New hires at Kean Miller, Tulane, Hinshaw & Culbertson | Business News

New Orleans

Alex Celio Veazey has joined Kean Miller as an associate.

Veazey will focus her practice on offshore energy and marine litigation matters.

She earned a bachelor’s in mass communication/journalism and international studies from LSU and a law degree, cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

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Tessa Vorhaben has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner.

Vorhaben is a member of the insurance services practice, representing insurance carriers and companies in a wide range of matters, including coverage analysis, first-party and third-party insurance claims, agent and broker liability, property and directors and officers liability claim.

She was previously an attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.

She earned a bachelor’s, magna cum laude, from the University of Southern Mississippi and a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

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Amelia Manning has been named dean of Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement.

Manning is the former chief operating officer at Southern New Hampshire University. She has more than two decades of higher education leadership experience.

Manning will succeed Ilianna Kwaske, associate dean for academic affairs and senior professor of practice, who has served as interim dean of the school since January 2024 following the departure of former Dean Suri Duitch.

She earned a bachelor’s in psychology from Saint Michael’s College and a master’s in counseling education from the University of New Hampshire. Manning completed the advanced management program at Harvard Business School.

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Dr. Abdul Khan has been named chief executive officer of Ochsner River Region.

Khan will maintain oversight of Ochsner facilities and care offered in Kenner, Luling, Destrehan and LaPlace, including Ochsner Medical Center — Kenner, Ochsner Medical Complex-River Parishes and St. Charles Parish Hospital.

He started as an internal medicine resident with Ochsner in 2008. He returned to the hospital system as a senior pulmonary disease and critical care physician in 2015. In 2023, he was named associate medical director of Ochsner River Region and regional medical director of south shore community hospitals and the bayou region in 2024.

He earned a medical degree from the University of South Alabama. Kahn completed an internal medicine residency at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation and a pulmonology fellowship at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans.

Baton Rouge

Marlee Pittman Miller has been hired as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Build Baton Rouge.

Miller has nearly a decade of experience in community development, federal grants management and public-private partnerships. She most recently served as director of the Office of Community Development for East Baton Rouge Parish. Before that, she was director of community development for the Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance.

She earned a bachelor’s from LSU and advanced certificates in urban planning from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and real estate finance from MIT’s Center for Real Estate.

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David Johnson has been hired as general manager of the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel.

This is Johnson’s second stint with Renaissance Baton Rouge; he was hired in 2014 as director of rooms. He has 22 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

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Ashley Hebert has been hired by the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children as senior director of strategy.

Hebert has worked as an advocate for issues such as health care access and healthy eating.

She earned a bachelor’s in political science and a master’s in public administration, both from LSU.

Around Louisiana

Darryl Miles Jr. has joined the staff of Northshore Internal Medicine Associates in Hammond, a clinic of North Oaks Health System, as a nurse practitioner.

Miles started working in the North Oaks Medical Center emergency department as a nurse technician and registered nurse, then as a nurse practitioner providing specialized triage and emergency care.

He earned a bachelor’s and a master’s in nursing, both from Southeastern Louisiana University.