Forty Under 40

Dorothy Kemp

With the help of Kemp, LSU athletics achieved a record-breaking graduation success rate of 92% in 2022, with 12 sports earning perfect scores of...

Adam Landry

Landry became a top executive in August 2023 after serving as tank operations manager for the company. He’s experienced the front lines of the...

Myles Laroux

Laroux became an equity partner at this firm in January 2024 and has helped grow its assets under management from $50 million to $500...

Patricia Lemoine

Lemoine launched the Investor Collective, a network of men dedicated to ensuring access to state-of-the-art treatment and essential support services for cancer patients and...

Kathryn Manning

Manning has been actively involved in multiple merger and acquisition transactions, and when b1Bank went public, she was there at the Nasdaq, for the...

Justin Marocco

As a wave of sustainabe energy companies arrives in Louisiana, Marocco has been involved in  many of its inaugural carbon capture and sequestration projects....

Joe Martin

Martin launched Red Six Media right after graduating from the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication and celebrated 15 years in business this year....

Andrée Miller

Miller was named deputy chief of staff for Gov. Jeff Landry this year. Previously, she was part of the team responsible for successfully passing...

Matthew Mistretta

Mistretta opened a second Total Diamond Performance location in Baton Rouge this year featuring four fields, covered batting cages, and a 20,000-square-foot indoor facility....

Brett Murray

Murray has been a key leader in the growth of Loadstar since the company launched operations in early 2021. He is a SHRM certified...

Pheriche Perkins

While heading up the Pointe Coupée Early Childhood Coalition, Perkins has expanded  access to care in Pointe Coupée Parish. She also led the organization...

Clayton Samson

Samson has hired and trained IT and virtual design construction teams across multiple offices and states that continue to push the innovation that sets...

Michael Scarbrough

As owner of Green Heart Group, Scarbrough creates and promotes a healthy environment that contributes to better overall health within the community by providing...

Laura Siu Nguyen

Nguyen founded Night Market BTR in 2023 with a mission to empower and highlight Asian businesses in town, ensuring that every AAPI feels seen...

Melanie M. Talley

Talley was named director of EisnerAmper’s association management department in 2023. She obtained her certified association executive, or CAE, credential in 2017 and served...

Andrea Tepe

Tepe’s contributions to LSU athletics staffing led to LSU winning the 2021 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship. She planned the inaugural “Women...

William Thibaut

As a partner at Coleman Partners Architects since 2021, Thibaut recently led the company’s rebranding effort with a strategy of honoring the firm’s history...

Joshua Todd

The first in his family to graduate college, Todd is now the proud holder of four degrees—a bachelor’s in community health, a bachelor’s in...

Greg Upton

As the newly named executive director of the LSU Center for Energy Studies, Upton speaks frequently about energy issues of concern to Louisianans and...

Shaun Ward

Ward follows in the footsteps of his father, jazz violinist Michael Ward, in creating a distinct and unique sound on violin. He brings the...