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Kimberly Robinson – Partner, Jones Walker
Kimberly Robinson's passion for justice and improving people's lives is what attracted her to the practice of law. Few would assume her area of...
Jenni Peters – Owner, Varsity Sports
There are so many reasons Jenni Peters is an inspiration. She turned a $100,000 investment into a $2 million business. She ran competitively for...
Kristy Nichols – Commissioner of administration, State of Louisiana
Don't tell Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols that the easiest way for a state to save money is to trim services. "I go crazy...
Melissa Juneau – Executive director, The Emerge Center for Communication, Behavior, and Development
For some, there is an entrepreneurial spirit hidden within, waiting to be awakened by an idea, a challenge or a vision. In the case...
Kim Ginn – Vice president of marketing, L’Auberge Casino Hotel
Not long after a blank slab of concrete was being laid for the construction of a new Baton Rouge casino in May 2010, Kim...
Tobie Craig – Vice president of marketing and workforce development strategies, Turner Industries Group
One thing few people know about Turner Industries' Tobie Craig is when she's not connecting people in the heavy manufacturing sector, she takes to...
Kris Cangelosi – Founder, Cangelosi Dance Project
Afternoons at the Cangelosi Dance Project on Perkins Road hum with excitement. Young dancers in leotards with neat ponytails mill about, preparing to head...
2013 Influential Women in Business
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Nancy Crawford – Senior vice president, Medical Staff Services; Woman’s Hospital
A lot has happened over the course of Nancy Crawford's 37-year career at Woman's Hospital. The health care institution has become the largest birthing...
LaRonda Daigle – Executive senior sales director, Mary Kay
Having just emerged from her pale pink Cadillac SUV, smartly dressed LaRonda Daigle takes a seat, smiles broadly and begins to describe her first...
Karen Deville – Senior director, Office of Advancement, LSU E. J. Ourso College of...
Karen Deville has a spring in her step as she walks the halls and grounds of the LSU Business Education Complex, an arrangement of...
Phyllis Perron – Founder president, Phyllis Perron and Associate
One might say politics is in Phyllis Perron's blood. But she tried her best to resist it.
She grew up on a farm in a...
Jane Shank – President CEO, Volunteers of America for Greater Baton Rouge
From the string of pearls around her neck to the impeccable manners with which she welcomes guests, Jane Shank epitomizes a Southern belle. As...
Allison Young – Senior vice president, Benefits Administration division; Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Change is the only constant. It's as true today as when Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, coined the phrase in about 500 B.C.
Few industries are...
Carolyn McKnight – Superintendent, BREC
In her first days as BREC superintendent, Carolyn McKnight attended a meeting at which the growing epidemic of hypertension in children was described. The...
Lori Bertman – President and CEO, Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation
One of the most salient moments of nationally respected philanthropy executive Lori Bertman's career came while she was pursuing a master's degree in social...
Evelyn Hayes – Interim president CEO, Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Under the glass upon Evelyn Hayes' desk at Baton Rouge General Medical Center is a newspaper clipping that her father kept in his Bible.
It's...
