2008 Annual Report - Baton Rouge Area Chamber

BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER
2008 ANNUAL REPORT
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Letters from the Chairs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01
Economic Year in Review.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
Economic Outlook.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06
Campaign for a Greater Baton Rouge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08
Strategy 1: Business Retention and Expansion.. . . . . 1 0
Strategy 2: Business Attraction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
RE Letters from the Chairs
2008 Project Wins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Strategy 3: National Marketing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Strategy 4: Business Intelligence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Strategy 5: Special Opportunity Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Strategy 6: Public Policy Capability.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Strategy 7: Learning Community Initiative.. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
FuturePAC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Events.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AWARDS & recognition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Headlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2009 Top Priorities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Investors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Staff.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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In today’s world, we are increasingly
As the positive momentum generated in
focused on, and judged by, results.
2008 carries us into the new year, BRAC is
The Campaign for a Greater Baton
building for an equally successful 2009.
Rouge was designed to deliver
Our focus on the core mission of leading
the results required to create
economic development in the nine-parish
a positive economic future for
region will ensure that BRAC once again
the Baton Rouge region.
meets all of its objectives.
During 2008, BRAC and the region we serve encountered many challenges – leadership and
BRAC has laid out an aggressive agenda that includes the essential components for continuing
staff transition, major volatility in the financial markets, and unprecedented hurricane-related
the Capital Region’s progression to being one of the premier hot beds for economic growth.
disruptions, just to name a few. But through it all, BRAC continuously achieved dramatic
The top priorities of the 2009 agenda reinforce the need for innovative and enduring strategies
outcomes that will position our region as a prime location for capital investment and growth,
that systematically address the obstacles facing the Baton Rouge area. These top priorities are:
and ensure that we take our place among the leading communities in the country. Examples of
the tremendous results that BRAC delivered this past year include acquiring thirteen business
development project wins that secured 2,250 jobs and over $600 million in capital investment;
creating and implementing a regional transportation group; successfully advocating for issues
such as ethics, workforce reforms, higher education, and economic development funding in
the Louisiana Legislature; developing a long-term growth strategy for Pennington Biomedical
Research Center; recruiting and supporting a highly-promising new generation of EBR Metro
Council members; and many other initiatives that will signal to people and businesses around
the country that the Baton Rouge region is one of the best places to call home.
• Business recruitment and retention project wins
• Digital media competitiveness
• New local and regional business incentives
• Public education reform
• LSU institutional advancement
• Southern University institutional advancement
• State and regional innovation strategy
• Regional transportation solutions to increase mobility
• Regional workforce solutions
• State business taxes and incentives
BRAC is fully aware of the fact that none of this would be possible without the members,
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investors, and stakeholders who provide the resources and support necessary for the
There is little doubt that BRAC will make significant progress on all of its priorities in 2009.
organization to succeed. Thank you for continuing to believe in BRAC and the important
During these twelve months is also the time we need to begin thinking about the next phase
work that they do every day. And finally, BRAC is very proud of the continued energy, optimism,
of the organization, as The Campaign for a Greater Baton Rouge will come to an end in only two
and excitement we see every day in gatherings of business people in our region. With your help,
short years. Whatever the future brings, we can feel secure that the Baton Rouge Area Chamber
we will continue our present course and enjoy the results of our efforts for many years to come.
will continue to deliver the results that produce a prosperous and competitive Capital Region.
Jim Ellis, 2008 Chairman of the Board
Matt McKay, 2009 Chairman of the Board
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RE
2008 Economic Year in Review
Home Sales prices
Home Sales Volume
Down $389.7 million from 2007
Down 20.8%
Average price of homes
sold up $4,600 from 2007
air travel passengers
up 2.3%
new home buildings
Home unit sales
Down 2,152 units from 2007
Down 22.7%
Total new permits dropped 1,943
in 2008: new single-family home
permits fell by 1,432 and new
multi-family permits fell by 511
down 11.8%
oil daily spot prices
down 35.9%
Up $28.11/barrel to $100.11/barrel
average in 2008
Up 39%
natural gas prices
new jobs
Baton Rouge area ADDED
4,000 new jobs in 2008
BTR Metro Airport emplanements
decreased 115,373 from 2007
up 1.1%
Up $1.89 to $8.86 average 2008
spot price
Up 27.1%
unemployment claims
Unemployment claims in the
Baton Rouge area averaged
5.3% (up from 3.7% in 2007)
up 1.6 pts.
regional spending
Spending up $550 million
from 2007
up 16%
new businesses
Baton Rouge area business
count fell by 142 in 2008
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down 4.5%
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Baton Rouge area business leaders
RE: Baton
Rouge Area
Economic
Outlook
2009 – 2011
summary forecast*
2009 – 2011 Outlook
2009 Outlook
appear to maintain a sense of “steady
optimism” regarding the economic
outlook for 2009 and beyond.
Baton Rouge area business leaders remain
optimistic about the economy in 2009
65%
83%
76%
64%
44%
40%
Expect
Economic
Growth in
Baton Rouge
Expect
Increase in
Business
Revenue
Expect
to Increase
Employment
Expect
Economic
Growth in
Baton Rouge
Expect
Increase in
Business
Revenue
Expect
to Increase
Employment
The outlook towards 2011 is even more optimistic
economic growth forecast*
2009 Outlook
2009 – 2011 Outlook
44%
76%
71%
43%
5%
1%
Rapid Growth
Moderate Growth
Rapid Growth
Moderate Growth
Business Revenue Growth Forecast*
2009 Outlook
2009 – 2011 Outlook
65%
83%
34%
23%
20%
26%
15%
15%
7%
Up <5%
Up 5-10%
Up 10-25% Up 25%+
8%
Up <5%
Up 5-10%
Up 10-25% Up 25%+
employment growth forecast*
2009 Outlook
2009 – 2011 Outlook
40%
64%
27%
20%
19%
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11%
11%
Up <5%
Up 5-10%
8%
6%
2%
Up 10-25% Up 25%+
Up <5%
Up 5-10%
Up 10-25% Up 25%+
* Percentage of respondents in a survey of regional business leaders
Source: 2009 Baton Rouge Area Economic Outlook Survey; BRAC analysis
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The Campaign for a Greater Baton
Rouge is a five-year (2006–2010)
initiative that is delivering a
highly professional and proactive,
nationally competitive economic
development program for the nineparish Baton Rouge area. Funded by
more than 120 leading organizations,
the Campaign includes seven
strategies that work together
to drive economic development.
1 : Business Retention and Expansion Program
2 : Business Attraction Program
3 : National Marketing Program
4 : Business Intelligence Program
5 : Special Opportunity Fund
6 : Public Policy Capability
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7 : Learning Community Initiative
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RE: Business
RETENTION
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With approximately three-fourths of all
future local job growth being created by
existing Baton Rouge area businesses,
BRAC has committed a significant amount
of time and resources to fostering an active
business retention and expansion program.
In 2008, we continued to build on the previous year’s performance by
securing nine retention and expansion project wins. The wins resulted in
1,810 jobs and over $580 million in capital investment.
In order to identify potential projects and possible opportunities to provide
retention/expansion assistance, BRAC conducts target industry site visitations
with local business leaders. Business development staff members administered
43 such visits in 2008. Besides the aforementioned nine announced wins, these
visits have produced nine more “Class A” prospective projects that could secure
over 800 jobs and generate capital investment of over $33 million. Many of these
visits are conducted in cooperation with our Capital Region partners.
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STRATEGY 2
BUSINESS
When evaluating BRAC’s 2008 business recruitment
efforts, a plausible conclusion may be that it was a turning
point in the Baton Rouge area’s economic future. While
the number of projects was relatively small, their impact
on the region’s reputation was quite large.
The four project wins secured close to 450 jobs and over
$20 million in capital investment. More importantly, they
included a Fortune 1000 corporate headquarters, the
first-ever North American standalone quality assurance
(QA) center for the world’s leading digital media company,
and a manufacturing facility in a long-vacant building in
East Feliciana Parish. The successful completion of these
projects sends a clear message to the site-selection
consultants and relocation experts across the country that
the Capital Region is a positive location for investment.
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2008 was also important for a myriad of other reasons. It was
the second year of our agreement with East Baton Rouge
Parish to successfully act as the business development
arm of the city-parish. BRADIC, the consortium between
BRAC, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, LSU, and the
East Baton Rouge city-parish created to foster the digital
media industry, initiated contact with Electronic Arts,
Inc. that led to their eventual QA center. We partnered
with LSU to create and implement a public return-oninvestment model to be used to ensure the responsible
use of public funds for economic development. Finally,
we created and successfully passed an East Baton
Rouge-specific Industrial Development Board incentive,
which greatly enhanced the parish’s competitiveness.
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A significant component of a
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development strategy is the ability to
market the region to site-selection and
RE : National relocation
professionals, both nationally and
internationally. In the last year, BRAC escalated its
Marketing marketing
efforts on many fronts. Using creative direct
marketing, large-scale public relations, and targeted
Program
advertising, we delivered highly-positive results in 2008.
