Forty Under 40 honorees (1994-2021)

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1994
Michael R.D. Adams
Guy S. Barone Jr.
Trudy Y. Bell
Kirt B. Bennett
Alfreda Tillman Bester
Michael F. Branch
Nancy S. Breitenbach
Laura L. Cassidy
Fred P. Cerise
Shannon M. Cerise
Hans Dekker
Fred C. Dent III
Philip G. Ellender
Cleo Fields
David L. Guerry
John Michael Guidry
Leslie O. Herpin
Debra G. Holden
Brent S. Honore
Raymond A. Jetson
Jon C. Jordan
Nanette Noland Kelley
Mary L. Landrieu
Jennifer C. Lovejoy
Kathleen M. Merkel
Melanie Newfield
Joseph C. Nguyen
Sean E. Reilly
Davis S. Rhorer
Marilyn B. “Lynn” Robertson
H.N. “Hank” Saurage IV
Christel C. Slaughter
Carl H. Stages Jr.
Cecil E. “Buzzy” Thibodeaux
Michael C. Trufant
Thomas H. Turner
John C. Valluzzo
Jamie Wax
Sharon Weston
Jennifer B. Zimmerman

1995
Michael Acaldo
Annette Austin
Monique Bienville
William “Bill” Borne
Gregory Bowser
Damian Anthony Calato
Diane Carney
William Cassidy
Michael R. Choate
Linda Perez Clark
Libby Corby
Craig A. Crawford
James A. Flores
Katheryn Flournoy
Perry Franklin
Curt Gautreau
Mark Hebert
Michael J. Jefferson
Deborah Heroman
Pat Heroman
Terry Jones
Jan M. Kasofsky
George Kennedy
Ronald A. LaBorde
Chris Russo Love
Stephen G. McCollister
Martin McConnell
Andrew D. McLindon
Sandra Merchant
G. Rolfe Miller
Walter A. Morales
James W. Nickel
Louis J. Resweber
Michael M. Ross
Ann E. Schiffman
Andy Simon
Jane Skerkoske
Ralph J. Stephens
Ann Forte Trappey
Otey White

1997
Willard Keith Bates
Kenneth Breitenbach
Donna Britt
Clarke Cadzow
Gonzalo Calderon
Liz Golson Combs
Don Davis
Louis DeAngelo Jr.
Thomas Delahaye
Karen Eddlemon Dugas
Paul Dykes
Dino Economides
Barry Erwin
Noelie Laurent Ewing
Wilson Fields
Melissa Flournoy
Amy Foreman
Mike Futrell
Todd Gerald
David Hanson
Crissie Head
Paulette Hebert
Gerri Hobdy
Mike Hollingsworth
Piyush “Bobby” Jindal
Errol King
Heidi Rudiger Locicero
Cindy Mann
Robert Mann
Gay McFarland (Mack)
Charles “Robby” Miller Jr.
Rustin Moore
Della Neely
Cliff Neese Jr.
Catherine Slusher
Mary Sue Stages
Troy Sullivan
Renita Williams-Thomas
Michael Verrett
Alvin Washington

1999
Temple Beeson
Lorri Burgess
James R. “Sonny” Chastain Jr.
G. Blane Clark Jr.
Angele Davis
W. Lee Domingue
Michael D. Ferachi
Jeffery C. Fluhr
David Fluker
Karen Futrell
Jonathan K. Greer
L. Victor Gregoire
Shannon Gregory
Greg Herpin
Kim Hunter
Phillip J. Jones
Ryan Jumonville
Eric R. Lane
Marjorie McKeithen
David P. Miller
Percy Miller
Greg Milneck
Tim Mockler
Risa Mueller
William Nassetta
James H. Nunnally
Kelly Patrick
Michael Polito
Erin Petrie Pugh
Edwin M. Reeves Jr.
Kent Richards
Patrick Sorrells
M. Patrick Stagg II
Ronnie L. Stephens
David W. Strong
Stephen Toups
Jayne M. Thibodeaux
Kevin M. Thibodeaux
Pat Van Burkleo
Rene Wilson

