East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards has chosen his acting top administrator to lead his office going forward.

Christel Slaughter, who has served as acting Chief Administrative Officer for Edwards since early September, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis.

Slaughter was contracted-in as acting CAO after Charlie Davis stepped down from the top spot and took the new title of Edwards' Chief Efficiency Officer.

SSA Consultants, Slaughter's consultant firm, ran the search for LSU's president, which ended earlier this week when Wade Rousse was selected by the Board of Supervisors.

Slaughter began as a partner for SSA in 1983 and has since served as its CEO since 2018.

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