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In the 1st quarter, we reinforced our commitment to growing
the digital media industry by creating a direct marketing
campaign developed to bring awareness of the region to
digital media executives. The direct mail piece consisted
of a classic viewfinder featuring exciting images promoting
the Baton Rouge area’s burgeoning digital media industry.
The pieces were shipped to over 100 company prospects
identified by BRADIC staff.
Picking up where we left off in 2007, we contracted with
national public relations firm, Development Counsellors
International (DCI), to manage our national and
international media outreach. DCI generated Capital
Region-focused stories on such topics as digital media,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the health
of the area economy, and energy. These stories were
included in many renowned media outlets including
Bloomberg News, Christian Science Monitor, Nikkei, XM
Radio, Fox Business News, and The Wall Street Journal.
By utilizing industry-specific advertising vehicles and
Internet paid search listings, BRAC greatly increased
the Baton Rouge area’s visibility. Such publications
as Business Facilities, Nutraceuticals World, Building
Systems®, Bio News, Business Xpansion Journal,
Food and Drink Quarterly Magazine (FDQ), and
Supply Chain Management provided appropriate
messaging to targeted industry decision-makers.
Additionally, Google’s pay-per-click listings afforded
us an opportunity to market the region in a cost-
effective, appropriate manner.
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The ability to provide detailed information about the Baton Rouge area and the
regional economy is a crucial element in BRAC’s business development activities.
At the end of January, BRAC presented the Baton Rouge Area Forum
2008: Insights for Action. The annual event provides a national,
state, and regional perspective on the region’s economy. The
data is derived from a comprehensive survey, conducted in
collaboration with the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report,
of area business leaders, interviews with key experts, and
national economic reports.
We added another business intelligence tool to
our arsenal when we sponsored a logistics study
that positioned the Baton Rouge area as more
attractive than Houston, TX; Mobile, AL; and
Jackson, MS, for locating regional distribution
centers. As one of BRAC’s target industry
sectors, regional distribution centers provide
a clear point-of-differentiation between the
region and our competitors, and the study
reinforces this competitive advantage.
The destruction of Hurricane Gustav
forced BRAC’s business intelligence
capabilities into action in September
when we were called upon to provide
information and assistance to local
businesses. Soon after the storm, we
called hundreds of businesses across the
region to assess damage sustained and
offer recovery information and assistance.
BRAC and the Louisiana Technology Park
(LTP) quickly partnered to establish a Small
Business Administration (SBA) Business
Assistance Center at the LTP to provide loan
application assistance to Baton Rouge area
businesses. In addition, we made efforts to
connect businesses that could assist in overcoming
operations obstacles (e.g., connecting temp agencies
to businesses with workforce issues).
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The availability of a special opportunity fund provides BRAC an incalculable
competitive advantage as critical economic development situations arise
unexpectedly. The flexible nature of the fund means that its availability can
be leveraged to make an immediate impact.
In 2008, the Special Opportunity Fund was accessed three times in crucial
situations. In the 1st quarter, we used the fund to option property in East Feliciana
Parish for what would become Superior Homes of Louisiana’s manufacturing
facility. Next, the fund was employed to purchase a generator for Electronic
Arts, Inc.’s quality assurance center. The generator was invaluable during
Hurricane Gustav. Finally, the Special Opportunity Fund was used to conduct
a location study related to a regional partner business prospect.
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While aggressively promoting the Baton Rouge area to businesses
considering a relocation or expansion, BRAC is also actively
working to address many of the area’s weaknesses, therefore
improving the “product” that the region has to offer.
The addition of two special sessions to go along with the regular session of
the Louisiana Legislature required substantial focus of BRAC’s governmental
affairs efforts. That effort paid large dividends as successful passage of the
BRAC-initiated ethics reforms, led by LA Ethics 1, pushed Louisiana up to #1 in
national ethics laws and enforcement rankings.
Other areas of success were seen in workforce, Louisiana Economic
Development (LED), LSU, Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC),
public education, business taxes, and transportation. Another bright spot was
the solid working relationship established between BRAC and the Capital
Region Legislative Delegation. This fellowship will only help the future of
the entire Baton Rouge area.
In order to augment our legislative priorities, we released a series of
strategy papers that emphasized the importance of upcoming legislation.
In December, we developed a white paper that detailed a first-of-its-kind
strategy for transforming PBRC into a nationally recognized, top-tier
research institute.
BRAC also established and convened a business-led regional transportation
group that evaluated the impact of various regional transportation projects
on congestion reduction and will advocate for the identification and
procurement of adequate resources.
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A mainstay of any
community is its ability to educate
and train the individuals capable of making
a meaningful contribution. Additionally, an
educated workforce is an essential component
of our regional economic development strategy.
BRAC spent significant resources in 2008 working to improve
public education in our area, especially in East Baton Rouge
Parish (EBR). Early in the year, we endorsed a school system
tax renewal, which passed in March. A key aspect of the
endorsement was the creation of a new career and technical
high school and our involvement in its formulation.
A notable reform in the legislative session was the overhaul of the
aforementioned workforce delivery systems.
We strongly supported these important
actions, which included improved integration
between stakeholders and increased funding
for the Louisiana Community and Technical College
System, among other things.
Later work revolved around the search for a new EBR school
superintendent. After calling for and securing a national search
for the new leader, BRAC assembled a coalition of stakeholders,
who presented the school board with a list of recommendations
spelling out the selection criteria for the new superintendent.
Most of the recommendations were accepted.
In December, we aggressively advocated for the state takeover of
twelve failing EBR schools identified by the state’s accountability
rankings. Doing so would provide a tremendous opportunity
to cement our future success by injecting new, innovative
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strategies into underperforming schools that can positively
affect the next generation.
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As the political action
committee of the Baton Rouge
Area Chamber, FuturePAC‘s mission is
to support issues and candidates that promote
economic development in the Baton Rouge area. Working
to improve the business climate in the Capital Region, it engages
on top economic development issues that are placed on public ballot and
also conducts education programs for voters and elected officials on issues critical to
economic development.
FuturePAC successfully performed in all areas of its mission, making for
a memorable 2008.
FuturePAC actively recruited and endorsed multiple winning Metro Council members,
publicly supported the re-election of Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden, and contributed
to capital area and state legislative leadership.
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Chamber to Chamber
Louisiana Purchase Venture Capital Forum
Year after year, the Chamber to Chamber program continues to provide BRAC members
and members of other regional chambers of commerce a great opportunity to meet in a
casual setting to showcase the parish and build business relationships with each other.
Despite a forced cancellation of the 3rd quarter event due to Hurricanes Gustav and
Ike, 2008 brought three successful, well-attended events: Pointe Coupee Parish
(Ma Mama’s Restaurant in March), Ascension Parish (Cabela’s in May), and
the Chamber to Chamber Holiday Celebration in East Baton Rouge Parish
(Perkins Rowe in December).
For the ninth consecutive year, BRAC was a proud host and presenter of the Louisiana Purchase
Venture Capital Forum October 21–22. This increasingly popular forum continues to connect
statewide investors, venture capitalists, and professional service providers with Louisiana’s
most promising and innovative entrepreneurs. The two-day event provided six businesses –
iCanMentor Payment Services; Body Evolution Technologies, Inc.; Ultix Technologies,
Inc.; Innovative Resuscitation Technologies, LLC; The New Orleans Exchange,
Inc.; and Rawskills, Inc. – with the rare opportunity to present their business
plans before a captive audience.
Baton Rouge Area Economic Forum
What will 2008 bring in job growth, housing, and industry
expansion? Attendees of our Baton Rouge Area
Economic Forum got the answers and other
insights about the 2008 economy on January
30. The keynote speaker predicted 2008
national economic and federal policy
trends for our region at the
informative forum.
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Second Home Legislative Reception
BRAC and the City of Baton Rouge once again co-hosted the
annual Second Home Legislative Reception on March 31,
2008. As the official welcoming party for Louisiana
legislators on the first day of regular session,
this event immediately follows the governor’s
address in downtown Baton Rouge and
showcases our region’s rich cultural
traditions, premier entertainment, and
the culinary talents of area chefs.
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BRAC pursues excellence and is proud to have received 25 prestigious
awards in 2008 from several national and regional organizations.
Among the multiple award winners were the 2007 Annual Report,
Catalyst, business development direct mail, 2006 Annual Report,
and Baton Rouge Area Canvas Workshop.
