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Roderick K. West was named President and CEO of Entergy New Orleans, Inc. on January 1, 2007.
West was formerly the director of Entergy’s New Orleans Distribution Operations, where he was responsible for all aspects of the electric distribution system in New Orleans and Chalmette area.
West joined Entergy in April 1999 as senior regulatory counsel, where he served until his transition to manager of Regulatory Affairs for Entergy New Orleans in September 1999. In August 2000, West was appointed to serve as senior regulatory counsel to the Entergy/FPL Merger Team. In April 2001, West was named director, Regulatory Affairs of Entergy New Orleans, a position he held until January 2004.
West began his professional career in 1993 with the New Orleans-based law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., where he spent five years before joining the New Orleans office of Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, 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 currently serves as chairman of the Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors, on the board of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, as 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 at 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. | 