Centenary College welcomes three alumni as new trustees
SHREVEPORT, LA — Three Centenary College of Louisiana graduates have joined the institution’s Board of Trustees. Keith Considine ’96, Tara Hammack ’98; MBA ’05, and Barry Milligan MBA ’03 will officially begin their four-year terms at the Board of Trustees’ meeting in October 2024.
“I am so pleased to work with a Board of Trustees who are dedicated to the College and the community,” said Centenary president Dr. Christopher L. Holoman. “It is especially exciting that our new trustees are all alumni who have experienced the great education we provide and who have used that education to have fulfilling careers and lives. I know they will help lead Centenary into its third century.”
Keith Considine graduated from Centenary in 1996 with degrees in accounting and business. He began his professional career at Price Waterhouse in Houston as a CPA/auditor serving energy clients, including Enron and UBS Warburg Energy. In 2003, Considine joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an energy and finance management consultant. He was admitted to PwC’s partnership in 2010 and was the first finance consulting partner in Houston as well as the youngest energy partner nationally. Considine retired in July 2024 after a career spent building a global oil and gas consulting team and business. His wife, Ami Young Considine, is a member of the Centenary College class of 1995.
Tara Hammack graduated from Centenary in 1998 with degrees in accounting and business administration and was also a member of the Centenary Ladies softball team during her undergraduate career. She added a Centenary MBA in 2005 and serves as a financial advisor and vice president for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Shreveport. Hammack previously served on the Centenary Alumni Board and is a past board member for Pierremont Oaks Tennis Club and the YWCA of Northwest Louisiana. She is a current board member for the St. Jude Northwest Classic, a tennis tournament that has raised over $645,000 in the past 15 years.
Barry Milligan earned a degree in business management from Southeastern Louisiana University and then completed his MBA at Centenary in 2003. He has been a banker, stock broker, and commercial lender in several area banks for more than 30 years. Milligan represented the 38th district of the Louisiana State Senate from 2020 through 2024, where he was elected to the Senate Republican Delegation Executive Committee and to the Joint Legislative Republican PAC Board. He is the founder and owner of Louisiana Business Consulting, LLC, and has served on numerous boards in the Shreveport area. Milligan was honored with the Centenary College Alumni Loyalty Award in 2021.