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2008 Create Awards
• 2007 Annual Report – Gold
• 2007 Annual Report – Silver (2)
ADDY Awards
• 2006 Annual Report – Gold
• 2006 Annual Report – Judge’s Award
• 2007 Baton Rouge Area Canvas
Workshop collateral – Gold
• Catalyst – Gold
American Chamber of
Commerce Executives (ACCE)
Awards for Communication
Excellence (ACE) Awards:
• 2006 Annual Report – Grand Award
• Baton Rouge Area Canvas Workshop –
Honorable Mention
• Baton Rouge Area City Guide –
Merit Award
• BRAC Impact 2007: LIVE! –
Merit Award
• Business Development direct mail –
Grand Award
• BRAC Impact LIVE! Program –
Excellence Award
• Catalyst – Merit Award
• LA Ethics 1 – Excellence Award
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Association of Marketing &
Communication Professionals
(AMCP) MarCom Awards
• 2007 Annual Report – Gold (2)
• Catalyst (4Q 2007) – Platinum
• Catalyst (4Q 2007) –
Honorable Mention (2)
C2ER Applied Community &
Economic Research Award
• LSU strategy paper – Transforming
LSU into a Premier Public Research
University: An Investment in
Louisiana’s Economic Future
International Economic
Development Council (IEDC) Award
• Business Development direct mail –
Honorable Mention
Southern Economic Development
Council (SEDC) Literature and
Promotion Awards
• 2007 Annual Report – Superior Award
• BRADIC Viewfinder – Merit Award
• Business Development direct
marketing campaign – Merit Award
BRAC recognizes marketing, public
relations, and creative services firm,
Object 9; graphic design firm, Xdesign;
and MESH Design, all based in the
Baton Rouge area, for partnering
with BRAC to create awardwinning designs.
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BRAC is committed to
dedicating significant
resources and providing
aggressive, proactive
leadership on these
issues in 2009
Business recruitment and retention project
State and regional
wins: conduct aggressive professional
innovation strategy:
marketing, sales, and retention efforts to ensure
champion a state and
that the Baton Rouge area captures project wins
regional innovation
totaling at least 800 jobs at wages competitive
strategy and lead a
in targeted sectors
regional innovation analysis
to produce coordinated, best-
Digital media competitiveness: further develop
in-class research park and business
our strategy for the digital media sector
acceleration programs
New local and regional business incentives:
encourage the establishment of rapid response
funds and other targeted incentives at the parish
level (and potentially region-wide) to position
our communities to better compete for projects
that create high-wage jobs
Regional transportation solutions to increase
mobility: pursue short- and long-term solutions
to congestion and inter-parish mobility, including
funding for priority regional transportation projects
identified by BRAC’s business-led regional
transportation group, advancing the Baton
Public education reform: aggressively support
Rouge Loop project towards implementation,
key public education reforms such as supporting
and conducting research on best practices for
bold leadership at the system level, creating
regional transportation planning
a strategy for cultivating high-performing
charter schools, increasing principal training,
Regional workforce solutions: nurture and
and modifying tenure rules to provide greater
develop regional cooperation for the delivery
flexibility for restructuring low performing schools
of demand-driven workforce services in the
LSU institutional advancement: aggressively
support and promote LSU’s development of
Baton Rouge area and develop expertise for
project- and sector-oriented solutions
the next phase of its National Flagship Agenda
State business taxes and incentives: advocate
Southern University institutional advancement:
for targeted tax and incentive reforms that spur
pursue opportunities to support the institutional
growth, remove unorthodox business taxes, and
advancement of Southern University as an
provide small business relief
economic driver
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Board of directors
officers
board of directors
board of directors not pictured:
Greg Benefield
Citadel Broadcasting Company
Chester Diez
Southwest Computers
Jim Ellis
Chairman
Taylor, Porter,
Brooks & Phillips
Graham Thompson Danny Montelaro
Past Chair
Treasurer
Whitney
National Bank
Regions Bank
Mike Hunt
General Counsel
Adam Knapp
President and CEO
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Baton Rouge
Area Chamber
Jim Austin
Stephen Babcock
Marc Barker
Robert Belk
Mark Bensabat
Adams and
Reese LLP
Babcock Law Firm
Latter & Blum
The Shaw Group, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase
vice chairs
Perry Franklin
Franklin Industries
Raymond Kron
Bank of Greensburg
Cornelius Lewis
Gulf Coast BIDCO
Barry Marionneaux
Marionneaux & Marionneaux
David Bondy
Robert Burgess
Donna Carville
Astrid Clements
Pat Felder
LUBA Workers’ Comp
EATEL
Dow Chemical
Mortgage Finance
Authority
Felder’s Collision
Parts, Inc.
Madhu Beriwal
IEM, Inc.
Scott Chenevert
Peter Couhig
Charlie D’Agostino
Victor Dagash
Jones Walker
Source Capital
Louisiana Business &
Technology Center
The Business
Investment Group
Wade O’Neal
Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company
Hays Owen
Baton Rouge Water Company
Teri Fontenot
John Lombardi
Van R. Mayhall Jr.
Layne McDaniel
Matt McKay
Jeff M. David
Jeffrey Holeman
William Holman
George Kurz
Woman’s Hopital
LSU System
Breazeale, Sachse
& Wilson , LLP
Noesis Data
All Star
Automotive Group
The Livingston
Parish News
Entergy
Baton Rouge General
Health System
Kurz & Hebert
Commercial
Real Estate
Rawlston
“Bubba” Phillips
Sun Plus, Inc.
Ryland Percy
Percy, Stromberg, Bush,
and Lanoux
Cynthia Stafford
East Bank Realty
Steve Stein
Hancock Bank
Stephen Toups
Turner Industries Group, LLC
Julio Melara
The Greater
Baton Rouge
Business Report
John Spain
Rob Stuart
Stan VanderleeuW
Cindy Wale
Donnie Picou
Russel Primeaux
Michael Reitz
Mickey Seale
Ralph Slaughter
Baton Rouge
Area Foundation
Capital One Bank
ExxonMobil
Capital One Bank
Clear Channel Radio
Kean Miller Law Firm
Blue Cross Blue
Shield of LA
Seale Funeral
Services
Southern University
System
vice chairs not pictured:
Bill Tucker
Wetco Restaurant Group
Mike Wampold
Wampold Companies
Leroy Harvey, Highlands Bank
Kevin Marcilliat, Georgia Pacific, Port Hudson Operations
Mitch Wasden
Ochsner Health Center
Michael B. (Mike) Moles, Antares Technology Solutions, Inc.
Phyllis Mouton, Baton Rouge Community College
Leonard Wyatt
Whitney
National Bank
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Scott Wester, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Ralph Stephens
Collis Temple
Michael Trufant
Jon Zimmerman
Postlethwaite
& Netterville
Harmony Center, Inc.
G & M Marine, Inc.
Hollywood Casino
Owen Weber
Guaranty Broadcasting
Company
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T h e C a m pa i g n f o r a G r e at e r B at o n R o u g e { 2 0 0 6 – 2 0 1 0 }
INV EST OR S
economic development
RE:
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CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL
SUPPORTING INVESTOR
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $100,000+ (Five-year total pledge of at least $500,000)
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $2,500+ (Five-year total pledge of at least $12,500)
All Star Automotive Group • Baton Rouge Area Foundation / Commercial Properties Realty Trust •
Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation • ExxonMobil • Georgia-Pacific • Louisiana State
University System • Mortgage Finance Authority • Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge, Inc. • Advantage Capital Partners • Armstrong Relocation • Ascension Economic
Development Corporation • Associated Grocers • Babcock Law Firm, L.L.C. • BancorpSouth • Baton Rouge Duplicating
Products • Benny’s Car Wash • EMCO Technologies • Executone of Central Louisiana, Inc. • Felder’s Collision
Parts, Inc. • GoodPeople • Grace and Hebert • GreenScreenTV • Gulf Coast BIDCO • Harmony Center •
Holiday Inn Select Executive Center • Hollingsworth Richards Automotive Group • Iberia Bank •
Jacobs Engineering • Johnson Controls • Kean’s The Cleaner • KPMG LLP • Kurz & Hebert
Commercial Real Estate, Inc. • Lee Griffin • Lee Michaels • Lipsey’s • MidSouth Bank • Object 9 •
OMNI BANK • Piccadilly Restaurants • Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers • SJB Group,
LLC • Southpoint Volkswagen • SSA Consultants • Stanford Group Company • Star
Service • State Bank & Trust Company • Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC •
The Celtic Group • The Livingston Parish News • Union Pacific Railroad • West
Feliciana Community Development Foundation • WETCO Restaurant Group •
Wright & Percy Insurance
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $50,000+ (Five-year total pledge of at least $250,000)
Baton Rouge General Medical Center • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana • Breazeale, Sachse &
Wilson, L.L.P. • Capital One • Citadel Broadcasting Company • Clear Channel Radio • CSRS, Inc. •
Entergy • Greater Baton Rouge Business Report • Guaranty Group • Jones, Walker, Waechter,
Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. • JPMorgan Chase • Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond,
McCowan & Jarman L.L.P. • LUBA Workers’ Comp • Ochsner Health Center Baton Rouge /
Ochsner Medical Center Baton Rouge • Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P. • Regions Bank • Taylor, Porter,
Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P • The Shaw Group, Inc. • Turner Industries Group • WAFB • Whitney
National Bank
AMBASSADOR COUNCIL
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $25,000+ (Five-year total pledge of at least $125,000)
Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company • Baton Rouge Water Company • Brookwood
Properties, L.L.C. • Community Coffee • Dow Chemical Company • EATEL / SunShine
Pages • Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® • Hancock Bank • Hollywood
Casino • Lamar Advertising Company • Latter & Blum, Inc. / C.J. Brown Realtors •
MAPP Construction, L.L.C. • Mockler Beverage Company • Wampold Companies •
Woman’s Hospital
CORPORATE COUNCIL
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $15,000+ (Five-year total pledge of
at least $75,000)
Adams & Reese Law Firm • Amedisys, Inc. • Antares Technology Solutions, Inc. •
Area Wholesale Tire Company • Atmos Energy • Cox Communications •
Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. • Irene W. and C.B. Pennington
Foundation • Merrill Lynch • WHLC Architecture • Womack Construction
POLICY COUNCIL
ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $7,500+ (Five-year total pledge of at least $37,500)
Advanced Office Systems, Inc. • American Gateway Bank • Cajun Constructors • Faulk &
Winkler, L.L.C. • H&E Equipment Services, L.L.C. • I.T. by DESIGN • Kleinpeter Farms L.L.C. • La
Capitol Federal Credit Union • Louisiana Technology Park • Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center •
McDonald’s of Baton Rouge • McGlinchey Stafford PLLC • South Baton Rouge Journal •
The Louisiana Network, Inc. / Tiger Rag • United Health Care Group, Inc.