2000
Holly Heroman Andrews
Kyle Ardoin
Michael Austin
David Baird
Lori Bertman
Fabian Blache II
Danny Bonfiglio
Preston Castille
Katie Cherry
Bruce Craft
Jill Craft
Glenn Curtis
Robert Daigrepont Jr.
Haggai Davis II
Kim Edwards
Ashley Fox-Smith
James Fox-Smith
Todd Graves
Victor Howell
Ben Hu
Jay Jalenak
Maia Jalenak
Jack Kerigan
George Knost
Charles S. “Trey” McCowan III
Andrew “Ty” McMains
Lee Melancon III
Patrick Mockler
Dena Christy Morrison
Darren Miles
Leo James “Jim” Odom
Erich Rapp
Scott Ridley
Tonya Robertson
Antonio D. Robinson
Leah Salsbury
Sherri Slone
Terri Sterling
Gregory Vincent Sr.
Candance “Candy” Wright

2001
Elizabeth Q. Andreeff
Andrew Long Adler
Verge Ausberry
Lance Belcher
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Renea Austin-Duffin
Laurie Lipsey Aronson
Wende Anthony
Claude Bethea
Gregory E. Bodin
Kevin R. Courville
Jamey Crump
Frank Dedman Jr.
Gary P. Graphia
C. Kevin Hayes
Jason Hewitt
J. Miles Higgins
Ernie Troy Hughes
R. Gayle Harrell Jackson
Darryl Johnson
Edward Kramer
Grady J. Layfield
Shelton R. McClain
Justin J. McDonald
Frank McMains
Tonja Myles
Ronnell Nolan
Michael O’Connor
Dale J. Politz
Michael Rase
Jennifer Eplett Reilly
Dino Rizzo
Scott Robertson
Erich Sternberg
David Tatman
Byron D. Turner
Dionne Viator
Tara Wicker
Richard Williams
Baron Williamson

2002
Jay Augustine
Cheri Morial Ausberry
Tim Barfield
Andy Blouin
Robert Borden
Paul Callais
Meg Casper
Craig Chumney
Tony Clayton
Peter Couhig
Marc Couvillion
Curt Eysink
Pat Fellows
Stewart Gordon
Kiva Guidroz
Alan J. Hanley
Maia Hyeck-Merlin
Michael Jackson
John Jakuback
Bruce Kelfstrom
Andy Kopplin
Sean Malone
Eric Miller
Malcolm Myer
Rene Boutte Myer
Calvin O’Neal
J.P. Perrault
Forrest Pollack
Hugh Raetzsch Jr.
Chas Roemer
Ashley Shelton
Pat Simon
Andrew Smiley
Kate Sternberg
Todd Stevens
Amy Strother
Michael Vinson
Scott Wester
Scott Woodward
Leonard Wyatt

2003
Kenneth Alford
Troy Archer
Marian Augustine
Sam Barbera III
Robert Barton
John Beck
Bradley Beck
Shane Breaux
Tee Brown
Stacey Chiasson
Alan Colby
Erick Comeaux
Melissa Cresson
Roland Dartez
John Davis
David Dismukes
Brian Dykes
Ari Ellerbe
Jeff English
Paul Farmer
Glenn Farnet
Dina Finta
Marion Johnson
Paul Judice
Sarah Kracke
J. Burton LeBlanc
Brandon Lisi
Andrew McCandless
Carlo MacDonald
David Miceli
Cheryl Michelet
Naomi Nelson
Jim Purgerson
Todd Rader
Derek Ragusa
Bridgette Richard
Pete Stewart
Collis Temple III
Randy Vick
Greg Walker

2004
Regina Ashford Barrow
Julie Baxter
Isonel Brown
Danielle Chapman
Dana “Pokey” Chapman
Angela Cheng-Finch
Victor Dagash
William Davis
Tricia DuBroc
Edward Francis
Garland Goodwin-Wilson
Scott Hensgens
Seth Kaplan
David Koch
John LeBlanc
Jason Manola
Stephanie Mason
André Mika
Julia George Moore
Stephen Moret
Shane Morrison
J. Dyke Nelson
Pamela Price
Ladan Rastin
Trula Remson
Andre Rodrigue
Ruffin Rodrigue
Caroline Roemer
Sanford Roy
Matt Saurage
John Scanlan
Dan Shapiro
Susan Shobe-Windham
Craig Silvey
Chris Spencer
Michael Stubblefield
Charlie Ton
Brennan Uter
Ann Silverberg Williamson
Jennifer Glass Winstead

