College of Business

College of Business

2010 Distinguished Alumnus: David Kinnison

David Kinnison

Mr. David Kinnison is Vice President and Treasurer of the Shaw Group, Inc. of Baton
Rouge, a Fortune 500 company with more than 28,000 employees worldwide. There he deals
with the company’s worldwide treasury and finance operations, establishes and maintains
bank relations and a wide range of other duties.

A Hammond native and 1988 Southeastern graduate in accounting, he is a certified public
accountant and certified treasury professional. In addition prior to working for Shaw,
he formed and managed his own company.  Additionally, he worked for Pontchartrain
Services Corporation in Covington as treasurer and financial analyst and as an accountant
with CNG Producing Company in New Orleans. Prior to joining the Shaw Group, he worked
with Ocean Energy, Inc. of Baton Rouge.

He is the son of two former Southeastern accounting professors, Jimmie and Ruth Kinnison. Mr.
Kinnison and his wife Shonda, also a Southeastern alumnus, are the parents of two
daughters Courtney and Taylor.  The entire Kinnison family are avid Southeastern sports
fans.