May 2021

Issue Articles

Should Businesses Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations?

Keith Twitchell spent 16 years running his own business before becoming president of the Committee for a Better New Orleans. He has observed, supported...

Ready for Takeoff

Jennifer Gibson Schecter was once a tourist in New Orleans herself and is now proud to call NOLA home. She also writes the Wednesday...

Women tend to live longer, be paid less and have more time out of the workforce — all creating a wealth gap. What’s one...

  Women tend to live longer, be paid less and have more time out of the workforce — all creating a wealth gap. What’s one...

Publisher’s Note

For years people have been saying we need to stop the brain drain and keep our children and grandchildren here in Louisiana. We need...

The Future of the Class-A Workspace is Here

The pandemic has accelerated trends already underway in the design of offices and workplaces, increasing emphasis on workplaces that support health and wellness and...

Making Their Own Bed

On Feb. 26, lifelong friends and Northshore residents Nita Gassen and Judy Schott hit the small screen to take on some big sharks. Representing...
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Stage Change

Since opening in February 2019, The Fillmore has filled the second floor of New Orleans’ Harrah’s Casino with top live music acts, including The...

No Place Like Home

A native New Orleanian, Poppy Tooker has spent her life devoted to the cultural essence that food brings to Louisiana, a topic she explores...

Affordable housing is critically needed. What are your latest projects in this area?

Affordable housing is critically needed. What are your latest projects in this area?   Jackie Dadakis CEO, Green Coast Enterprises We are looking at innovative ways this crisis...

Editor’s Note

The pandemic has hit us all in different ways, but study after study has confirmed that women have taken the hardest hit. Anyone with school-age...

Lifting Each Other Up

Illustration by Amber Day What she gave me was a great deal of confidence and ambition, and as a woman I think sometimes it feels...

Power Players

  The New Park Protector In February, following an extensive national search, Cara Lambright became the new CEO of New Orleans City Park, one of the...
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Hard Hit But Hopeful

Right now, the CDC is in charge of the no-sail order. We are hopeful Carnival will be able to sail this summer, but they...

Striking “Gold” with Rugby

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...

Relationship Building

We have built our business on relationships. People come to us to put people and ideas together to create strategies that arise from relationships....

Convention Center Chooses Partner for Development

“River District offered interesting ideas and demonstrated they had an understanding of the Authority’s vision for the development of the 39 acres. As important,...

Megan Naccari

  Megan Naccari always knew she wanted to own her own business, and at the age of 22, while attending John Jay Beauty College, she...

Brittany Major

  Leaders learn from experience, and Brittany Major has spent a lifetime observing, implementing, learning and growing as both a person and a businesswoman. “I like...
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Michelle Denice Craig

      Growing up, Michelle Craig had friends and family members who had a lot of negative experiences with lawyers, but when she learned that the profession included...

Woodhouse Day Spa

    Recognized by Gambit Weekly, Where Y’at, and New Orleans Magazine as one of the top day spas in Greater New Orleans, Woodhouse Day Spa...

Rosie Ricks Knop

  As one of her grandmother’s over 100 grandchildren, Rosie Ricks Knop knows a lot about family and the challenges many people face when matching...

Claudia Dixon

  From the time she was young, Claudia Dixon has always been… clever. Raised by an educator, she was told she was “wise beyond her...

Stacie Carubba

  In college and her professional life, Stacie Carubba didn’t quite feel at home until she was helping others find theirs. When a tough life...

Victoria Carney Rodriguez

  Victoria Carney Rodriguez entered Monkey Monkey Coffee & Tea in 2015 to apply for a job at the urging of her friend, an employee...
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Angela Morton, AIA

  Interested in both the scientific advancement of building and design as well as the artistic creation of beauty, Angela Morton found architecture to be...

Marguerite Oestreicher

  A former business development analyst, ad agency executive, magazine publisher, and art gallery owner, Marguerite Oestreicher took a unique and circuitous path into nonprofit...

Kelly Waltemath

  Kelly Waltemath still views every workday as different and special after a childhood tied to real estate and a seven-year career in the industry that began...

Carrita Tanner-Cloud

  With an innate creative drive and years of experience in strategic planning and brand management, Carrita Tanner-Cloud is a perfect fit for the advertising...

Rosalind Thibodeaux

  Life is made up of chapters, and perhaps no one knows that better than Rosalind Thibodeaux, Broker at Thibodeaux Reed Realty and New Orleans...

Cameron Strayhan, JD

  Highly respected by colleagues and clients alike, Cameron Strayhan has used her integrity, vast market knowledge, and disciplined sales strategies to become a preeminent...
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