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Louisiana State University’s E.J.
Ourso College of Business on Friday inducted Peggy Scott, executive
vice president and chief financial officer at Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Louisiana, into its 2008 Hall of Distinction. The ceremony
took place April 4 at LSU’s Lod Cook Conference Center in Baton
Rouge, La.
Scott joins 44 other members in the Hall of Distinction, which
recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to
business, academia or government as well as to their community. She
was selected because of her highly successful business career and
long-term support of the college and LSU.
“This is the highest honor the college can bestow upon an
individual,” said William R. Lane, interim dean of the Ourso
College.
“This is a great honor,” Scott said. “My time at LSU helped pave the
way for my career, and for that I am thankful. To be recognized as
an outstanding businesswoman, in the company of these other great
colleagues, is very humbling. I am enormously grateful.”
A CPA and Certified Valuation Analyst, Scott earned a bachelor’s
degree in accounting from LSU and an MBA from Tulane University in
New Orleans. She had a distinguished early career in public
accounting and consulting with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and was the
first woman in the firm’s 100-year history to head any Deloitte
office. Scott has served as the executive vice president and chief
financial officer with major operational roles at several other
companies, including Pan-American Life Insurance Company, Novant
Health, Inc., and General Health System. She received a Presidential
Citation under Ronald Reagan for her work on Louisiana budgetary
reforms.
Last year, Scott was inducted into the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants’ Business and Industry Hall of Fame,
the first Louisianian and the third woman to receive the honor. In
2004, Scott was named the IMA/Robert Half National Financial
Executive of the Year — the first woman to receive the award. She
also has been selected as Tulane’s Outstanding Accounting Alumnus
and was named a 2004 Woman of the Year by New Orleans City Business
magazine.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is Louisiana-owned and
-operated. Marking its 74th anniversary this year, the company is an
independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
It is a tax-paying mutual company, owned by its policyholders.
Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Louisiana also has district offices in Alexandria, Houma, Lafayette,
Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans and Shreveport. The company’s
subsidiaries include HMO Louisiana, Inc. and Southern National Life
Insurance Company, Inc. For more information, visit the company’s
website at www.bcbsla.com .
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