Full name: Kerry Bosley Drake
Title: President & CEO
Company: Wright & Percy Insurance, a Division of BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc.
Age: 53
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Why do you do what you do?
Love helping customers solve their problems, from a complicated corporate situation to an individual, different needs for different folks keep you on your toes.
What is your greatest professional accomplishment?
Growing a successful employee benefits department from the ground up.
What was your first job?
Mowing grass
What is the best advice you've ever received?
Work harder than everyone else and lead by example.
Who do you most admire in the local business community and why?
Rolfe McCollister – he has true compassion for wanting BR to be a great city.
If you could have any job other than your own, what would it be?
Fishing guide
What is the greatest personal or professional obstacle you've overcome?
Overcoming serious injuries after an auto accident in 1985.
If you started over, what would you do differently?
Be more community involved in my earlier years
What is your prescription for life?
Always helping others get what they want
What book are you currently reading?
How to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees by Jeffrey Fox
If you could have dinner with any three living people, who would they be? (Authors? Leaders?)
Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bobby Jindal
What do you do to unwind?
Activities outside
What is the most expensive purchase you've made for yourself?
My car
What is your favorite weekend activity?
Going to my camp
What's your theme song?
"Changes" by David Bowie
What's your favorite spot in Baton Rouge?
Gino’s
How do you take your coffee/tea?
Cream with Sweet & Low
What is your favorite movie? TV show? Band?
Saving Private Ryan, 24, Eric Clapton
What is your favorite gadget?
Apple TV
What is something that you can't live without?
BlackBerry
If you could change one thing about Baton Rouge, what would it be?
Traffic
What is your greatest hope for Baton Rouge?
That it becomes a great city
What is your greatest fear for Baton Rouge?
That our leaders will not let our naysayers be a stumbling block to progress
Comments
Posted by bscottbc on March 31, 2008 at 8:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations on your new positions at Wright and Percy. We've both come a long way since Bynum, Grace and Joffrion in the 90's.
Bobby Scott
Bossier City, LA
bscottbc@suddenlink.net
318-573-3753
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