Top honors: Ann Silverberg Williamson, Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations president and CEO, has been named among 50 of the nation’s leading nonprofit executives in an annual ranking released by industry publication The Nonprofit Times. Williamson is cited specifically for her advocacy of new nonprofit revenue models in a state that has seen sector-wide declines in funding following a post-Hurricane Katrina surge in charitable donations. She’s the lone Louisianan on the list, which you can see in its entirety here.
Labor of love: For the fifth year in a row, Woman’s Hospital is recognized on Modern Healthcare magazine’s list of the “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” Those workplaces listed include hospitals, insurers, medical suppliers and other health care–related companies. Woman’s is one of just eight organizations nationwide to receive this distinction for five consecutive years. See the entire list here.
No free lunch: Lafourche Parish officials have a plan to build a $22 million jail without new taxes, but the proposal would affect the budgets of the Lafourche Council on Aging and the public library system. The proposal calls for reallocating some of the property taxes going to those two agencies. The (Thibodaux) Daily Comet has the full story here.
Today’s poll question: Has the controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A and the stance against same-sex marriage made public by one of its executives changed how you feel about eating at the restaurant?
