NEW ORLEANS - Chaffe McCall announced the election of Julie D. Livaudais as the firm’s new managing partner. A lawyer with Chaffe McCall since 1982, Julie has served on the management committee and as practice are coordinator of the firm’s Labor…
NEW ORLEANS - Baker Donelson has added 19 new associates across the Firm. The new associates and their primary areas of practice are: Atlanta, Georgia Scott Robertson (Advocacy) Baltimore, Maryland Kyle S. Kushner (Construction) Reba Letsa (Advocacy) Birmingham, Alabama Xeris…
NEW ORLEANS – Kathryn Collins has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) effective Jan. 20. Collins will report to Entergy Chairman and CEO Leo Denault and will serve as a member…
NEW ORLEANS - Loyola University New Orleans President Tania Tetlow announced today that Dr. Tanuja Singh has been named the university’s new provost and senior vice president of academic affairs. In this role, Dr. Singh will lead academic programs at…
BATON ROUGE — Adams and Reese is pleased to announce lobbyist Jordan D. Gleason has joined the firm’s Government Relations practice and Baton Rouge office as a government affairs advisor. Gleason’s years of experience advocating for clients’ interests at all…
RUSTON – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced two corporate finance promotions. Daniel Taylor has been promoted to chief accounting officer and Briley Blazo is now manager of the newly formed corporate financial planning and…
NEW ORLEANS – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC announced that Erin Kriksciun has become a member of the firm. "We are excited to have Erin join the firm's Membership," said Michael Walshe, chair of Stone Pigman's management committee. “She’s an outstanding…
NEW ORLEANS - Latter & Blum Inc., the Louisiana real estate company with over $4.5 billion in sales in 2019, has announced the appointment of Lacey Merrick Conway as chief executive officer, succeeding her father Bob Merrick, who had served in…
NEW ORLEANS -Taste Buds Management, restaurant group owner of Zea Rotisserie & Bar and Semolina, announced today that Paul Hutson has been promoted from chief operating officer to chief executive officer. Hutson will assume the role effective immediately. Hutson has…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network (NOMTN), a tourism organization promoting minority businesses and cultural diversity in New Orleans for 30 years, announced the appointment of six members to its board of directors. “We are thrilled to…
NEW ORLEANS – J. Christian Winters, M.D., professor and chair of urology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is one of three physicians in the country chosen by the American Urological Association (AUA) to receive the 2020 Distinguished…
NEW ORLEANS - Taylor Passman has been promoted to the position of assistant production manager for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In his new position, Passman will assist in the supervision of all day-to-day activities of the…
METAIRIE - The Board of Directors of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society announced that Timothy Todd Simmons has been named the new executive director of the nonprofit professional arts organization. Co-founder Dennis G. Assaf, currently holding the title of executive/artistic…
NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Bob Lynch, who served as Tulane Medical Center’s chief executive officer from 2007 to 2014, was recently named Tulane Health System’s CEO. Lynch, who has served in an interim capacity since October, is the CEO of…
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) announced today that Mitch Rabalais will come aboard as Communications Manager at the end of January. Rabalais currently works at Louisiana State University, serving as Communications Coordinator for the Office…
NEW ORLEANS – January 9, 2020 –New Orleans & Company said it has inducted key leaders in the city's tourism industry to serve on its 2020 Board of Directors. The diverse group of business leaders will provide guidance and direction…
RALEIGH, N.C. – New Orleanian Jennie Campbell - the CEO and president of Stewart Steelwood Investments LLC - is among the honorees at the 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards produced by Enterprising Women magazine. The event is an annual tribute…
MONROE, La. - Louisiana Delta Community College Chancellor W. Dennis Epps announced Carla Holland as the new Louisiana Small Business Development Center State Director. Holland’s background includes 14 years of Small Business Development Center (SBDC) experience including business advising, training…
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-based nonprofit Urban Conservancy will host the Urban Heroes 2020 Awards Luncheon at noon Friday, March 6 at the Walnut Room in the Lakefront Airport. This year's honorees are landscape architect Joseph O. Evans III, retired Chief…
NEW ORLEANS — Adams and Reese announced that Edwin C. Laizer, a partner in the firm’s New Orleans office, and James B. McLaren Jr., a partner in the firm’s Memphis, Tenn. office, have been named to Adams and Reese’s Executive Committee.…
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana- and Texas-based law firm Liskow & Lewis announced the election of five new shareholders: Laura Brown, New Orleans Laura Brown is an energy and environmental litigation attorney, with emphasis on high-stakes “legacy” and coastal land loss…
NEW ORLEANS - Thomas Flanagan, an attorney at Flanagan Partners LLP in New Orleans, has been invited to serve on the board of directors for the Pro Bono Project. The Pro Bono Project’s mission is to provide legal aid to…
METAIRIE - Wegmann Dazet & Company, "the Entrepreneur's CPA," announced the promotion of Melissa Chauvin, Kathy Flattmann and Colette Theriot to the position of senior manager. Wegmann Dazet is a CPA/business advisory firm serving clients from Florida to Hawaii from…
NEW ORLEANS — Adams and Reese announced that nine attorneys have been elected to partnership in the firm: Michael A. Berson (Mobile, Ala.) is experienced in government relations as well as economic development and city, county and local government law.…
METAIRIE - The Jefferson Business Council (JBC) announced its leadership team for the year 2020 and the hiring of new executive director Tim Coulon, who is the former Jefferson Parish President. Former Executive Director Tony Ligi has taken the position of…
NEW ORLEANS - Delgado Community College Professor Derek D. Bardell has been inducted into the International Educator’s Hall of Fame by Youth on the Move Inc. for his 23 years of service to the education profession and his exemplary contributions…
METAIRIE - Gov. John Bel Edwards presented the Distinguished Merit Award to Tom Barnes, director of employment services at Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO), at the Leadership in Disabilities Awards ceremony in Baton Rouge. “From the time I was…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans East Hospital is pleased to announce Candace S. Robinson, MD as chief medical officer. Dr. Robinson has been a part of the New Orleans East Hospital family since July 2014, and previously served as…
NEW ORLEANS — Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the inclusion of 22 attorneys in the 2020 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters), which includes the publication’s “Rising Stars” list. The complete list: Baton Rouge Kellen J. Mathews, Civil Litigation:…
New Orleans, LA— Gail Asprodites, the deputy director for finance and administration at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), has retired after 13 years of service. “Gail approached her position with dedication, an entrepreneurial spirit and an abundance of…
