Troy Bell falsified his resume in EBR application

The Advocate

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's new chief administrative officer, Troy Bell, does not hold the master's degree in public administration he claimed on the resume he submitted to become the top deputy at City Hall.

Bell began his new role on Monday. Both on the resume he submitted to East Baton Rouge Parish government when he applied for the job and on his LinkedIn page, Bell says he holds an MPA from Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York.

His resume says he received a degree in 2011 from the college in New York City, where he concentrated in city management and was at the top of his class in the School of Public Affairs. But Bell never completed the necessary coursework to receive his MPA and never received a degree, according to a university spokeswoman.

"He owes money and, second, his coursework — he has not completed," said Neftalie Danier, the school's assistant director of alumni relations, after conferring with the university's registrar's office.