Joe Zanco is the Chief Financial Officer for publically-traded Home Bancorp, Inc., the $2.2 billion holding company for Home Bank, headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. As CFO, he directs the accounting operations, financial reporting, treasury, investor relations, human resources and marketing functions of the company. In 2017, Junior Achievement of Acadiana named him Business Person of the Year for his professional accomplishments and commitment to community.

Joe served as the inaugural Chairman of the Board of Directors of One Acadiana, the region’s chamber of commerce and economic development organization serving nine parishes in south-central Louisiana. He remains active on its Board of Directors.

He serves on the Board of Trustees of Lafayette General Health, the region’s largest non-profit, community-owned health system. The system has over 4,000 employees serving south-central Louisiana.

In March 2018, Joe joined the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (“LABI”). LABI is the state’s largest business-led organization focused on representing the business community in the political, legislative, judicial and regulatory processes.

He is the founder of Lead the Change Now, a movement focused on inspiring personal responsibility and serving others (facebook.com/leadthechangenow). He is a highly-rated public speaker sought by business, civic and educational organizations to challenge and inspire their employees/members to greater effectiveness, influence and job satisfaction.

Joe serves the incarcerated through Innerfaith Prison Ministry. He developed and delivers a money management course to inmates focused not on math, but on the decision making that destroys the finances of many Americans.

In 2017, the premier national professional organization for CPAs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), awarded Joe its National Public Service Award for the diversity of his public service and the selflessness he has shown in supporting his community.

Joe is a past president of the Acadiana Chapter of the Society of Louisiana CPAs (“LCPA”) and has served on the LCPA’s Board of Directors. In 2016, he was awarded the LCPA’s Distinguished Public Service Award. The award is the LCPA’s highest honor for public service leadership, impact, involvement and innovation.

He is a member of the AICPA and Institute for Internal Auditors. Joe graduated from Louisiana State University in 1992 with an Accounting degree. He is a graduate of Leadership Lafayette.