Leadership

Rod West, President & CEO, Entergy New Orleans, Inc.

Roderick “Rod” K. West was named President and CEO of Entergy New Orleans, Inc. on January 1, 2007.

West was promoted to CEO after having served the previous three years as the company’s director of electric distribution operations. In that role, he managed New Orleans’ electric distribution system and led its rebuilding following the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

West joined Entergy in April 1999 as senior regulatory counsel to represent Entergy Corporation in its regulatory litigation group. In September 1999, he transitioned from legal to management to head Entergy New Orleans’ regulatory group, where he was responsible for the company’s regulatory and financial outcomes.

Prior to joining Entergy, West was senior attorney (commercial litigation) in the New Orleans office of Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, L.L.P. He also spent five years with the New Orleans-based firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P. West is a member of the State Bar of Louisiana.

West is a board member of the University of Notre Dame Board of Trustees. He is the past chairman and a current member of the Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors. He also serves on the board of Allstate Sugar Bowl, First Bank and Trust and is a commissioner of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. He served as an adjunct professor at Tulane University from 1993 to 2001, where he taught “Business & Legal Aspects of Sport” in the Department of Exercise & Sports Science and amateur sports law courses in the Tulane University School of Law.

West graduated from Brother Martin High School in New Orleans in 1986. He received his bachelor of arts from the University of Notre Dame. A prep standout at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, West lettered three years as outside linebacker and tight end for Lou Holtz and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, including playing on the 1988 National Championship team. He received his Juris Doctor from the Tulane University School of Law in 1993 and his Masters in Business Administration from Tulane University in 2005.

Updated April-09