Profile

A new solution to clutter

Alyssa Trosclair is the first and only certified professional organizer in the state.

Louisiana women are on the hunt

Women are fastest-growing demographic in the sport.

Meet two Baton Rouge women who are transforming the vegan menu

The female entrepreneurs are finding culinary success at White Star.

Baton Rouge’s Lisette Oropesa is at the top of the opera world

'There are so many career paths, and mine has been slow and steady.'

Meet the world’s youngest astronaut-in-training: She’s from south Louisiana

Baton Rouge native Alyssa Carson has bragging rights to another global first: She designed the world's first luggage for space travel.

Entrepreneur: Taylor Jacobsen

Entrepreneur: Taylor Jacobsen is the owner and founder of Urban Cavas Studio, a Baton Rouge firm specializing in urban art installations.

Lacey Conway is taking over

Meet the South Louisiana woman who's now in the top spot at a company with $4.5 billion in sales last year. The advice she lives by? Don't be afraid to make a decision.
Renee Chatelain

Renee Chatelain is building an arts hub

This year, she oversees what is arguably the Arts Council’s biggest project yet.
3 things to know

3 things to know: Kodi Guillory

3 things to know: Kodi Guillory is the president of Sustainable Design Solutions, a Baton Rouge-based civil engineering firm

LSU’s Kristine DeLong leads a team studying climate change

The LSU paleoclimatologist and other Gulf Coast scientists are examining coral's past to determine what its future may hold.

Where is she now? Erin Monroe Wesley is moving up

After stints in nonprofit and politics, she's back in the private sector as a regional VP.
Executive Spotlight

Executive Spotlight: Billy Bellefontaine

Executive Spotlight: Billy Bellefontaine, named president of Brown Eagle Contractors in November, plans to be aggressive in expanding the business.
Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur: Jennifer Mellard

Entrepreneur: Jennifer Mellard is the founder and owner of Baton Rouge-based Gold Coast Traditions, an organic dry mix food product company.
Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur: Brian Pangburn

Entrepreneur: Brian Pangburn is principal and CEO of The Pangburn Group, which provides recordkeeping for non-qualified benefit plan and employer-owned life insurance.
Executive Spotlight

Executive Spotlight: Steven Ceulemans

Executive Spotlight: Steve Ceulemans, appointed as executive director of the Baton Rouge Health District in July, wants to recruit health care and bio tech companies to the district.

Leslie Rose and ‘The Picture of Health’

'This is about enabling people to share their own stories.'
Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur: Mary-Brennan Faucheux

Entrepreneur: Mary-Brennan Faucheux, owner of MJ's Cafe, first fell in love with the farm-to-table movement while backpacking through Europe.
Executive Spotlight

Executive Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Griffith

Executive Spotlight: Dr. Barbara Griffith began her tenure as president and CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge on Oct. 21.
Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur: Alexis and Joshua Broussard

Entrepreneur: Alexis and Joshua Broussard launched Baton Rouge Wood Masters in 2017, focusing on restoring residential and commercial wood products.
Executive Spotlight

Executive Spotlight: Jay Johnson

Executive Spotlight: Jay Johnson officially took over as chief financial officer for Lamar Advertising Company on Oct. 1, four months after being named.