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re Members
M em b e r 5 0 + Ye a r s Airtrol, Inc. • Albemarle
Corporation • AT&T Louisiana • Baton Rouge Beer
Agency • Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company •
Baton Rouge General Medical Center • Baton Rouge
Tobacco Company, Inc. • Baton Rouge Water Company •
Billy Heroman’s Flowerland, Inc. • Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Louisiana • Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, LLP •
Capital One Bank • Clear Channel Radio • Cocreham
Brick & Stone, Inc. • Commercial Properties Realty
Trust • Dermatology Clinic • Dixon Smith Interiors •
Entergy Louisiana • ExxonMobil • Eye Medical Center •
Franklin Press Direct Mail and Printing • Frost-Barber,
Inc. • Greenoaks Memorial Park & Funeral Home
& Flower Shop • Hancock Bank • Kantrow, Spaht,
Weaver & Blitzer, APLC • Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, LLC •
Louisiana Aircraft, Inc. • McArthur-Sanchez Associates
The Benefits Solution Group • Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith • Milton J. Womack, Inc., General
Contractor • Moody-Price, LLC • Our Lady of the Lake
Regional Medical Center • Postlethwaite & Netterville •
Powers, Hightower & Sellers LLP • Rabenhorst Funeral
Home • SJB Group, LLC • Star Service, Inc. of Baton
Rouge • State Roofing & Supply Company • Taylor,
Porter, Brooks & Phillips • The Advocate • The Dow
Chemical Company • The Lamar Corporation • The
Plumbing Warehouse/LCR • WBRZ-TV LA Television
Broadcasting • Wright & Percy Insurance
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M em b e r 2 5 + Ye a r s AAA Insurance/
Travel • Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge, Inc. •
Agway Systems, Inc. • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. •
Aluminum Specialties Manufacturing • American
Building Maintenance • American Red Cross • Area
Wholesale Tire Company, Inc. • Barker’s Antique
Jewelry, Inc. • Baton Rouge Apartment Association •
Baton Rouge Printing Company, Inc. • Beer Industry
League of Louisiana • Better Business Bureau of
South Central Louisiana • Boh Brothers Construction
Company, LLC • Boy Scouts of America-Istrouma
Council • Brown-Eagle Group, Inc. • BRPT-LAKE
Rehabilitation Center • Camelot Club • Campus
Federal Credit Union • Capital Area United Way •
Carter Chambers, LLC • Chase Suite Hotel by Woodfin •
Clark W. Taylor, Inc. • CMC Rebar • Coleman & Partners,
Architects • Cort Furniture Rental Corporation • Cox
Communications • Dolese Bros. Company • Dr.
Frank B. Wolfsheimer • Dugas Pest Control of Baton
Rouge • EMCO Technologies • Executone of Central
Louisiana, Inc. • Financial Consulting Services, Inc. •
GoodPeople • Grace & Hebert Architects, APAC •
Grady Crawford Construction Company • Greater
Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® • Greater
Baton Rouge Business Report • Group Insurance,
Incorporated • Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP • Health
Associates of America • HNTB Corporation • Human
Resource Management Associates, Inc. • IES Industrial,
Inc. • John L. Lowery & Associates • Jones, Walker,
Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere, & Denegre, LLP •
L. Graham Construction, LLC • LA Capitol Federal
Credit Union • Lipsey’s, LLC • Lofton Staffing & Security
Service • Louisiana Art & Science Museum • Louisiana
Dealer Services Insurance, Inc. • Louisiana Health Care
Alliance • Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center • Mary Frey
Eaton • O’Neill’s Music House, Inc. • Owen & White,
Inc. • Pennington Oil Company, Inc. • Performance
Contractors, Inc. • Peterbilt of Louisiana • Petrin
Corporation • Phelps Dunbar, LLP • Post Architects •
Premiere Company • R. Gale Creed Co., Real Estate
Appraisers • RAS Management Co. • Regions Bank •
Resthaven Gardens of Memory • Reulet Electric
Supplies • School Aids • Southern Key Investments,
Inc. • The Real Yellow Pages • The Rubber House of
Baton Rouge, Inc. • Turner Industries, LLC • Wachovia
Securities, LLC • WAFB-TV9 • Wampold Companies •
Woman’s Hospital • Young Men’s Christian
Association (YMCA)
Member 10+ Years A. Ramsey Enterprises •
A.G. Building Specialists, Inc. • AAA Air Conditioning
Service of Baton Rouge, Inc. • AAII-Arnold & Associates
Interiors, Inc. • ABMB Engineers, Inc. • Acadian
Ambulance Service • Acadian Residential Mortgage •
Accent Travel Services, Inc. • Ace Storage, Inc. •
Acoustical Specialties & Supply, Inc. • ACS • Ad
Specialties by Ken • Adams & Reese, LLP • Advanced
Office Systems, Inc. • Advantage Personnel, Inc. • Air
Compressor Energy Systems, Inc. • All Star Automotive
Group • Allen & LeBlanc, Inc. • Allstate Insurance –
Rosalind Campbell • Alpha Realty, Inc. • American
Gateway Bank • American Printing Center, Inc. •
Antares Technology Solutions, Inc. • Apartment Finder
of Baton Rouge • Appraisal Consultants • Arkel
International, Inc. • Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
• Audubon Elementary School • Auto Rebuild Center
• Avant-Garde Consulting Service Inc. • AWC, Inc. •
Baker Chamber of Commerce • Baton Rouge Air
Charter & Management • Baton Rouge Area Convention
and Visitors Bureau • Baton Rouge Community College
• Baton Rouge Door & Supply, Inc. • Baton Rouge
Duplicating Products • Baton Rouge Limousine
Service, Inc. • Baton Rouge Packaging & Shipping, Inc.
• Baton Rouge Parents Magazine • Baton Rouge Press
• Baton Rouge Raceway • Baton Rouge Symphony •
Beathley Allstate Insurance • Beech Grove
Management, Inc. • Belle of Baton Rouge Casino &
Sheraton Hotel • Bengal Products, Inc. • Bennett’s
Bookkeeping, Inc. • Berente Companies • BFI Waste
Services, LLC • Big River Glass, Inc. • Blue Bell
Creameries, LP • Bon Carré Business Center, LLC •
Borden Milk Product, LP • Bozeman Distributors •
Bradley, Blewster & Associates • Brewbachers of Baton
Rouge • Brooks-Harbour & Associates, Inc. • Buquet
& LeBlanc, Inc. • Burns & Company, Inc., Realtors • C.
J. Brown (A Latter & Blum Company) • C.B. Pennington
• Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. • CamSoft Data Systems,
Inc. • Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council •
Capital Region Builders Association • Career Center,
River Center Library • Catholic High School • Cavin’s
Auto Repair, LLC • CC’s Coffee House • Celtic Marine
Corporation • Central Area Business Association •
CenturyTel • Champion Graphics • Charles Comeaux
CPA • Chef KD Louisiana Legends • Chesteen &
Associates, LLC • Circle Bowl • Citizens Bank & Trust
• Classic Industrial Services, Inc. • CMA Technology
Solutions • CoCo’s Flooring Covering • Coldwell
Banker Mackey Company • Coldwell Banker One •
Coleman Brown Architects • Coles Flower & Garden
Design • College Drive Mini Storage Climate Control
• Collins-Oliver, Inc. • Comfort Suites - Valley Creek
Road • Community Coffee Company, LLC • Computer
Heaven, Inc. • Computer Specialist, Inc. • Co-Op Book
Store, Inc. • Corporate Express • Council For A Better
Louisiana • Cracker Barrel Stores, Inc. • CRC, Inc. of
Louisiana • Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge • Crestmark
Commercial Capital Lending, LLC • Crowne Plaza –
Baton Rouge • Crump Wilson Architects • CSRS, Inc.
