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Article: New Orleans Convention Center Gets New President
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 4, 2008
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The Meetings Industry Megasite issued the following news release:
New Orleans restaurateur Melvin Rodrigue has been sworn in as president of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, the governing board of the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. Rodrigue is a gubernatorial appointee.
Rodrigue, who has served on the Convention Center board since 2005, succeeds Warren Reuther. Reuther served as the Authority's president in the 1980's, and again from 2005-2008. He owns Hospitality Consultants Inc.
Rodrigue is the chief operating officer of Galatoire's Restaurant and the managing partner of Galatoire's Bistro. A native of Assumption Parish, Rodrigue has worked as general ...