Somehow, they make it all look so easy. The high-pressure careers. The growing families. The service on local boards and volunteer efforts at area nonprofits.
The 2018 Influential Women in Business balance all these demands, and more, with grace and humility. But, of course, it’s not easy—and it hasn’t been a leisurely climb for any of this year’s 10 honorees, all of whom are profiled in the new Business Report cover package.
While their personal and career paths are varied, there are a few common threads that emerge when speaking with the honorees about how they’ve reached this point in their lives.
They take risks. They persevere in the face of failure. They have strong support networks, both at work and home. They believe in themselves. They are compassionate. They pray. And at the end of a long day, they know how to decompress and recharge for the next challenge that awaits them.
Check out the complete profiles of each of this year’s honorees, which includes:
• Beverly Brooks Thompson, president and executive counsel, Brooks Thompson Consulting
• Marie Constantin, owner, Marie Constantin Photography
• Fran Gladden, vice president, government and public affairs, Cox Communications Southeast Region
• Sheri LeBas, president, G.E.C. Inc.
• Gaylynne Mack, executive director, Big Buddy
• Laura S. O’Brien, clinical exercise physiologist at Fitness Design for Women, and City of Zachary councilwoman
• Cynthia Peterson, dean, LSU College of Science
• Laura Simpson, president, Dugas Pest Control
• Sarah B. Taylor, CEO/administrator, Gulf Coast Occupational Medicine Inc.
• Kathy Victorian, Medicaid territory marketing manager, Healthy Blue
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