• Daigrepont & Brian, APAC • Dale Carnegie Training
Winner Institute, Inc. • Dale J. Politz, DDS • Daniel A.
Reed-Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette • Davis
Enterprises • Davis Sales Company, Inc. • deGravelles
& Associates • DEMCO • Detlefs and Company –
Benefit Resources, LLC • Dexcomm • Diamond Mazda,
Inc. • Diane Allen & Associates, Inc. • Digestive Health
Center of Louisiana • Digital Press & Graphics • Dillard’s
– Mall of Louisiana • Diverse Companies Worldwide,
LLC • Dunaway Realty Company, Inc. • Dykes Electric,
Inc. • East Baton Rouge Council on Aging • Easterly
Law Office • EATEL • Ed Price Building Materials, Inc.
• Elizabethan Gallery • Embassy Suites Hotel • Encore
Associates, Inc. • Episcopal High School • EvansGraves Engineers, Inc. • Excel Group • Fairfield Inn by
Marriott • Faulk & Winkler, LLC • Fireside Antiques •
First United Methodist Church • Fitness Expo • FMOL
Health System, Inc. • Formosa Plastics Corp. • Frank
G. Sullivan. Jr. Contractor • Frazee Recruiting
Consultants, Inc. • G.N. Gonzales, Inc. • Gage
Telephone Systems, Inc. • Gambino’s Bakery • Garrison
Communications and Advertising • General Grocery •
Georgia-Pacific • Gerard A. Ruth • Gerry Lane Buick,
Pontiac, GMC Truck • Girl Scouts Louisiana East • Glenn
M. Kidder, DDS A Professional Dental Corp. • GM Cable
Contractors, Inc. • Gold Star Trophies • Gordon &
Sandifer Auto Service, Inc. • Greater Baton Rouge Food
Bank • Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance, Inc. •
Greater Baton Rouge State Fair • Greater King David
Baptist Church • Gregory M. Eaton, Attorney • Guaranty
Group • Guglielmo Marks Schutte Terhoeve & Love,
Attorney • Gulf Coast BIDCO • Gulf Coast Teaching
Family Services • Gulf South Business Systems &
Consultants • Gully, Phelps & McKey, Inc. • H&E
Equipment Services, LLC • H.V. Sales Company, Inc. •
Hampton Inn I-10 & College Dr. • Hanlon Properties •
Harris, Deville & Associates, Inc. • High Tech Security
Systems, Inc. • Holly B. Clegg, Inc. • Hollywood Casino
• Homewood Suites by Hilton • Honeywell • Hospice
of Baton Rouge • HSoft Consulting • Hyatt Place Baton Rouge • IEM, Inc. • Industrial Specialty
Contractors (ISC) • Innovative Steel Detailing, Inc. •
InRegister • Iron Mountain Records Storage
Management • ITI Technical College • J. Stephens
Mayhugh & Assoc., Inc. • J.W. Grand, Inc. • Jamie Walsh
Berdon, Interior Design/Interior Concepts • Jason’s
Deli • Jefferson Animal Hospital • Jeffrey M. Kadair,
DDS • Jere Price • Jerry M. Baldwin Accounting & Tax
Service • Jim Welsh, Inc. • John B. Noland • Joseph
Clements Jr. • J’s Exclusive Fashions • Junior
Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc. • Junior
League of Baton Rouge, Inc. • Justice & Huang
Engineers, Inc. • Keller Consulting, LLC • Kelly Services,
Inc. • KPMG, LLP • Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real
Estate, Inc. • La Quinta Inn • Lance Hayes Designs &
Flowers • Landsource, Inc. • LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand
• Larry K’s Realtor • LATAN/LA Assistive Technology
Access Network • Latter & Blum Realtors • Lewis
Computer Services, Inc. • Lighting & Electrical
Associates of Baton Rouge • Livingston Parish
Chamber of Commerce • Louisiana Companies •
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance • Louisiana
Gold & Coins • Louisiana Motor Transport Association
• Louisiana Network, Inc. • Louisiana Primary Care
Association, Inc. • Louisiana Retailers Association •
Louisiana State University • LSU – Agricultural Center
Office of the Chancellor • LSU Career Services • LSU
System • LUBA Workers’ Comp • M & S Electric • Mail
Comm, Inc. • Maison Bocage Apt./Aronov Realty
Management Inc. • Mall of Louisiana • Manpower of
Baton Rouge, LLC • MAPP Construction, LLC • March
of Dimes, South Louisiana Chapter • Marriott Courtyard
- Siegen Lane • Material Containment, Inc. • McCallum
Design • McDonald’s of Baton Rouge • McKinney
Towing, Inc. • McLavy, Ltd. • Michael C. Palmintier •
Michael Glover, CPA A Professional Accounting Corp
• Michael R. Choate & Company CPAs, PC • Mid City
Redevelopment Alliance • Mockler Beverage Co./
Budweiser • Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. • Neopost/
American Mailing & Shipping • Network Technology
Group, Inc. • New York Life Insurance - John Wemple
• New York Life Insurance - Thomas McConathy •
Nolan Kimble Interiors • Noland & Wong An
Architectural Corporation • Nottoway Plantation
Restaurant & Inn • Odyssey Jewelry Manufacturing,
Inc. • Office Depot • Office Direct • On Hold Systems
• Otey White & Associates - Advertising & Public
Relations • Our Lady of the Lake College • Our Lady
of the Lake Foundation • Pala Group, LLC • Parish
Water Company • Patrician Management, Inc. • PCG/
The Greer Group • Pearson’s Luggage and Travel •
Peek/Howe Real Estate, Inc. • Pennington Biomedical
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Research Center • Percy J. Matherne Contractor, Inc.
• Peters Forest Resources, Inc. • Phyllis Perron &
Associates, Inc. • Plan Baton Rouge • Planche - Politz
- Ledet, LLC • PPC Mechanical Seals • Precision
Industries • Preferred Telephone Systems • Professional
Printer of Baton Rouge, Inc. • Public Affairs Research
Council of Louisiana • Quality Litigation Support, Inc. •
R. Michael Lee, DDS • Rebel Stamp & Sign Company
• Reflections, Inc. • Reich Associates • Research Park
Corporation LA Technology Park, LLC • Retirement
Consultants of LA • Richard L. Wampold, DDS • Risk
Management Services, LLC • River City Air Xpress •
Robert Parker • Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost Balhoff
& McCollister • Roger Moser • Safety Council • Sam’s
Wholesale Club - Airline • Saturn of Baton Rouge •
Saurage Commercial Real Estate • SCORE - Service
Corps of Retired Executives • Seago & Carmichael •
Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate, LLC • Select Properties,
Ltd. Realty • SGS Petroleum Service Corporation •
Share Vista • Sherwood Middle School • Sherwood
Tower Office Complex • Sigma Consulting Group, Inc.
• Sonitrol Security • Source Capital • Southeastern
Overhead Door Company, Inc. • Southern Fastener &
Tool Company, Inc. • Spherion Staffing • SpringHill
Suites by Marriott • Sprint Nextel Communications •
SSA Consultants • St. James Place • Stanford Group •
State Farm Insurance - Stan Douglas • Stoma’s
Furniture & Interiors • Stonetrust Commercial Insurance
Company • Strategic Staffing Solutions • Success Labs
• Sugar Industry Equipment, Inc. • T.J. Ribs, Inc. • Target
Marketing • Telephone & Computer Cabling • The Arc
Baton Rouge • The Baton Rouge Clinic, A.M.C. • The
Baton Rouge Workforce Investment Board • The Blood
Center • The EDSA Group, Inc. • The Graham Group •
The Mall at Cortana • The Newtron Group, Inc. • The
Office Helper • The Powell Group • The Shaw Group,
Inc. • The Stockade • The University Club • The Young
Leaders Academy • Thomas A. Cotten, CPA • Thomas
C. Damico - Attorney at Law • Tipton Associates, APAC
• TJM Restaurant Management, LLC • Toni &
Associcates - Job Finders/Job Temps • Tony’s Seafood,
Ltd. • TownePlace Suites by Marriott • TQM Systems •
Transfinancial Companies • Turner Professional
Services, Ltd. • Turner Staffing, Ltd. • UBS Financial
Services • Urban Restoration Enhancement Corp. •
URS Corporation • Utility Systems Services, Inc. • V.
