Tending the Family Tree Like his sister Katelyn, this issue’s Enterprising Woman, Korey Zeigler’s life has been intertwined with trees for as long as he can remember also. Although a year and a half younger than his sibling, he still shares early memories of the huge, magical oak tree that served as the canopy of …
Innovation for a Changing World The world has changed… how we live, where we work. It’s a new construct, and people need professionals with a broad and sophisticated skill set for construction solutions for these new situations. Through Velvet Pines Developers, John Barry and his team have built an outstanding reputation delivering a variety of …
Through Hell & High Water…Again Sixteen years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the stories of unorthodox rescues abounded. Back In 2005, Atmosphere Movers kept rolling when their trucks were able to traverse flood waters to retrieve a stranded shipment of Sophisticated Woman magazines waiting for delivery. When history repeated itself this year on …
Chat Stockstill’s career was launched by a lucky break in a bar. After beating Walter Nichols in a game of pool, the savvy 18-year-old asked the owner of Nichols Moving and Storage to settle the bet with a job rather than money. By 22, Stockstill had started his own moving company, Atmosphere Movers. Despite owning …
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Building A Team. Fulfilling A Vision. Justin Greenleaf has always had an eye for design. “It might sound cliché, but like most who pursue architecture, that goal stemmed from my talent in drawing, sketching, modeling, and working with my hands. I would spend hours and hours as a child working on Lego projects and turning …
Deep Roots. Familiar Routes. A young boy bikes through streets heavily lined with pine trees and dotted with houses. As he pedals from his Tyler Street home to his grandparents’ door near St. Paul’s, little does he know that 50 years later he will still be rooted near the alley under his wheels. Today, inside …
“A Lifetime of Preparation” Will Crain always wanted to practice law, a passion that was no doubt fueled in part when, at age six, he watched his father sworn in as the second-youngest judge in Louisiana history. Those are large shoes to fill, but he was never pressed to fill them. If you ask Will, …
A Legacy of Service and Commitment “I have a relationship with that building in Baton Rouge,” says Reid Falconer of the State Capitol. “I grew up close by and thought it was so impressive, it inspired me to become an architect. My grandparents had never been to the observation deck, so I brought them up …
Chris McMahon never should have been successful. That’s not a criticism. That’s something McMahon would tell you himself. McMahon spent nearly a decade battling an addiction that almost ended his life. “No one would have bet on me to get sober and become a successful healthcare entrepreneur,” he said. But that’s exactly what happened. Seventeen …
Generational change isn’t easy to achieve, but that’s exactly what Bo Thibaut intends to do. A financial representative in Mandeville, Thibaut wants to help his clients improve their financial wellness. That means more savings, less debt and a brighter future where dreams and goals are more easily achieved. And since three-quarters of Americans live paycheck …
Minutes after the Saints won the Super Bowl in Miami in 2010, PJ Lailhengue boarded a plane to return to New Orleans. The flight landed around 2 a.m., but instead of going home to sleep, he went straight to a print shop on the Southshore. As the owner of Mike’s Den, Lailhengue needed to pick …
DWAYNE STEIN vividly remembers what it was like when he purchased his first home more than 15 years ago. It was a time of nervousness, excitement and anticipation, but it was also one of anxiety and worry. It is a memory that has shaped the customer service philosophy at CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM). “We are in …
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