2005
Katrice Albert
Kwame Asante
Murphy Bell, Jr.
Shelton Dennis Blunt
Lori Boeneke
David Boneno
Beau Box
Matthew Butler
Scott Chenevert
Chad Danos
Rachel DiResto
Sara Downing
Thomas Enright, Jr.
Paul Ferachi
Jenny Gray
Michael Hackett
Adam Knapp
James Lalonde
Amy Lambert
Amy Groves Lowe
Jude Melville
Robert Miller
Stephanie Mills
David Morris
J.L. Nave
J.D. Perry
Gordon Polozola
Garth Roberts
Gordy Rush
Warren Sager
Kimberly Sangari
Alex Schott
J. Keith Short
Stacey Simmons
Greg Smith
Zack Smith
Timmy Teepell
Kolby Tullier
Mohit Vij
R. David Wascom

2006
Stephen Babcock
Scott Bardwell
Scott Berg
Yvette Marie Bonanno
Darian Chustz
Jason DeCuir
Michael DiResto
Ronlyn Domingue
Jason Droddy
Jason R. El Koubi
Oscar Evans II
Anna Fogle
Christopher Funes
Paige Parsons Gagliano
Edmund J. Giering IV
Emily Black Grey
Toni Forte Hayes
Andrea Hemelt
Dan Holliday
John E. Jackson
Ingrid Johnson
Brad Lambert
Robert Marionneaux Jr.
Christina Melton
Jamar Adcock Melton
Amy Opdyke
William B. Owens Jr.
Darrel Papillion
Zaheer Poptani
Christy Reeves
Kimberly Lewis Robinson
Albert Sam II
Derrick Spell
Ashley M. Stokes
J. Collier Thornton
Adam Town
Trey Williamson
Adren Wilson
Michaela York
Erin Zeringue

2007
Richie Adams
Joe Agresti
Ronald Andrews
Mark Ashworth
Leslie Ayres
Michael Blanchard Jr.
Jeffrey Boudreaux
William Clark Jr.
Melanie Couvillon
David Cresson
Brian Dantin
Frederick “Fritz” Embaugh
Dede Sabagh Ferrara
John Paul Funes
Kelsey Funes
Jamie Griffin
Andy Gutowski
Rebecca Hamilton
Amanda Hymel
Ryan Johnson
Elise Scallan Lalonde
Luis Lehner
Trey Little
Kristy Graddy McKearn
Lori Melancon
D’Ann Morris
Breaux Nader
Tommy Nelson
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds
Todd Ross
Chuck Sanchez
Katherine Scherer
Cheree Schwartzenburg
Deborah Sternberg
Michael Tipton
Jim Urdiales
Beth Veazey
Thomas Watson
Rani G. Whitfield
Trey Williams

2008
Amy Benton
Jonathan Booth
Kristine Calongne
Ruark Chick
Matt Cohn
Kathy Davison
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson
Allison El Koubi
Vicki Ellis
Mark Emonet
Craig Freeman
Tracy Gieger
Craig Castleman Greene
Trippe Hawthorne
Paul Judge
Dan Kahn
Steven E. Kelley
Jeff Koonce
Brian LaFleur
Laurence Lambert
Michael Lutgring
Meg Mahoney
Beverly Brooks Major
Valerie Lege Mayhall
Jeffrey McLean
Eric Monday
Marlon Moore
Trey Ourso
Cherie Arceneaux Pinac
Michael Pitts
Molly McGehee Quinn
Hettie Richardson
Jason Roland
Carlos Roldan
Brent Sims
Brygg Ullmer
Stephen Waguespack
Mitch Wasden
Geordy Waters
Todd Zirkle