Watts Furniture • Vittoria F. Lovisa & Associates •
Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge • Wade &
Wade • Wal-Mart • Wealth Planners, LLC • Weekly Press
Newspaper • West Baton Rouge Chamber of
Commerce • Westaff • Whitney National Bank • WHLC
Architecture • Williamsburg Senior Living Community
• Willstaff Worldwide • WLPB-TV – Louisiana Public
Broadcasting Network • WRKF-FM/Public Radio, Inc. •
Yellow Cab
mem b e r 0 – 1 0 y e a r s 1-800-Got-Junk? •
1stCo, Inc. • 24/7 Coin Landry/BJW#1, LLC • 333
Bistreaux • 84 Lumber Company • A Redstick Self
Storage • A. Charles Stewart Consultants • AA Vending
• AARP • Abbye Hannie • Absolute Document
Destruction • Academic Distinction Fund • Acadian
Frame & Art • Access Sciences Corporation • Acme
Brick, Tile & More • Acme Oyster House • Acura - Infiniti
of Baton Rouge • Adler’s Jewelry • Admobile Baton
Rouge • ADT Security Services, a TYCO International
Company • Adult Literacy Advocates • Advance Baton
Rouge • Advanced Audio & Stage Lighting, Inc. •
Advanced Microelectronics, Inc. • Advantage Capital
Partners • Advantage Services, Inc. • Advantous
Consulting, LLC • Adworks Promotions, Inc. • AER-Tech
of Baton Rouge, LLC • Affordable Housing of Baton
Rouge • AFLAC - Arron Cox • AFLAC - Marlon Terrell •
Aillet, Fenner, Jolly & McClelland, Inc. • Air-Nu of Baton
Rouge, LLC. • AllFax Specialties, Inc. • Alliance Title,
LLC. • Allstate Insurance - Eddie King • ALS Association
• Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area • Ambassador
Personnel • Amedisys, Inc. • American Audio Visual,
LLC • American Cancer Society • American Construction
& Demolishing Co. • American Heart Association •
American Rigging & Supply, Inc. • American Utility
Metals • America’s Thrift Stores • Ameriprise Financial
• Amy’s Country Candles • Andrews Commercial
Mortgage • Angel Prints Ultrasound • Anton’s Fine
Jewelry • Anytime Fitness • AquaPure of Louisiana •
ARAMARK @ Southern University • Armstrong
Relocation • Arrighi Construction, LLC • Ascension
Chamber of Commerce • Ascension Economic
Development Corp. • Ascension Frame & Art • Ashco
Exteriors, Inc. • Ashley Furniture Homestore, LLC •
Ashley Manor & Garden, Inc. • Assaf, Simoneaux,
Tauzin & Associates • Associated Grocers, Inc. •
Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives •
AThompsonAdventures.com • Atmos Energy Louisiana
• Audubon Engineering • Auto King Muffler & Brakes,
Inc. • AV Solutions, LLC • Aveda Institute Baton Rouge
• Babcock Law Firm, LLC • Badon’s Employment, Inc.
• Baker Printing, Inc. • Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz • Bally Total Fitness •
BancorpSouth • Bank of Greensburg • Baton Rouge
Area Foundation • Baton Rouge Black Chamber of
Commerce • Baton Rouge Brown Claim Service, Inc. •
Baton Rouge Check Cashing, Inc. • Baton Rouge
Flames • Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary
Art • Baton Rouge Green • Baton Rouge Growth
Coalition • Baton Rouge HomeCare • Baton Rouge
Primary Care Collaborative, Inc. • Baton Rouge River
Center • Baton Rouge Telco Federal Credit Union •
Battered Women’s Program Capital Area Family
Violence • Bayou Duplantier • Bayou Shimmy, LLC •
Bclip Productions • Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
• Bellelo’s Furniture & Appliances • Benny’s Car Wash
& Oil Change • Best Buddies • Best Buy Carpet &
Flooring • Best Buy for Business • Best Western
Zachary Inn • Bethany World Prayer Center • Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana • Big
Mitsubishi • Bilingual Studies Connection • BioFluidica
Microtechnologies • Bistro Byronz • Bizzuka, Inc. • BJ’s
Restaurant • BLD Services LLC • Boardwalk Place •
Books-A-Million • Borders Books • Boudreaux’s Fine
Jewelers • Boudreaux’s II, Inc. • Boutin’s Restaurant,
LLC • Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baton Rouge • BRADIC
• Bravo Cucina Italiana • BREC – Recreation & Park
Commission for the Parish of EBR • BREC’S Baton
Rouge Zoo • BRG Phones Plus, Inc. • BRH Consultants
Incorported • Britton & Koontz Bank, N.A. • Brookwood
Properties, LLC • Bumper to Bumper • Business
Exchange Group • Business First Bank • C.H.
Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. • C.H. Robinson
Worldwide • Cajun Collision, Inc • Cajun Industries, LLC
• Cali & LaPlace Engineers • Cambria Suites by Choice
Hotels • Camden Lake Apartments • Campus Crossings
• Canterbury House Apartments • Capital City Press
Federal Credit Union • Capital Home Inspection
Services, LLC • Capitol City Produce Company, LLC. •
CardCom, LLC • Career Finders, Inc. • Carleton,
Dunlap, Olinde, Moore & Bohman • Carrabba’s Italian
Restaurant • Carville Job Corps Academy • Cathy H.
Scott, CPA, LLC • Celebration Station • Celgene
Cellular Therapeutics • Celtic Commercial Services •
Celtic International Shipping Agency • Celtic Media
Centre • Cenikor • Century 21 Investment • Chaffe,
McCall LLP • Charlie’s Coffee Shops, LLC • Chase
Home Finance • Chef Don Bergeron Enterprises •
Chelsea’s • Chenevert Architects, LLC • Chick-Fil-A Mall of Louisiana • Chick-Fil-A – Siegen Lane •
Children’s Charter School • Choice Title, Inc. • Christian
Contracting Services, LLC • Citadel Broadcasting
Company • Citigroup-Smith Barney • Citiscape at
Essen • City of Baton Rouge Office of the Mayor • City
Social Magazine • Claims Consulting • Claus & Claus
Real Estate Brokers, LLC • Coates Land & Development
• Cold Stone Creamery • Collections and Payment
Services • Collier Fire & Safety Company, Inc. • Comfort
Inn • Comm-Care Corporation • Community Association
for the Welfare of School Children • Compose Digital
Design • Comprehensive Occupational Resource •
Computer Services Unlimited, LLC • Concrete &
Aggregates Association of Louisiana • Connectivity
Source d/b/a Lipsey Communications, LLC • Consumer
Auto Sales • Consumer Credit Counseling Services •
Cook Conference Center & Hotel at Louisiana State
University • Cook, Moore and Associates • Copper Mill
Golf Community • Corky’s Ribs & BBQ • Counter
Culture • Courtlands Catering, LLC • Covalent Logic •
Cracker Barrel Restaurant • Cranch-Hardy &
Associates, Inc. • Creative Concepts of Baton Rouge,
LLC • Creative Employee Benefit Services, LLC •
Cribbs, Inc. • Crown Trophy • Culinary Productions •
Cyntreniks, LLC • D. Honoré Construction, Inc. • Daniel
& Eustis, LLC • Days Inn - Siegen Lane • Deaf Services
Center, LLC • Deloitte & Touche, LLP • Delta College
of Arts & Technology • Delta Concrete Products, LLC
• Deltacom • Dermatology and Aesthetic Institute •
Desselle-Maggard • Destination Travel Agency •
Dezins Web and Muiltimedia Marketing, LLC • DHL
Title • Dick Dill Business Forms Consultants, LLC •
Didier Consultants, Inc. • Digital FX, Inc. • Dimensions
In Design • Direct Buy of Baton Rouge • Direct TV
Services • DMS Mail Management • Doe’s Eat Place •
Domino’s Pizza Distribution • Donnie Jarreau Real
Estate • Doug Welborn Clerk of Court • Douglas
Manship Sr. Theater, LLC • Downtown Business
Association • Downtown Car Care Center, Inc. •
Downtown Duplicating • Dr. Smith’s Eye Care • Dream
Event Consultants • Drift Web Design, Inc. • Drury Inn
• Dub Johnson Paving Contractor, Inc. • Dubuisson &
Associates • Dutch Physical Therapy • Dynamic
Spanish Instruction, LLC • E. Jacob Fakouri Construction
• EA Financial Group, LLC • East Bank Realty • East
Baton Rouge Mortgage Finance Authority • East Baton
Rouge Parish Library • Edmonson Associates •
Electronic Business Systems, Inc. • EmbroidMe •
Employer Resource Center • Employment Guide of
New Orleans & Baton Rouge • Englobal Engineering
• Enlightened, Inc. • Envirotest, Inc. • Esthetic
Associates • Ethan Allen - Grand Gallery, Inc • Excel
Realty of Louisiana, LLC • Executive Coffee Company
• Express Employment Professionals • Facilities
Management Specialist, Inc. • FastSigns - Florida Blvd.
