Business Planning Council
· Founding Member, Baton Rouge Goals Program
· State Co-chairperson, Legislative Committee
· Member of the Board, Greater Baton Rouge Homebuilders Association
· Boss of the Year, Insurance Women of Baton Rouge
· Member, Legislative Committee and Education Committee
· President, Insurance Exchange of Baton Rouge
· State Legislative Chairperson, Louisiana Association of Life Underwriters
· Member, Louisiana State University Alumni Federation
· Member, National Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
· Member, National Speakers Association
· Member, Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana

MISCELLANEOUS

· Nationally recognized consultant in management, finance, sales, and small business activities
· Cited as one of the top 30 consultants in America by Dr. Jeffrey Lant, management and consulting services publisher
· Speaker and developer of seminars

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