Our Acadiana Team

Brad Sonnier CEPA®

Portfolio Manager
VP | LPL Financial Advisor

Brad has over 25 years of experience working with clients to pursue their personal financial goals and matching them with the right financial products and services. He joined HB Financial in 2018 and currently serves as the Branch Manager. As our Portfolio Manager, he also conducts research and trading for our Discretionary Asset Management portfolios.

Brad is a graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance.

He served in the Louisiana National Guard from 1986 until his retirement in 2015 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

During his years of active duty, he served during Desert Storm and was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Brad's securities registrations, through LPL Financial, include Series 6, 7, 63 and 65, and his Louisiana Life and Health Insurance License. He also holds a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®) credential.

Our Northshore Team

Ben Laville

VP | LPL Financial Advisor

Ben joined HB Financial in 2016 where he serves clients throughout the greater Baton Rouge New Orleans areas, as well as Mississippi. He focuses on individual and small business clients. A native of Louisiana, he has over 20 years of experience in the business and financial services industries.

Ben’s securities registrations are held through LPL Financial and include Series 7, 63 and 65, and his Louisiana Health and Life Insurance license. He also holds a Louisiana real estate broker’s license, a Louisiana commercial and Louisiana residential contractors’ license.

Kristie Vead

Sales Assistant

Kristie joined HB Financial in 2016 and serves as Sales Assistant for the New Orleans Northshore office. She also manages compliance for the New Orleans Northshore office to ensure her area locations are compliant with FINRA, LA Insurance Commission, LPL Financial, and Home Bank.

A native of New Orleans, she has over 24 years of experience in the financial services industry including many years with Hibernia and Capitol One’s U.S. Corporate Department and Capitol One Investments LLC.