Leadership
Rod West, President & CEO, Entergy New Orleans
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 and the American Bar
Association, and he is a former director of the New Orleans Bar Association.
Mr. West is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for
the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the United States
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
West 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.
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