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2019 WIB: Jennifer Eplett Reilly
Profession: Trustee and co-founder, City Year Inc./founding chair, New Schools for Baton Rouge
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 55
Family: Married to husband, Sean Reilly, for 30 years,...
2019 WIB: Dima Ghawi
Profession: Leadership keynote speaker & executive coach, Dima Ghawi LLC
Hometown: Born in Turkey, raised in Jordan, and a proud Louisianan for the past 6...
2019 WIB: Camille Manning-Broome
Profession: President and CEO, Center for Planning Excellence
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Age: 41
Family: Married to husband, Devin Broome, with two sons: Isaac (7) and Emerson (5)
Years with...
2019 WIB: Robyn Merrick
Profession: Vice president for external affairs, Southern University and A&M College
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Age: 50
Family: Single, but a villager for many young people (as in “it...
2019 WIB: Caroline Roemer
Profession: Executive director, Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Age: 51
Family: Has a son, Owen (10)
Years with company: 11
Within five minutes of meeting Caroline Roemer,...
2019 WIB: Donna Saurage
Profession: Sole manager, CCC Holding LLC
Hometown: Ada, Oklahoma
Age: 80
Family: Widow of the late Norman Saurage III, with five children: Susan Saurage Altenloh, Stephanie Saurage, Hank...
2019 WIB: Kathy Trahan
Profession: President and CEO, Alliance Safety Council
Hometown: Lajes AFB, Terceira, Azores Portugal
Age: 60
Family: Three children—Dr. Karie LaFleur, Stephen L. Hudson and Darryl Hudson—and six...
2019 WIB: Raedtha Vasquez
Profession: Partner, Jones Walker LLP
Hometown: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Age: 43
Family: Married to Dylan C. Alge
Years with company: 16
Raedtha Vasquez is equally passionate about her volunteer...
2019 WIB: Colleen Waguespack
Profession: Owner and founder, Colleen Waguespack Interiors/Fig & Dove
Hometown: New Orleans
Age: 45
Family: Married to husband, Stephen Waguespack, with three children: Craig (16), Christopher (13)...
The 2019 Baton Rouge Business Awards and Hall of Fame
For 36 years, Business Report has been honoring leading professionals and companies in the Capital Region that distinguish themselves by not only succeeding in business,...
2019 Hall of Fame: E.J. Ourso, the ultimate entrepreneur
E.J. Ourso loved building his company—the successful entrepreneur made 56 acquisitions over 48 years—but the business associates who knew him best say he also...
2019 Hall of Fame: Jake Netterville, ‘It’s been a great life’
While Jake Netterville rose through the ranks to lead the Baton Rouge accounting firm that bears his name, as well as chair the 400,000...
2019 Businessperson of the Year: John Engquist, H&E Equipment Services
John Engquist is a modern rarity, working at one place his entire life: a company started by his father nearly 60 years ago as...
2019 Young Businessperson of the Year: Kenny Nguyen, ThreeSixtyEight
What was supposed to be a 15-minute phone call accepting a flight out to California to participate in ABC’s Shark Tank morphed into a two-hour-long...
2019 Company of the Year: DSLD Homes
Lauren Robert can remember the moment she knew she wanted to work for DSLD Homes. It was seven years ago, right before Christmas, when...
2019 Company of the Year: Martin Ecosytems
The Martin family grew up among the marshes of Lafourche Parish, trawling shrimp, while navigating bayous filled with thick aquatic vegetation. It’s a fond...
‘Business Report’ hosting Business Awards and Hall of Fame Gala next month
Business Report and Junior Achievement will honor six Baton Rouge individuals and companies at the 2019 Business Awards & Hall of Fame gala in...
Nominations for the 2019 Best of 225 Awards are officially open
The Best of 225 Awards issue in July is 225‘s most popular magazine of the year. In it, you’ll find readers’ picks for the...
Introducing the Forty under 40 class of 2018
Whether they're working late into the evening to complete a big assignment, getting up early to ready their kids for school or scrambling to...
Forty under 40 alumni: Where are they now (in 2018)
Hans Dekker
Class of ’94
Named to the 1994 class for his work as founding director of Baton Rouge Local Initiatives Support Corp., Hans Dekker has...
