Blair duQuesnay, CFA, CFP is an investment advisor at Ritholtz Wealth Management. She works with clients to create sustainable financial plans and investment strategies, and she is a member of the firm’s investment committee. Blair writes about personal finance and issues pertaining to women on her blog The Belle Curve.  Blair is an active contributor… Read More

Laila Morcos Zissis has a thirst for hearing people’s stories, telling them to the world, or helping people live the stories they want to live in life. She has always been inquisitive and has enjoyed absorbing information about how experiences affect life and human action. This is what has driven Zissis to the multi-faceted professional… Read More

Courtney Jackson is the Organizer and Storyteller for Ride New Orleans, a non-profit transit advocacy organization that envisions a region in which taking transit enables full access to jobs, education, healthcare and other needs that ensure the equitable, thriving community that all residents deserve.  Prior to working in transit advocacy with Ride New Orleans Courtney… Read More

Kathlyn Perez is the Founder of Perez Law LLC, a hybrid employment law and consulting firm.  Kathlyn has been practicing law since 2006 and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, and New Orleans Magazine as a top lawyer in area of labor and employment law.  Her employment… Read More

Jennifer Hale is in her tenth season with FOX NFL in 2020, serving as a sideline reporter. Hale also covers the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans for FOX Sports Southwest, as well as the Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show and the WKC Agility Championship for FOX Sports. Additionally, she fills in as host of SKIP… Read More

Sandra Lombana Lindquist has over 25 years of experience in economic and community development in the New Orleans region.  She earned her B.A. in Business & Latin American Affairs from the University of Texas and has a master’s degree from Tulane University. She is currently the Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer at the… Read More

Bonita A. Robertson is the Director of Civic Leadership at the Greater New Orleans Foundation. As  Director of Civic Leadership she works to support and catalyze progressive initiatives and actions that ensure  a thriving, just, and equitable region for all. Prior to this role she served as the Director of Workforce  Initiatives for the Foundation,… Read More

Following careers in journalism and family small business ownership, Evie currently serves as Human Capital Manager at Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.), the regional economic development organization for the 10 parishes of Southeast Louisiana. In addition to supporting new business attraction and local business retention and expansion projects, Evie oversees talent attraction and retention… Read More

Leigh Morgan Thorpe serves Associate Vice President of Annual Giving and Membership at The National WWII Museum. She oversees the Museum’s entire membership program, which has more members that any other museum in the country, with 160,000+ active supporters each year. She also oversees the Museum’s Fundraising Events team and its Memorial Brick program. All… Read More