• FedEx Kinko’s - Siegen Lane • Felder’s Collision Parts,
Inc. • Ferris Engineering & Surveying, LLC • Fidelity
Bank • Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank • Financial
and Management Services • Firestone Complete Auto
Care • First American Bank • First American Printing
and Direct Mail • First Bank & Trust • First Louisiana
Insurance • First Presbyterian Church • Fitness & Media
Management for Spectrum Fitness Clubs • Fleet Feet
Sports Baton Rouge • Floating Island Environmental
Solutions • FloorScapes • Flowers Baking Company
of Baton Rouge • Foley & Judell Law Firm • Forethought
Consulting, Inc. • Forum 35 • Foxy’s Fitness Centers •
Franklin Industries, LLC • Frazer & Persac, A CPA Firm
• Frontier Title Company • Fuelman • Fugro Consultants,
Inc. • G & M Marine, Inc. • Garcia Roofing and Sheet
Metal • Garrety & Associates, LLC • GatorWorks Web
Design • GEC, Inc. • Geico • GEM Consulting, Ltd. •
General Informatics • Gene’s Auto Detailing &
Windshield Repair • George Jenne Contractor •
GeoSyntec Consultants • Gerry Lane Chevrolet • Gerry
Lane Hummer & Saab • Gibson’s Mobile Detail • Gill
Industries, Ltd. • Gio’s Mezza Luna • Glazer’s Wholesale
• Go Franchises, LLC • Go Kahuna • Gold Star Signs •
Golden Business Services, LLC • Golf Etc. • Greater
Baton Rouge Signs • Greater Baton Rouge Surgical
Hospital • Greater Pointe Coupee Chamber of
Commerce • Green Flag Profit Recovery by Transworld
Systems Inc. • Green Frog Music • Greenline Services
• GreenScreenTV • Grodner and Associates, LLC •
Guaranty Bank and Trust • Gulf Coast Bank & Trust •
Gulf Coast Title • Gulf Regional Occupational Medicine
Center • Gulf South Technology Solutions, LLC. •
Gwaltney & Associates • H & R Block • Habitat for
Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge • Hager Realty of
Baton Rouge • Hahn Roofing • Hailey Insurance
Services • Hampton Collision Center • Hampton Inn &
Suites • Harmony Center, Inc. • Harvey Enterprises •
Hawthorn, Waymouth & Carroll, LLP • Health Care
Centers in Schools • Healthcare Journal of Baton
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Rouge • HealthSouth Rehab Hospital of Baton Rouge
• Heartland Payment Services • Heck Industries •
Helen Hoffpauir, LLC • HELP Software Systems, Inc. •
Hertz Corporation • High Power Consulting, Inc. •
Highland Cabinets & Millworks, Inc. • Highland Club
Apartments • Hill Consulting, Inc. • Hilton Baton Rouge
Capitol Center Hotel • Holiday Inn South • Hollingsworth
Richards Automotive Group • Home Bank • Home
Furniture Company • Home Health Solutions • Home
Instead Senior Care • Home Town Productions, Inc. •
Homes & Land Magazine • HomeWatchers BR, LLC •
Honey Baked Ham Company - Florida Blvd. • Horizon
Wealth Management • Hospice in His Care, LLC • I.T.
by Design • IBERIABANK • Iberville Bank - Prairieville
• IHOP - 4478 Baton Rouge, Inc. • IHOP - College Drive
• Images Silkscreens, Inc. • ImageTek of Louisiana •
Imaging Products & Supplies • Indigo Engineering
Group, LLC • Indigo Park • Industrial Emergency
Services • Innovation Insights, LLC • Intec America
Corporation • International Technical Services •
Investar Bank • ISE, Inc. • IT Services of Baton Rouge
• ITT Technical Institute • J & J Exterminating, Inc. •
James B. Smith, II, DDS • James H. Ware, Jr. • Jasper
Contractors • Jean-Paul Perrault • Jerry del Rio Real
Estate, Inc. • Jerry Watts & Associates, LLC • Jim Walsh
Real Estate • Jintu Marketing • Jobs in Louisiana • Joe
Skibinski • John R. Vance, DDS • John S. Hightower LSU Law Center • Johnson Controls, Inc. • JPMorgan
Chase • JPS Security & Consulting, LLC • JTS • Juban’s
Restaurant & Catering • Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation • Kanorado Terminals • Kean Miller
Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, LLP •
Kean’s The Cleaner • Keller Williams Realty • Kent
Blumberg Partners, LLC • Keypoint Federal Credit
Union • K-fx2, Inc. • Knight Protective Services • KSM
Search Consultants • L & S Trophies • L. J. G. Land
Company • LA Campaign for Tobacco Free Living • La
Carreta, Inc. • LA Chemical, Pipe Valve & Fittings • La
Health & Rehabilitation Center, Inc. • La Madeleine Bluebonnet Blvd. • La Madeleine - Jefferson Highway
• La. Weight Loss • Labor Finders, Inc. • Labor Ready
• Lake Towers • Lakeside Villas Apartments • Lane
Regional Medical Center • LANtec Computer Training
Center • Laser Tag of Baton Rouge • LaTech • Latuso
& Johnson, CPA, LLC • Law Office of John Edel, LLC •
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries • Le Architect, LLC •
Learning Express • Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry • Legal
Espresso • LEMIC Insurance Company • Level 3
Communications • Level Construction and
Development • Lewis Pierce Fine Clothing • Liberty
Bank & Trust Co. • LifeShare Blood Center • Light Line
of Louisiana, LLC • Lincoln Builders of Baton Rouge •
Lindsey’s, Inc. • Liquid Ventures • Lisa D. Traina, CPA
LLC • Live Oaks Apartments • Livingston Parish News
• Long Law Firm • Louis J. Capozzoli & Associates, Inc.
• Louisiana Association of Business and Industries •
Louisiana Association of Non-Profit Organizations •
Louisiana Bayou Bistro • Louisiana Board of Regents
• Louisiana Business and Technology Center •
Louisiana Business Leadership Network • Louisiana
Casino Association • Louisiana Children’s Education
Alliance • Louisiana Direct Builders • Louisiana Electric
Company, Inc. • Louisiana Film Resources • Louisiana
Fund 1 • Louisiana Hospital Association • Louisiana Life
• Louisiana Machinery Company, LLC • Louisiana Office
Supply Co. • Louisiana Relay Service • Louisiana
Staffing Unlimited, Inc. • Louisiana Technical College
• Louisiana Timed Managers • Louisiana Title Services,
Inc. • LSU - College of Business • LSU - College of
Education • LSU - Entrepreneurship Institute • LSU Office of Intellectual Property Development &
Commercialization • LSU / CBM2 • LSU Executive MBA
Prof. MBA Alumni Association • LSU System Research
& Foundation • Magnolia Construction Company, LLC
• Manchac Inn • Manners of the Heart • Mansurs on
the Boulevard • Marmillion Gray Sabiston • Marriott •
Martin Wine Cellars • Martinez Custom Clothier & Shirt
Maker • Mary Ann Sternberg • Mary Kay Cosmetics Linda Cypriano • McGlinchey Stafford • McLindon
Development Group, LLC • Medical Personnel
Specialists, Inc. • Medical Spa of Baton Rouge •
MedVance • Merit Electrical, Inc. • Mesh Design, LLC
• Metallurgical and Materials Technologies, Inc. •
Microtel Inn & Suites • Mid South Bank • Mid South
Transportation • MIE Properties, Inc. • Millennium Towne Center • Minchew Rodosta Wealth Management
• Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Reed, Hamond & Mintz
• Morris & Associates • Mortgage Lending Group •
Mothers Against Drunk Driving - LA State Office •
MPower Group, LLC • Mr. Ha Choo, LLC • Mrs Cleaning
Company DBA Stanley Steemer • MWH • Myco-Com,
Inc. • Nagoya Restaurant, Inc. • National Association
of Credit Management - LA • Neel Schaffer • Neighbors
Federal Credit Union • Nestle Toll House Cafe •
Netchex • New Beginnings, LLC • New Orleans
Portable Storage • Noesis Data • Noir Dreams
Productions • Nola Lending Group, LLC • Northwestern
Mutual Financial Network • Novak Realty, LLC • Nu
Vieux, LLC • Oak Lodge, LLC • Object 9 • Oceans
Behavorial Hospital of Baton Rouge • Ochsner Clinic
Foundation Baton Rouge • Ochsner Health System •
Ocken Photography • Odom Hydrographic Systems,
Inc. • Office Furniture World, Inc. • Old South Baton
Rouge Partnership, Inc. • Old State Capitol Foundation
• Olinde Financial Group • Olinde’s • Omni Bank of
Baton Rouge • Optimal Health Out-Patient Clinic •
Orion Instruments, LLC • Orkin Pest Control • Owens
Collision & Service Center • P & N Enterprises • P & N
Technologies • Padgett Business Services of Baton
Rouge • Pain Treatment Center • Papa John’s Pizza •
Parkview Baptist School • Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade
& Douglas, Inc. • Pat Roy Enterprises, LLC • Patrick
Dornan, CPA, LLC • Payless Car Sales • Pelican Point
Golf Club • Pellerin-Davis Consulting, LLC • Pendulum
Home Inspections • Percy, Stromberg, Bush & Lanoux,
Attorneys at Law • Peters Wealth Advisors, LLC •
Physicians Weight Loss Centers • Piccadilly
Restaurants, LLC • Pilgrim Storage Center • Pinson &
Associates • Pitney Bowes, Inc. • Plus One, LLC • Port
of West Feliciana / West Feliciana Parish Port
Commission • Portofino Papers, LLC • Pre-Paid Legal
Services, Inc. - Darnell Waites • Pre-Paid Legal Services,
Inc. - Durwood Keller • Price LeBlanc Lexus Toyota •
Primerica Financial Services - Eddie Kay • Professional
Engineering Consultants • Promise Hospital of Baton
Rouge • Property One, Inc. • Protection One
Corporation • Provident Group • Provost Salter Harper
& Alford, LLC • Prudential Gardner Realtors • Pyburn
& Odom, Inc. • Qdoba Mexican Grill • Quadrants, Inc.