2009
Jeff Barbin
Brad BonGiovanni
Michael Boudreaux
Janet Sonnier Britton
Gary Buete
Alison Cascio
Chad Cornett
Vishwa Deep Dixit
Tia Embaugh
Eric Eskew
Jeff Fair
Derek Fitch
Alyssa Gautreau
Bradley Gremillion
David Guillory
Lauren Barksdale Hill
Bonnie Mistretta Hunt
Jonathan Kaplan
Leigh King
Tevfik Kosar
Carmen Lavergne
Stan Levy
Eric Lockridge
Steve Maher
Camille Manning-Broome
Todd Manuel
Gloria Wall McClelland
Eric McMillen
Patrick Mulhearn
Melissa Mulkey
Kristy Nichols
Megan Phillips
Elisabeth Quinn
Nick Rauber
Samuel Sanders
Monique Scott-Spaulding
Eric Storey
Tate Tullier
Jack Warner
Matt Williams

2010
Joel Boe
Dawn Bonnecaze
Whitney Breaux
Mark Comanducci
Heather Sewell Day
Winston G. DeCuir Jr.
Lori Denstel
Reed Dickens
Keith Dixon
Fred Garcia
Cathy Giering
Mark Goodson
Garret Graves
Karleen Green
Katherine Green
Cassie Greer
Edward “Ted” James II
Bryan Jones
Shelton Jones
Clayton Jumonville
Sigrid Kelsey
Greg LeBlanc
Ben Lemann
Susan M. Ludwig
Brian McNabb
Jay Montalbano
Kizzy Payton
R. David Rabalais
Andrew Schwarz
Miriam Segar
Kenyatta Shamlin
Melissa Shirley
Chris Stelly
Mike Thrower
Larry Tingle II
Corey Tisdale
Christopher Tyson
Raedtha “Rae” Vasquez
Trae Welch
Martha Stuart Williams

2011
B. Scott Andrews
Eiad Asbahi
Chris Brooks
Michael Buturla
Nikki Caldwell
Andrew Champagne
Russell “Joey” Coco
Ian Dallimore
Jay Ducote
Kacy Edwards
Kelly Finan
Andrew Freel
Joshua Holder
Susan Holliday
Chris Jones
Buster Kantrow
John Kaufman
Stafford Kendall
David Kerth
Kevin Kleinpeter
Brandon Landry
Jared Loftus
Corby Martin
J. Slater McKay
David Chip Mills
Jessica Woodman Monroe
Todd Monroe
Eddie Nunez
Melissa Parmelee
Cheryl Payne
Scott Ritter
Julie Scott
Tasha Shamlin
Brandon Smith
John Snow
Thomas R. Temple Jr
Colleen Waguespack
Czarina Walker
Giles Whiting
Kimberly Williams

2012
Jessica Boone
Emalie Anne Boyce
Sarah Broome
Ben Broussard
William Broussard
Patrick Campbell III
Camille Conaway
Patrick Coogan
Michael Brasher Davis
Brian Dixon
Jacques Doucet
Brennan Easley
Cassie Felder
Scott Gaudin
Brace “Trey” Godfrey
Ty Gose
Jason Greene
Fairleigh Cook Jackson
Robert Kooima
Phillip LaFargue II
Eric B. Lewis
Chris Loar
Jennifer Maggio
Van R. Mayhall III
Scott McKnight
Ryan Nesbit
Anthony O’Connor
Chris Odinet
David Ogwyn
Barton Phillips
Chad Prather
Brian Rodriguez
Tricia Sanchez
Kim Sanders
Parampreet Singh
Bill Stark
Amanda Spain Wells
Roger Wilder III
Brandon Williams
Greg Wood Jr.

