Carl is from Lake Charles and has over 34 years of experience in the Southwest Louisiana banking industry. He is a graduate of the Louisiana Banking School of Supervisory Training at University of Louisiana in Lafayette. Carl has also completed numerous other financial training programs, including the National Commercial Lending Graduate School at the University of Oklahoma and the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.

He has held senior management positions for the last 18 years and joined Lakeside in 2012.

Carl has served as the director of the Calcasieu Women’s Shelter and of Contraband Days, in addition to being a member of several other community organizations. He currently serves on the Calcasieu Council of Boy Scouts.