Awards

Lauren Crapanzano Jumonville, 28 Director of Civic Leadership Initiatives, Baton Rouge Area Foundation PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Launching the Exceptional Lives Louisiana platform, providing easy-to-read resources for families...

Dr. Leah S. Cullins, 39 Owner/Family Nurse Practitioner, Louisiana Healthcare Services; Assistant Professor, Southern University School of Nursing PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Sub-investigating 30 pharmaceutical trials, the findings of which...

Stacie Lambert deBlieux, 39 Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice; Section Chief, Complex Litigation Unit PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Filing the state’s historic Hurricane Katrina cases, then litigating...

Madeline Subat Ellis, 37 Owner/CEO/Design Director, MIMOSA Handcrafted PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Starting a business that gives seven people full-time jobs in Baton Rouge. Co-creator of the Mid City...

David Facey, 28 CEO, SellSwipe Inc. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Earning the Series 7 financial license immediately after college. Becoming a chartered alternative investment analyst. Completing first project...

Danny Fields, 36 Director, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Serving on the leadership team to fundraise for the new Our Lady of the...

Chad Foster, 39 CEO/President, Gator Millworks Inc. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Selected as the official millwork contractor for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome 400 level suite renovation.   Producing...

Zelma Murray Frederick, 36 Associate, McGlinchey Stafford Law Firm PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Being selected as a Forty Under 40. Recognized as a “rising star” in general litigation by...

Wendy Gaudet, 38 Director of Pharmacy, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Playing a lead operations role in the LSU-OLOL cooperative endeavor...

Hampton J. Grunewald, 38 Associate Vice President for Governmental Relations, LSU AgCenter PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Part of a team that developed the Louisiana Therapeutic Cannabis program, helping...

Ronaldo Hardy, 34 Lead Pastor, Love Alive Church PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Serves as president and CEO of a credit union. Founder of Louisiana Credit Union League’s Young...

Rodneyna Hart, 34 Executive Director, Culture Candy; Curator/Art Manager, The Healthcare Gallery PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Co-curator for Prospect .3+Baton Rouge Notes Upriver Invitational, which included converting a 15,000-square-foot...

Courtney de la Bretonne Hart, 37 Senior Regional Marketing Manager, Hancock Whitney PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Managing a $5 million event for Microsoft at 23 years of age. ...

Garrett Hiebert, 36 Director of Corporate and Business Development, Bernhard Energy Solutions PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: While at The Shaw Group, working on the Hurricane Katrina recovery project,...

Veneeth Iyengar, 39 Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Joining Peace Corps after 9/11 and being sent...

Cary Koch, 32 Government Relations/Lobbyist, Roedel Parsons Koch Blache Balhoff and McCollister Law Firm PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Playing professional football for 6 years. Earning the right to...

Dr. Joseph Larriviere, 32 Doctor of Internal Medicine, The Baton Rouge Clinic PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Becoming a partner at The Baton Rouge Clinic at the age of...

Justin Lemoine, 36 Owner, ELS Landscape Architecture Studio PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Serving as project manager for the joint-venture design team for the North Boulevard Town Square project. ...

Kellen Mathews, 36 Partner in Charge, Adams and Reese LLP PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Handling my first jury trial, which became my first jury trial victory. Making partner...

William McGehee, 37 Owner, Tin Roof Brewing Co. and Doug Olinde Event Rentals PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Being named 2017 Young Business Person of the Year by Business...