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2017 Influential Women in Business: Karen Holden

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: River Ridge, Louisiana Age: 50 Family: Married for 24 years to husband, Derrik,...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Kelly Hurtado

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana (raised in Baton Rouge) Age: 53 Family: Married for 30 years...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Julie Laperouse

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: Jennings, Louisiana Age: 35 Family: Married for nearly 10 years to husband, Paul,...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Sonia Perez

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Age: 60 Family: Married for 37 years to husband, Javier,...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Gaye Sandoz

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: Opelousas, Louisiana Age: 60 Family: Fiancée, Billy Bryan, and son, John Jewell Years...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Monique Scott-Spaulding

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Family: Widow of Michael John Spaulding, three sisters...

How Inka Mims escaped Europe during World War II and built a thriving family business in Baton Rouge

At 80 years old, Inka Mims can still be found in her store on...

Dima Ghawi: Three tips for advancing women in leadership

When consulting with various corporate executives about strengthening their company’s leadership, they are often...

Riegel: An opportunity for leadership

There are those who expected the sky would fall on the day the U.S....

The feds have closed the books on the Alton Sterling shooting, but many questions still remain

For nearly 10 months after the July 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling by...
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