2013
Emelie Alton
David Beach
Taylor Bennett
Lee Burns
Patricia Calfee
Sean Cangelosi
Steve Caparotta
Christopher Ciesielski
Layna Cook
Keith Courville
John Delgado
Heather Dupree Kirkpatrick
Derek Fife
Jennifer Fowler
Bethany France
Anya Glusman
Katie Goodson
Mike Haman
Todd Grand
Laura Hamm
Ryan Heck
Carter Hill
Jesse Hoggard
Bryan Jeansonne
Scott Kirkpatrick
Jada Lewis
Chip McAlpin
Russell Mosely
John Ryan Nader
Stafford Olivia Palmieri
Casey Phillips
Tej Shah
Lucas Spielfogel
Benjamin Stalter
Ryan Thibodeaux
Rick Ward III
Jamie Watts
Kay Wilbert Gaudin
Mark Williams
Sevetri Wilson

2014
Emel Alexander
Kimberly Bardell
Leslie Berg
Kia Bickham
Haley Blakeman
Jeff Carney
Lorin Crenshaw
Charles Scott D’Agostino
April Erwin
Rowdy Gaudet
Craig Gehring
Dima Ghawi
Terrence Ginn
Ryan Haynie
Chesley Heymsfield
April Hill
Michael John Hogstrom
Jacob Kantrow
Norisha Kirts
Julie Laperouse
Scott Levy
Drew Maciasz
Mark Marionneaux
Dawn Pevey Mauk
Clint McCullough
Chris Meyer
Jody Montelaro
London Moore
Chris Nakamoto
Nial Patel
Preston Q=Petersen
Kyle Plotkin
Margaret “Mimi” Singer
Mary Ellen Slayter
Nick Speyrer
Wade Stephens
Mawuena “Mawe” Takyi
Tommy Talley
Hunter Territo
Chris Wadsworth

2015
Andy Allen
Jason Andreasen
Wendi Barnes
Alexandra Bautsch Grunewald
Aaron James Bayham
Shannon Blakeman
Richard Bourgeois Jr.
Justin Champlin
Brad Culotta
Allyson d’Aquin
Eric Dexter
Alsie Dunbar
Eric Engemann
Michelle Thompson Gieg
Emilia Gilbert
Nathan Gresham
Eric Guerin
Ashley Heard
Racheal Hebert
Scott Hodgin
Gary Jupiter
Jessica Kemp
Nicole Kleinpeter
Heather Kleinpeter
Chip Kline
Logan Leger
Dixon Wallace McMakin
Andrew Maas
Angela Simoneaux Poirrier
James Raines
Frankie Robertson
Mendi Robinson
Laura Soileau
Amanda Staiano
Jonathan Stockstill
Major Thibaut
Gabriel Vicknair
Laura Vinsant
Will Waldrop
Erin Monroe Wesley
James Wood

2016
Dezmion Barrow
Katia Bowman
Rebecca Burdette
Ethan Bush
Lee Carney
Tupac de la Cruz
Brandon DeCuir
Adonica Duggan
Shelly Esnard
Christopher Ferrari
Lauren McCall Fitch
Errin Flynn
Josh Ford
Kathryn Graves
Jamie Hanks
Chris Hester
Josh Howard
Daniel Hsia
Allison Hudson
Alissa Jenkins
Makesha Judson
C. Parker Kilgore
SreyRam Kuy
Dustin LaFont
Brandon Lagarde
Michael Lang
Christen Losey-Gregg
Michael Mathews
Bobby Morris
Saul Newsome
Lauren T. Ray
Collin Richie
Liz Smith
Mike Telich
Greg Trahan
Joseph Tucker
Christopher Turner
Patrick Valluzzo
Jason Verdigets
Trey Williams

2017
Kurt Ainsworth
Krista Allen
Ryan André
Jeremy Aydell
Prescott Bailey
David Balhoff
Jenny Ballard
Branden Barker
Zane Bell
Trent Bondy
Allison Bookman
Franz Borghardt
J. Casey Chapman
Tristi Charpentier
Tokesha Collins-Wright
Randolph “Rudy” Comeaux
Kyle K. Cook
Jeremy Couvillion
Ryann Denham
Carroll Devillier Jr.
Tom Easterly
Jonas Fontenot
Jessica Tate Gagliano
Katie Gibbons
Nathan B. Haymer
Hanna Borne Green
Mathew Laborde
Jeremy Langlois
Andrew Lopez
David Mullens II
Kenny Nguyen
Dianna Payton
Gunjan Raina
Lionel Rainey III
Mary Coenen Raven
Donney Rose
Alexandra Rouse
April Rush Ruffolo
Melissa Thompson
Natalie Wood

