Keith C. Ferdinand, M.D. Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology Tulane University School of Medicine “I will honor Heart Month by helping my patients and community focus on the need to control cardiovascular risk factors, especially…
Victoria Adams Phipps Chief Strategy Officer New Orleans Business Alliance Nonprofits like Operation Spark and the New Orleans Career Center provide hands-on training for immediate opportunities, and higher-educatioinstitutions like Loyola, Delgado and UNO offer continuing education programs that offer credentials…
For over 30 years, Rene and Inez Pierre have been building Carnival floats, but never like this. On Dec. 26, they received their first order for a house float, and less than…
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“This is a new phase for our organization, providing a brighter future for so many in need.” — Clarence Adams, CEO of Ozanam Inn, a nonprofit that has supported the…
David M. Luke Sr. Vice President/ Treasury Management & Commercial Deposit Manager | Home Bank Using AI, we can provide our customers with real-time fraud protection. Algorithms in our security software recognize suspicious activity and notify card users of…
Mag Bickford and Camille Bryant Member and Associate | McGlinchey Stafford As many people might expect, the biggest, overarching employment law issue in 2021 will be the ongoing impact of COVID-19 in the workplace. With a vaccine on the horizon,…
Working from a 16,000-square-foot studio in Mid-City, GoodWood Nola’s staff of 14 adjusted to a lack of restaurant and bar work this year by launching a small goods line in December.…
“The state of Louisiana is fading before our eyes. It reminds me of the scene from the movie ‘Back to the Future’ when the protagonist is looking at a photograph of himself and his siblings, and if he doesn’t take…
Quentin Messer CEO | New Orleans Business Alliance Did You Know? In 2020, NOLABA took home a record-setting eight awards from the International Economic Development Council, including Best in Show. Since taking the helm of New Orleans Business Alliance…
Glass blowing has always involved putting your mouth on a pipe and blowing air into glass, with artists commonly sharing pipes as they work. How does this work in the current pandemic? It doesn’t. Which is why New Orleans Glassworks…
Patricia Besselman-Main, CFP® Besselman Wealth Planners After the CARES Act of December 2019, it may be prudent for people to consider converting Beneficiary IRAs to Roth IRAs given that the Stretch IRA has been largely discontinued. Given the volatility…
Episode 29 UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE Ed Webb, CEO of the World Trade Center, shares the highlights of Louisiana International Trade Day, which included the release of a new business platform designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses succeed. …
Jason Browne Director of Communications Nunez Community College Nunez Community College boasts a diverse roster of programs ranging from workforce development and business to nursing and even fine arts. Our newest programs are gaining popularity across communities as our college moves…
Albert S. Pappalardo, Jr. MBA, CIC Vice President, Pappalardo Agency, Inc The best time to buy insurance is before you need it. This is especially true for life insurance — in fact, the earlier in your life you…
Mitchell R. Bordelon, CFA, CFP Crescent Sterling Private Wealth Management Given the financial uncertainty of 2020 thus far, there is no guarantee the rest of the year will improve. For a lot of family-owned businesses, the majority of their…
Episode 24 How to Rebuild New Orleans Tourism Stephen Perry, president and CEO of New Orleans & Company, discusses the fate of New Orleans restaurants and hotels, and how long it’ll be before the city reaches 2019 levels of tourism…
Oak Street Small Businesses Fighting for Survival September 8 Min Yang, president of Oak Street Merchants, Residents and Property Owners Inc., discusses the effect the pandemic has had on Uptown’s historic commercial corridor. Listen HGTV comes to NOLA…
Amber Barlow | Partner Deutsch Kerrigan When a leased tenant files bankruptcy, the tenant may: (1) assume the lease, meaning the tenant will remain in the lease obligations or (2) reject the lease, meaning the tenant may extinguish lease…
Sean Arrillaga | Owner Peristyle Residences Our talented team of program coordinators and managers has worked diligently to overcome the current challenges, including by providing all residents with iPads to connect with loved ones through services like FaceTime and…
How has COVID-19 changed the insurance marketplace and what should employers or individuals be doing to adapt? W. Anderson Baker III, CPCU, ARM | Area Executive Vice President Gallagher “Commercial insurance is in a hard market that happens every…
Working outdoors on a 90-acre site is making social distancing on the job easy for those assembling the nearly 70,500 solar panels that will comprise Entergy’s New Orleans Solar Station. Engineered to withstand 134 mph hurricane conditions, the panels will…
Francesca Brennan | Realtor Entablature Realty “We are seeing a lot of homeowners tackling home improvement projects, mostly centered around creating office and homeschool spaces for parents and kids to work/ learn remotely. These projects might include turning a…
FIRST PLACE - PEOPLE’S CHOICE Interior designer Maureen Stevens — of Maureen Stevens Design — is currently working from the sunroom of her house in New Orleans’ Marigny Triangle. The room overlooks a courtyard that Stevens said is in rare…
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, OPA SIGNS & GRAPHICS HAS BEEN providing Southeast Louisiana with business and architectural signage, digital graphics and film and TV props and set decorations. Now they can add personal protective equipment provider to their list…
3 Social Media Boot Camp Webinar: Insta? What is it? How do I use it? Hosted by Brianna Cunningham, sales and marketing professional 12 to 1 p.m. Cost is $15 instagram.com/citylove.co/ 8 St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce Leadership Northshore…
CONSTRUCTION Delgado Maritime Training Facility Awarded $850,000 Federal Grant The Delgado Community College Maritime and Industrial Training Facility in New Orleans East has been awarded an $850,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The…
Alyssa Herbert, Roy Forest and Veronica Reyes TUESDAY, MARCH 3 | HILTON NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT HOTEL Michael Hecht, CEO and president of Greater New Orleans, Inc., and Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and…
Adrienne Breaux, Travis Tague and Etienne Tardy WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 | THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, presented the 2020 Legislative Issues Update at the chamber’s first quarter luncheon.…
COMING SOON Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Expected to draw more than 35,000 visitors a year to New Orleans’ museum district, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience is expected to open in late summer at 818 Howard Street.…
