Biz The Magazine - January 2023

Imagine, for a moment, what it would be like if crime was no longer a problem in New Orleans. Imagine what it would feel like to park or drive or walk at any time of the day or night, at…

Last month at the Hilton Riverside, the New Orleans Chamber held its annual meeting, with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser pinch hitting for Governor John Bell Edwards. We have some great leaders throughout our state, but no one works harder and…

For 25 years it has been Jay Cicero’s job to bring the biggest games in sports to New Orleans. This year, however, he personally was at the top of his game. Cicero was the 2022 winner of the Dave Dixon…

“Shooting for the moon” is a common aspirational metaphor. For Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of manufacturing and site leader for the Boeing Space and Launch Program, it has been her primary work objective for years — and she and her team…

A lot has changed in brick-and-mortar retail in recent years as online shopping has grown in popularity — spurred on by the pandemic. According to an October 2022 article in The Wall Street Journal, there are currently only about 700…

In a region perpetually in search of economic diversification and revitalization, nothing symbolizes the opportunity for progress more than the rebirth of the former Avondale Shipyards as Avondale Global Gateway — an achievement that was announced Oct. 2, 2022. Purchased…

There is no bigger stage in the city than the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and for Quint Davis, the festival’s producer/director, there was no greater thrill in 2022 than setting foot on that stage again after a two-year…

While taking on two leadership roles in the same year might seem daunting to many people, Dr. Takeisha Davis sees them as ideal complements to each other. In 2022, Davis became the CEO of New Orleans East Hospital and board…

It’s no secret that the healthcare industry in Louisiana — and all over the country — has a nursing staffing problem. This isn’t a new problem. In fact, the U.S. has experienced nursing shortages periodically since the early 1900s, with…

MONIQUE GOUGISHA DOUCETTE Shareholder Ogletree Deakins Since the pandemic, many employers have more employees working remotely in different states or have hired workers in jurisdictions where they previously had not conducted business. Those companies (and their employees!) should be aware…

A former powerlifting champion and 2015 New Orleans Entrepreneur of the Year for the success of his corporate health food company, Your Nutrition Delivered, Erik Frank now works with companies as a coach for Petra Coach to develop people and…

Norman E. Barnum IV is president and CEO of NOLABA. He may be reached via email at rbarnum@nolaba.org. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, the city’s limited portfolio of economic drivers and significant wealth and health disparities amongst…

Keith Twitchell spent 16 years running his own business before becoming president of the Committee for a Better New Orleans. He has observed, supported and participated in entrepreneurial ventures at the street, neighborhood, nonprofit, micro- and macro-business levels. Of the…

Jennifer Gibson Schecter was once a tourist in New Orleans herself and is now proud to call NOLA home. Many New Orleanians go weeks at a time without viewing the Mississippi River. But she’s out there, rising and falling, and…

Chris Price is an award-winning journalist and public relations principal. When he’s not writing, he’s avid about music, the outdoors, and Saints, Ole Miss and Chelsea football. It’s not quite the best of times or the worst of times for…

“Our regulatory system is way worse than any other state’s. I think, without hyperbole, I can say we’ve got the worst laws in the country for breweries. Jacob Landry, co-founder of Urban South Brewery, speaking on episode 126 of the…

Poppy Tooker has spent her life devoted to the cultural essence that food brings to Louisiana, a topic she explores weekly on her NPR-affiliated radio show, Louisiana Eats! From farmers markets to the homes and restaurants where our culinary traditions…