Eileen McClelland is a freelance writer who enjoys telling stories about the people, businesses and places shaping Baton Rouge. She writes about everything from health care and business trends to local entrepreneurs and executives. She also covers the jewelry industry on a national level for B2B magazines. A former editor and feature writer for the Houston Chronicle, Eileen holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University in Ohio. Eileen divides her time between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, where she is a member of the Krewe of Morpheus.

Kyle Burns: Building with soul to redefine luxury home construction

Step inside a Kyle Burns home and time recedes. The antique doors, the hand-hewn...

Scott Bardwell: Building the bigger picture

For Scott Bardwell, a home rarely begins with the house itself. It starts with...

Russel Alleman: Building dreams he sketched as a kid

Some careers are chosen. Others, it seems, were always waiting. As a kid Russell Alleman...

Built different: Six capital region builders on the instincts, influences and ideas reshaping what it means to construct well

There’s no single path into construction in Baton Rouge. The builders behind some of...

Influential Women in Business: Meredith Eicher

As an executive business coach, Meredith Eicher is not prone to sugarcoating the truth. Read...

Influential Women in Business: Dr. Gunjan Raina

When Dr. Gunjan Raina knocks on an exam room door, she’s not just entering...

Proactive business decisions are improving cancer treatment and early detection

Two of the region’s leading cancer organizations—Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Ochsner Cancer...

When the system failed her child, Renita Thomas built a new one

Renita Williams Thomas had parented five children and spent years as a pediatric nurse...

How Benny Alford rebuilt an industry around people

At 80, Benny Alford still comes to work every day at the new corporate...

The risk-taker: How Joe Agresti built a business empire on accounting, culture and a will to be weird

When Joe Agresti used his life savings and mortgaged his parents’ New Jersey home...
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