Tulane Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, April 24
NEW ORLEANS – The 19th Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference will be held on Friday, April 24, 2015, at the New Orleans Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola Ave. from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public, the conference will provide individual and institutional investors an opportunity to meet management and to learn more about some of the region’s top public companies.
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. followed by introductory remarks by Peter Ricchiuti, Director of Research, Burkenroad Reports.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Mario Gabelli, will be the featured keynote luncheon speaker at the 14th Annual Arvind Sanger Luncheon at the hotel’s Empire Ballroom. Seating starts at 12:45 p.m. and lunch will be served from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
This event is for sponsors and invited guests only.
Featured speakers and presenters tentatively scheduled include:
8:30 a.m.
VAALCO Energy
STEVEN GUIDRY
Chairman & CEO
GREGORY HULLINGER
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Cyberonics, Inc.
GREG BROWNE
Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Tidewater
JOSEPH M. BENNETT
Executive Vice President & Chief Investor Relations Officer
Globalstar
JAMES (JAY) MONROE III
Chief Executive Officer
SHIV THUKRAL
Manager, Financial Analysis
9:00 a.m.
Callon Petroleum Company
FRED L. CALLON
President & CEO
JOSEPH GATTO, JR.
Treasurer & CFO
ERIC WILLIAMS
Manager, Financial Reporting
PetroQuest Energy
MATT QUANTZ
Manager, Corporate Communications
IBERIABANK Corporation
ANTHONY RESTEL
Chief Financial Officer
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
DOLPH BAKER
President & Chief Executive Officer
TIMOTHY A. DAWSON
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
9:30 a.m.
Newpark Resources
BRIAN FELDOTT
Treasurer & Director of Finance
Amerisafe Inc.
MICHAEL GRASHER
Chief Financial Officer
VINCENT GAGLIANO
Executive Vice President of IT
ALLEN BRADLEY
Chief Executive Officer
Crown Crafts Inc.
E. RANDALL CHESTNUT
President & CEO
OLIVIA W. ELLIOTT
Vice President & CFO
DANIEL W. MILLER
Treasurer
The First Bancshares, Inc.
RAY “HOPPY” COLE
Chief Executive Officer
DEE DEE LOWERY
Chief Financial Officer
10:00 a.m.
Evolution Petroleum
DAVID JOE
Vice President, Controller & Chief Administrative Officer
Deltic Timber Corporation
RAY C. DILLON
President & CEO
KENNETH D. MANN
Vice President & CFO
ION Geophysical Corporation
STEVE BATE
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
MIKE COCKRELL
Chief Financial Officer
10:30 a.m.
Denbury Resources
ROSS CAMPBELL
Manager, Investor Relations
BEN NELSON
Financial Analyst
Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.
ARNE HAAK
Chief Financial Officer & VP
CHERYL HENRY
Chief Branding Officer & Senior Vice President
Sharps Compliance, Corp.
DIANA DIAZ
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.
TROY CLOUTIER
Chief Banking Officer
JEFF BLUM
Chief Credit Officer
11:00 a.m.
Hornbeck Offshore Services
JAMES O. HARP, JR.
Executive Vice President & CFO
R. POTTER ADAMS
Director of Corporate Finance
ERICA L. BABYCOS
Financial Analyst
ALBERT ALEXANDER, III
Financial Analyst
Pool Corporation
MARK W. JOSLIN
Vice President & CFO
CRAIG K. HUBBARD
Investor Relations
EastGroup Properties
CHRIS SEGREST
Vice President
Team, Inc.
DON BLEASDELL
Vice President, Finance
KEVIN ANDIS
Controller
11:30 a.m.
Stone Energy Corporation
KEN BEER
Chief Financial Officer
TOM MESSIONNIER
Director of Strategic Planning
MICHAEL BURKARDT
Financial Analyst
SUNOCO LP
MARY SULLIVAN
Executive Vice President
SCOTT GRISCHOW
Director of Treasury
Bristow Group Inc.
LINDA MCNEILL
Director Investor Relations
MICHAEL SHAFFER
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Willbros Group, Inc.
VAN WELCH
Chief Financial Officer
MICHAEL W. COLLIER
Vice President, Investor Relations
12:00 p.m.
ENERGY PANEL DISCUSSION
BRYAN DUTT
Ironman Capital Management, LLC
DAVID LUNDGREN
Hancock Horizon
MICHAEL SCHMIDT
Global Hunter Securities
The Burkenroad Reports gives Tulane students practical stock analysis skills by focusing on deep-south companies traditionally under-followed by Wall Street. Since their inception in 1993, Burkenroad Reports has gained national attention for their "quality and for avoiding the conflicts inherit when analyst follow a company in which they have financial stake" (Wall Street journal, October, 1995). Under faculty supervision, students work in small groups to analyze and produce investment research reports on a number of publicly held companies. The program includes company visits and interviews with top management. The reports are circulated nationally throughout the investment community and students develop practical insight and marketable evidence of their skills.