• Quill • R W Day - Associates Inc • Radiant Health of
Baton Rouge • Raising Cane’s • Ralph and Kacoo’s •
Ralph’s of Baton Rouge, Inc. • Rampart Resources, Inc.
• Ramware • RE/MAX – Janie Fowler • RE/MAX de la
Louiziane J J Group LLC • RE/MAX First - Dee Mather
• RE/MAX First - Downs Team • RE/MAX Real Estate
Group - Dianne Adams • RE/MAX Total • Real Manage
• Real World Training and Consulting • Re-Bath of
Baton Rouge • Red Door Interiors • Red Lion Hotel &
Conference Center • Red Oak Water Company, Inc. •
Redemptorist High School • Regal Nails Salon & Spa,
LLC • Regions Insurance • Reliant Transportation Group
• Remedy Intelligent Staffing • Remington College Baton Rouge Campus • Remson Haley Herpin
Architects • Renaissance Financial • Renaissance
Gallery • Residence Inn by Marriott - Commerce Circle
• Residence Inn by Marriott - North Mall Drive •
Resource Lending Group, LLC • Rhodia, Inc. • Ritter
Maher Architects, LLC • River Place Condominiums •
River Road Coffees, Ltd. • Riverside Limousines •
Riverstone Residential Group • Riz Up Louisiana •
Robert Rose Consulting, Inc. • Rockit Science Agency
• Roto Rooter • rTe Millworks • Ruffino’s Italian
Restaurant • Russell Maven Investigations • Sales &
Marketing Executives of Greater Baton Rouge (SMEGBR) • Salsbury’s Dodge City, LLC • Sam’s Wholesale
Club - North Mall • Schering-Plough Animal Health •
School Book Supply Company • Schumacher Homes
of LA, Inc. • Scott Baily Enterprises, Inc. • Seccion
Amarilla - Spanish Yellow Pages • Selective Hearing •
Shaw Center for the Arts • Shell Chemical Company •
Sherwood Car Care • Shockey & Associates • ShredIt International, Inc. • Signature Title & Abstract
Company, LLC • Simpson’s Service Center, Inc. • Snap
Fitness - Jefferson Highway • Snap Fitness - Perkins
Road • Socially Yours, Inc. • Southeast Floors to Go •
Southern Belle Sandwich • Southern Dovetail
Woodworks • Southern Pottery Equipment & Supplies,
LLC • Southern Strategy Group LA • Southern
University • Southern University System Foundation •
Southpoint Volkswagen • Southwest Computer
Bureau, Inc. • Spears Roofing & Consulting, LLC •
Special Olympics Louisiana • Specialty Blocks, LLC •
Spectrum Employee Services • SSI Reprographics, Inc.
• St. Francisville Chamber of Commerce • St. Joseph
Hospice • St. Michael the Archangel • Stadium
Chevron, Inc. • Staffing Personnel, LLC • Stafford Tile
and Stone • Stage 2000, Inc. • Stanford Trust Company
• Staples • Starmount Life Insurance Company • State
Bank & Trust Company • State Farm Insurance - Anna
Jones • State Farm Insurance - Danny Harper • State
Farm Insurance - Joan Mire • State Farm Insurance
Company • Sterling Studios, LLC • Stone Pigman
Walther Wittmann, LLC • Stonehenge Capital Company
• Stuart & Company General Contractors • STUN
Design & Advertising • Submeter One, LLC • Subway
• Sun Plus, Inc. • SunShine Pages by EATEL • Super 8
Motel - Rieger Road • Surgical Specialty Centre • Sysco
Food Services of New Orleans • Systems Services, Inc.
• T. Baker Smith, Inc. • Tanger Outlet Center • TaxBreak
Solutions • Taylor Clark, Inc. • Teach For America •
Teche Federal Bank • Technology Engineers, Inc. •
TEKDesign • TEKsystems • Tenesha Wilson • TES, LLC
• The Ambrosia Bakery • The Art Gallery and Art
Portraiture Studio/Stan Bonis Photographics, LLC • The
Bluffs Country Club & Resort • The Business Investment
Group, LLC • The Capitol Group • The Chimes • The
Communication Institute • The Day Group • The
Esquire Group • The People Factor, LLC • The Port of
Greater Baton Rouge • The Producers Group • The
Recycling Foundation of Baton Rouge, LLC • The
Relocation Center • The Resource Foundation, Inc. •
The Silver Sun • The Spine Diagnostic & Treatment
Center • The UPS Store - Jefferson Highway • The
UPS Store - Sherwood & Coursey • The Venue at
Northgate • Tiger Rag Magazine • Tillage Construction,
LLC • Tilt, LLC • Times Grill • Toner Recyclers, Inc. •
Top Choice • Topcor Companies, LLC • Townsend
Recovery • TraceSecurity, Inc. • Trahan Architects •
Transformyx • TravelHost of Baton Rouge • Tri State
Refrigeration, Inc. • Tri-Star Graphics • Tsunami Sushi
• Turn Key Solutions, LLC • U.S. Composite Pipe South
• Uncle Bob’s Self Storage • Unified Recovery Group,
LLC • Union Pacific Railroad • United Blood Services
• United Community Bank • United Health Care Group
• United Health Care of LA, Inc. • United States Postal
Service • University of Phoenix, Baton Rouge Learning
Center • Urban Systems Associates, Inc. • Validus
Business Consultants • Vanguard College of
Cosmetology, A Paul Mitchell Partner School • Varsity
Title • Vera’s Pre School • Verizon Wireless • Vinson
Guard Services • Voice Express • Volunteer Baton
Rouge! • Volunteers In Public Schools • VoterVoice •
Warm Spirit • Waste Management of LA, LLC • Weill,
Dunn & Koch, LLC • WellCare of Louisiana • Wendy’s
• Wesley Construction Company, Inc. • West Baton
Rouge Tourist Information & Conference Center •
West Feliciana Community Development Foundation
• Westport Linen Services • Wetco Restaurant Group
• Whealdon Estates • Whitehead Law Firm • Whole
Foods Market • Willing Mind Janitorial • Wolf Creek
Business Growth Institute • Woofers Home Theater
• Worknet 2000, Inc. • Wright Feigley Communications
• Wyndchaser Lighting • Xdesign, Inc. • Xfone USA •
Yatec, LLC • Yellow Transportable • Youth Oasis •
YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge • Zachary Chamber
of Commerce • Zehnder Communications, Inc. •
Zerodebtfree.com • Zoe’s Kitchen
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Adam Knapp
President & CEO
Diane Allison
Controller
Ruth Barnes
Manager of Governmental Affairs
Ashley Becker
Membership Intern
Glinda Causey
Assistant Controller
& Human Resource
Manager
Ryan Cooney
Regional Project
Manager
Chad Cornett
irector of Business
D
Development
Nicole David
Director of Events
Tim Dawson
Research Analyst
Gwen Hamilton
Director of
Education Reform
Heather Hewitt
Director of
Communications
Amber Kling
Executive Assistant
to President/CEO
Kathy LeJeune
Information Specialist
Kate MacArthur
Director of Business
Intelligence
Meg Mahoney
Sr. Vice President
of Product
Development
Kristy McKearn
Sr. Vice President of
Governmental Affairs
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Edie Michel
irector of Regional
D
Development
BJ Militello
irector of
D
Member Services
Will Minton
Policy Analyst
Jonathan Moore
Regional Project Manager
Mike Odom
Sr. Vice President of
Marketing & Operations
Rachel Pierson
Regional Project
Manager
Shannon Seilhan
Communications
Intern
Steve Sparks
Director of Business
Retention & Expansion
Toni Villa
Office Manager
Jermaine Watson
Governmental Affairs
Associate
Charlynn White
Administrative Coordinator
Alan Williams
Membership Sales Manager
Dave Wood
Executive Director
of Business
Development
John Zachary
Director of Research
Karen Zito
Special Accounts
Manager
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2008 ANNUAL REPORT