2018
Shaun Accardo
Ivan Agullo
Fr. Michael J. Alello
Kelly Bienn
Nikole Blanchard
Kelli Bondy Troutman
Anita Byrne
Scotty E. Chabert Jr.
Prosanta Chakrabarty
Donald R. Chube Jr.
Lauren Crapanzano Jumonville
Dr. Leah S. Cullins
Stacie Lambert deBlieux
Madeline Subat Ellis
David Facey
Danny Fields
Chad Foster
Zelma Murray Frederick
Wendy Gaudet
Hampton J. Grunewald
Ronaldo Hardy
Rodneyna Hart
Courtney de la Bretonne Hart
Garrett Hiebert
Veneeth Iyengar
Cary Koch
Joseph Larriviere
Justin Lemoine
Kellen Mathews
William McGehee
Michael A.V. Mitchell
Duane L. Mizell
Chris Motto
Stephen Mumford
Allison Reeves
Ross Reilly
Ben Ross
Gia Landry Tyson
Nicholas Valluzzo
Robert Wise

2019
Matt Adams
Ashley Arceneaux
Brenna Benson Lamb
Justin Brown
Ryan Chenevert
Francisca Comeaux
Brandon Craft
Matt Dardenne
Bryan Fontenot
Jamie Glas
Tyler Gray
Will Green
Druit G. Gremillion Jr.
Letrece R. Griffin
Beverly Moore Haydel
Stuart Helo
Jason Hughes
Darryl Hurst
Seth Irby
Jessica Keasler
Erin Kilgore
Jill Kindler
Michelle Lanoix
Paul Laperouse
Jon LeBlanc
Chase Lyons
Melissa Henderson Mann
Walter “Geno” McLaughlin
Paul Mladenka
Matt Moscona
Brian Moscona
Lakricha “Elle Marie” Murray
Katie Percy
Matt Percy
C. Davis Prescott
Dr. Amy Rabalais
Michael Shingleton
Erik Showalter
Sara Whittaker
Chloé Wiley

2020
Tyra Banks
Henry P. Barham
Chelsey Laborde Blankenship
Travis Broussard
Emily Chatelain
Paul Dietzel
Jesse Downs
Kodi Guillory
David Helveston
Brandon Hollie
Joshua Hollins
Adrian Owen Jones
Brandon Kelly
Kasra Khalili
Whitney Little LaNasa
Justin Langlois
Joni Lemoine
Blair Loup
Megan Renee Manchester
Ben Marcel
Michael Mason
Kimberly D. McDaniel
RJ McGimsey
Christopher J. McKinley Jr.
Ellen McKnight
Hayden Amelia Moore
Chelsea Norris
Jonathan Percle
Chris Reeves
Heather Gatte Roemer
Kristen Rushing
Rebecca Schutte
Courtney Scott
Jenny Sones
Jason Stutes
Melissa Terito
Michael John Valluzzo
Michael B. Victorian
Marcus J. Williams
Blake Kennedy Williamson

2021
Russell Alleman
Sarah Allen
Erin Amadeo
Julius Bedford III
Jeremy Beyt
Greg Bienvenu
Adam Bourgeois
Paige Carter
Steven Ceulemans
Gary Chambers Jr.
Amos Davis
Joshua Davis
Patrick Downs
Rachel Eggie
Jordan Faircloth
Sarah Gardner
Lance Glaser
Jonathan Grimes
David Hebert
Emily Hester
Joseph Hollins
Matthew Holmes
Dr. Sanjay Juneja
Avinashkumar Karre
Garrett Kemp
B. Anthony Kimble
Dadrius Lanus
Angelle Lavergne Terry
Beau Leitner
Danielle Mack
Chrislyn Miller Maher
Jake Manship
Ethan Melancon
Jessica Weimer O’Connor
Whitney Presley
Myra Richardson
Andrea Roberts
Larry Selders
David Steele
Samuel Washington