Forty under 40 Q&A: Ronaldo Hardy

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Rodneyna Hart

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Courtney de la Bretonne Hart

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. ...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Garrett Hiebert

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,...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Veneeth Iyengar

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Cary Koch

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Dr. Joseph Larriviere

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A Justin Lemoine

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. ...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Kellen Mathews

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: William McGehee

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...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Michael A.V. Mitchell

Michael A.V. Mitchell, 36 Engagement and Impact Catalyst at MetroMorphosis and Radio Personality for Cumulus Media PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Writing first book, The Dream Is True, a practical...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Duane L. Mizell

Duane L. Mizell, 36 President and CEO, Stuart & Company General Contractors PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Earning an ownership stake in Stuart & Company General Contractors at the...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Chris Motto

Chris Motto, 37 Executive Chef, Mansurs on the Boulevard PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Being named executive chef of Mansurs on the Boulevard in 2011. Competing on “Hell’s...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Stephen Mumford

Stephen Mumford, 37 Chief Operating Officer, Baton Rouge General Medical Center PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Playing a key role in expanding the operating room at Baton Rouge General,...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Allison Reeves

Allison Reeves, 36 Land Counsel, Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Part of the land team delivering the first turn-key project in Maryland for the Chesapeake...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Ross Reilly

Ross Reilly, 33 General Manager, Lamar Advertising PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Founding Joule Solar Energy, which became a regional leader in renewable energy. Earning the trust of coworkers,...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Ben Ross

Ben Ross, 37 Vice President of Development, LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: The opening of the south end zone expansion of Tiger Stadium. Securing first...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Dr. Gia Tyson

Dr. Gia Landry Tyson, 39 Transplant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist, Director of Hepatology at Ochsner Baton Rouge, LSU Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Being named...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Nicholas Valluzzo

Nicholas Valluzzo, 35 Vice President, Valluzzo Companies PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Becoming a fourth-generation McDonald’s owner/operator. Helping grow the Valluzzo business by 90% since 2010. Winning the Ronald Award,...

Forty under 40 Q&A: Robert Wise

Robert Wise, 38 CEO of ITinspired PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Growing ITinspired revenue by 165% from 2014 to 2017, tripling the staff and customer base. Being one of...