Get tickets to the Influential Women in Business event

    Experience the networking, professional insight and festive celebration at this year’s Influential Women in Business luncheon.

    The event is scheduled for May 10. Doors open at 11 a.m.; the luncheon and awards will begin at 11:45. This year’s event will again feature a panel discussion with the honorees sharing their personal career experiences and insights.

    Tickets are on sale online now. Individual tickets for the luncheon are $65; a reserved table of 10 is $650. Sponsors are b1BANK, Kean Miller LLP, Window World, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University and Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge.

    This year’s honorees are:

    • Karen Breaux, Human resources director at Postlethwaite & Netterville;
    • Lauren Fitch, COO of Hannis T. Bourgeois;
    • Ginger Laurent, CEO of Louisiana Bankers Association;
    • Beverly Moore Haydel, President and CEO of Sequitur Consulting;
    • Kim Hunter Reed, Commissioner of higher education for Louisiana Board of Regents;
    • Catherine O’Neal, chief medical officer of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center;
    • Kim Mulkey, LSU women’s basketball coach;
    • Renita Williams Thomas, founder of In Loving Arms Pediatric Day Health Center;
    • Jane Verret, President and CEO of Campus Federal.