Cleco CEO and leadership

William 'Bill' Fontenot is a President/CEO at Cleco Corp.. He has worked as VP:Commercial Operations at Cleco Corp., Vice President at Cleco Midstream Resources L.L.C., and Chief Operating Officer at Cleco Corp.. William works or has worked as MEMBER at St. Rita Catholic Church, MEMBER at Batesville Casket, and MEMBER at Central Louisiana Manufacturing Managers Council. He attended Louisiana State University - LSU.

Senior executive working with Fortune 200 / 500 company in energy, power, infrastructure and utilities industries ($18 billion revenue) with proven track record of success as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Risk Officer (CRO), including significant international experience with debt, equity, M&A, business development, operations, restructuring, and strategy planning and execution globally. Managed relationships with key internal stakeholders, including regular interaction with Board of Directors, other C-level executives, finance functions, operational leadership and external stakeholders such as debt and equity investors, wall street banks and rating agencies. Specialties: • E...

Robert Laborde is a Chief Operations Officer at Cleco. He has worked as Gen Mgr:Environmental Services at Cleco, General Manager:Project Dev at Cleco, and VP:Generation Operations at Cleco.

Anthony Bunting is a VP:Transmission & Distribution at Cleco and Chief Transformation Officer at Cleco and is based in Pineville, Louisiana. He has worked as Acting Gen Mgr:Human Resources at Cleco, General Manager at Cleco, and Chief Administrative Officer at Cleco. Anthony works or has worked as MEMBER at Edison Electric Institute, MEMBER at Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, and MEMBER at Southeastern Electric Exchange. He studied at Louisiana State University-Alexandria between 1984 and 1985, Louisiana College between 1985 and 1987, and Louisiana State University - LSU.

Tonita Laprarie is a Chief Acctg Officer/Controller at Cleco. She has worked as Mgr:Internal Audit & Risk Mgmt at Cleco.

Jeffrey 'Jeff' Baudier is a Senior VP/Pres:South Central at NRG ENERGY, INC.; Chief Executive Officer at Intermountain Rural Electric Association; and Chief Mktg & Dev officer at Cleco. He has worked as Senior Attorney at CHEVRON CORP, Lawyer at Caffery Oubre Dugas & Campbell, and Partner/Special Counsel at Jones Walker LLP. Jeffrey works or has worked as MEMBER at Louisiana State Bar Association. He attended University of New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Keith Crump is a Senior VP:Commercial Ops at Cleco, Chief Commercial Officer at Cleco, and Group Vice President at Cleco. He has worked as Manager:Technical Support at Cleco Midstream Resources L.L.C., VP:Regulatory at Cleco, and Treasurer at Cleco. Keith works or has worked as MEMBER at Iowa State Univeristy Of Science And Technology. He attended Gamma Beta Phi Society.

Experienced executive officer with a demonstrated history of successfully working in the waste and electric utility industries. Executive leader in Information Technology and Supply Chain. Skilled in Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategy, Business Process Optimization, IT and SCM Strategy, Professional Services, and a broad range of Technology, including Software as a Service (SaaS).

Normanique Preston are a Chief Human Resources & Diversity Officer at Cleco and are based in Alexandria Louisiana Area. They have worked as Vice President, Human Resources at Dynegy; Human Resources Business Partner Manager at WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.; and Regional Human Resources Generalist at Blockbuster. Normanique attended Jones Graduate School of Business between 2008 and 2010; Louisiana State University - LSU; and Executive Networks Seminar Dallas, TX.