Todd G. Schexnayder
Todd Schexnayder joined the Fidelity Bank Board of Directors in November 2021, after
retiring as senior vice president and human resources director at Fidelity Bank. He
was responsible for all corporate human resources, marketing, and facilities functions.
He received his bachelor’s degree from LSU, holds a master’s degree from the University
of Southern Mississippi, and a Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) Certification
from Harvard Business School.
Prior to joining Fidelity Bank, he retired as senior vice president human resources
at Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. During his tenure at Blue Cross Blue Shield, the
company was named a Best Place to Work by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report,
received a 2014 Excellence in Diversity Award from the Greater Baton Rouge Society
of Human Resource Management, and earned the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
WellSpot designation for its Baton Rouge campus and wellness program. He was senior
vice president of human resources at Pan-American Life Insurance Company in New Orleans
prior to joining Blue Cross.
Schexnayder currently serves as chairman of the board for Franciscan University of
Our Lady, and as a board member on the Volunteers of America National Board of Directors,
Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Board of Directors, LSU Foundation National Board, and
as a member of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences Deans Advisory Council
at LSU. Some of his prior community involvement included Friends of the Baton Rouge
Zoo, Tiger Athletic Foundation, Manship School of Mass Communications Alumni Board,
LSU National Diversity Advisory Board, Opera Louisiana., and more.
Schexnayder is a strong proponent of education. Relocating to Baton Rouge after Hurricane
Katrina, he remained committed to the rebuilding of Edward Hynes Charter School in
New Orleans’ Lakeview neighborhood, continuing as president of the school board for
seven years until the school was rebuilt. He was named the 2016 Professional of the
Year by the Greater Baton Rouge Society of Human Resource Management. He received
the T.J. Shields Award for outstanding service to the Manship School of Mass Communication
in 2016, and he was recognized as a 2019 Volunteer Activist by The Emerge Center.
He was inducted into the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 2021.
He has been married to his wife, Valerie, for 35 years, and their two sons, Sebastian
and Benjamin, are both LSU alumni, graduating in 2015 and 2019, respectively.