Did you know? In 2009, Doucette co-founded the local office of a labor and employment law firm that now includes more than 1,000 attorneys and 55 offices nationwide. She’s also chair of a practice group specializing in investigations of systemic…
NEW ORLEANS — In a November email survey, the Biz New Orleans editorial team asked members of the New Orleans 500 to compare their business’s 2022 revenue to 2021 numbers and to make predictions for 2023. Notably, despite inflation, rising…
Did you know? In 1969, the Vaucresson Sausage Company started selling sausages at Jazz Fest. After almost 50 years, the company is one of the festival’s few remaining original vendors. Vaucresson’s hot sausage links are an important part of many…
Education Johnson & Wales College (AOS/BS) Louisiana State University in Shreveport (MBA) What’s your favorite festival? Jazz Fest What’s your favorite “hidden gem” bar, restaurant or business? Bourrée Cajun Smokehouse on Carrollton Avenue What’s something exciting on the horizon…
NEW ORLEANS — Teachers are organizing their classrooms, students are finishing up summer assignments and the entire New Orleans public school system is getting ready to start a "normal," in-person year of learning. As part of her 100-day plan, new…
NEW ORLEANS — Staffing shortages are creating challenges for New Orleans business owners and executives, according to the July email survey of members of the New Orleans 500, a curated list of “influential, involved and inspiring” area business leaders. 77%…
Located in Metairie, Oracle Lighting has been designing lighting products for the automotive/12Volt, powersports, motorcycle and marine markets since 1999. In 2021, the company was awarded SEMA's “Manufacturer of the Year” award for outstanding contribution to the automotive industry. What do…
The inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500 is a collection of profiles of the city’s influential, involved and inspiring business leaders. Once a month, Biz New Orleans sends an email survey to all the leaders on the New Orleans…
Who would play you in a movie? Will Ferrell. No one else has the hair. What’s your favorite nonprofit cause? We support Catholic Charities, The New Orleans Mission, CAC Hope House, VOA, and many other charities that provide for the…
NEW ORLEANS — 30% of the New Orleans executives who responded to this month’s New Orleans 500 email survey said that increased energy costs are creating problems for their businesses. CNN Business reported that the price for regular gasoline hit…
Did you know? A native of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Pineda served as Consul General of Honduras from 1990-1994 — years after moving to New Orleans. In this capacity, she worked to promote international relations between Honduras and Louisiana. What’s…
NEW ORLEANS — For the latest New Orleans 500 “Question of the Month” feature, the Biz New Orleans editorial team asked area business leaders what types of nonprofit organizations they support and if their approach to philanthropy has changed since…
Education: New York University (MA), Harvard University (BA) Did you know? Adrinda Kelly is committed to transforming structural relationships of inequity affecting marginalized populations. In her current role, she supports Black educators and Black-led schools in New Orleans through…
The inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500 is now available. It’s a collection of profiles of the city’s influential, involved and inspiring business leaders. Once a month, Biz New Orleans sends an email survey to all the leaders on…
Did you know? Tillery started We Dat’s Chicken & Shrimp in 2013, when he cashed in his 401(k) to buy a food truck. Almost a decade (and 262,000 Instagram followers) later, the company boasts four locations and a national…
NEW ORLEANS — Last week, Biz New Orleans asked members of the “New Orleans 500” what needs to be done to stop the recent rise in violent crime — and how the business community can help. To address the immediate…
Did you know? After being named Loyola’s first woman (and layperson) president in 2018, Tetlow has ushered in a period of enrollment and fundraising growth at the 104-year-old Jesuit university. Previously, she served as a senior vice president at Tulane…
NEW ORLEANS — Most area executives continue to run their businesses using some version of a remote work model at this stage of the pandemic, according to the latest Biz New Orleans email survey of the “New Orleans 500,” a…
Taking a Big Swing After working for Chevron, this engineer and former baseball player partnered with Andre Lewis to establish a New Orleans-based real estate development, construction and property management company. VPG…
This week, producer Kelly Massicot interviews Biz Talks co-host Rich Collins about his new role as the editor of Biz New Orleans' new publication the New Orleans 500. The New Orleans 500 is an annual book that profiles the business…
The inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500 was published in November. It's a collection of profiles of the city's influential, involved and inspiring business leaders. Once a month, Biz New Orleans will send an email survey to all the…
