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2018 Influential Women in Business: Fran Gladden
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Hometown: Lake Charles
Age: 62
Family: Married for 32 years to husband, Sterling “Buck” Gladden III, with three children: Kirby, Maggie and Sterling
Profession: Vice...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Sheri H. LeBas
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Hometown: Baton Rouge
Age: 55
Family: Married to Bill Firnberg; three sons, Andrew, Patrick and Michael LeBas; daughter-in-law Melissa; and stepson Cameron Firnberg
Profession: President,...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Gaylynne Mack
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Hometown: New Orleans
Age: 50
Family: Married to Harold Mack since 1999; three children, Carson, 16, Christian, 15 and Olivia, 14
Profession: Executive director, Big...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Laura S. O’Brien
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Hometown: Zachary
Age: 48
Family: Married to husband, Lance, with four children: Jake, Kylie, William and Ben
Profession: Clinical exercise physiologist, Fitness Design for Women...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Cynthia Peterson
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Hometown: Shreveport
Age: 60
Family: Married to Edward Peterson for 37 years; daughter and son-in-law Caroline, 29, and Isaac Oahare, 28; daughter Betsy,...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Laura Simpson
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Hometown: Baton Rouge
Age: 61
Family: Married to husband, Floyd, with three sons: Jeremy Clark, James Clark and Alex Day
Profession: President, Dugas Pest Control
Years with company: 39
Laura...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Sarah B. Taylor
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Hometown: Prairieville
Age: 49
Family: Mother to three daughters: Kayla, 31, Jamie, 29, and Whitney, 20
Profession: CEO/administrator, Gulf Coast Occupational Medicine Inc.
Years with company:...
2018 Influential Women in Business: Kathy Victorian
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Hometown: Ferriday, by way of Frogmore
Age: 49
Family: Married to husband, Michael W., with three stepchildren: Maria, 43, Mieshia, 37, and Michael...
Forty Under 40: Lorin Crenshaw
LORIN CRENSHAW, 39
Vice president/Treasurer/Investor relations, Albemarle Corp.
Lorin Crenshaw heads up 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge’s financial literacy program called Dollars and Sense,...
Forty Under 40: Craig Gehring
CRAIG GEHRING, 28
Founder and president, MasteryPrep
Who better to write the book on mastering standardized tests than the guy who made perfect scores on the...
Forty Under 40: Jeff Carney
JEFF CARNEY, 38
Associate professor, LSU School of Architecture; Director, Coastal Sustainability Studio
There’s no question that Louisiana’s coastline faces some serious challenges as the world...
Forty Under 40: Haley Blakeman
HALEY BLAKEMAN, 38
Director of implementation,
Center for Planning Excellence
Haley Blakeman is passionate about making Louisiana’s communities better places to live. She does so by assisting them...
Forty Under 40: April Hill
APRIL HILL, 36
Owner, Yoglates II South
Growing up in a small community, April Hill always had a dream to open her own business. That dream...
Forty Under 40: Emel Alexander
EMEL ALEXANDER, 32
President and CEO,
Urban Restoration Enhancement Corp.
Emel Alexander’s accomplishments can all be summed up in one simple phrase: making a difference in the...
Forty Under 40: John Michael Hogstrom
MICHAEL JOHN HOGSTROM, 37
Owner/Developer, Onsite Design + Development
Every morning for two years, Michael Hogstrom drove by the same piece of vacant land at the...
Forty Under 40: Julie Laperouse
JULIE LAPEROUSE, 33
Director of talent development,
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Chief Peacock, Screaming Peacock
For businesses looking to recruit someone to Baton Rouge, Julie Laperouse is on...
Forty Under 40: Scott Levy
SCOTT LEVY, 32
Attorney, Adams and Reese
At 22, Scott Levy was on the ground in Florida during the last stretch of the 2004 presidential campaign...
Forty Under 40: Drew Maciasz
DREW MACIASZ, 37
Vice president, Harry L. Laws & Co.
Making excuses and not looking forward: Those are Drew Maciasz’s pet peeves. He’s not one to...
Forty Under 40: Mark Marionneaux
MARK MARIONNEAUX, 35
Vice president, Bank of Zachary
As the old saying goes, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” It’s why Mark...
