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A new business networking group, LeTip of Baton Rouge, has formed and is accepting members. The group, which was started by Luke Costa and Kristina Williamson, is a chapter of LeTip International Inc., the world’s largest privately owned professional business referral network. The LeTip of Baton Rouge chapter meets at City Pork every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. to exchange qualified leads and build business relationships with other professionals in the area.
ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION
The Woman’s bariatric surgery program was awarded the Bariatric Center of Excellence accreditation from the Clinical Sciences Institute of Optum for a third year. The program was rigorously evaluated on its volume of surgeries, number and experience of surgeons, complications and mortality rate, certifications, length of program existence, and multidisciplinary team. The program has also earned the Blue Distinction Specialty Care Center Plus designation from Blue Cross Blue Shield and is nationally accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program for meeting nationally established objective quality measures.
AWARDS HONORS
Selected from among more than 900 Airgas branches across the country, the Baton Rouge Airgas branch has been named one of four national branches of the year, an honor that celebrates excellence in customer service, safety, and financial performance. The Baton Rouge branch of the gas, welding and safety products distributor serves customers across Greater Baton Rouge including large, national customers as well as home hobbyists and small welding shops. The branch has a strong safety record, as keeping the community safe is its No. 1 priority.
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Alma Stewart Allen, founder and president of the Louisiana Center for Health Equity, has won the 2022 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-National Civic League Health Equity Award. The award is presented to individuals that seek to address health inequity and improve health outcomes within their communities through the implementation of a systems change approach. Allen has advocated for policy changes and health equity for women, children and families across the state. Through LCHE, she has spearheaded initiatives to gain awareness, opportunities and understanding of the areas that impact Louisiana youths.
Four LSU researchers have been awarded the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious grant for early-career faculty, given to those with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. Those receiving NSF CAREER Awards this year are Yu April Chen, School of Education assistant professor; Matthew Hiatt, department of oceanography and coastal sciences assistant professor; Rui Han, department of mathematics assistant professor; and Don Zhang, department of psychology associate professor.
LWCC has been named to the Ward’s 50 group of top performing companies for the 17th time. LWCC was recognized as a top performer nationally, having
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achieved superior performance and passing all safety and consistency screens over the analyzed five-year period of 2017 through 2021.
The Louisiana Credit Union League inducted eight individuals into the Louisiana Credit Union Hall of Fame, including two from the Baton Rouge area, during its 2022 annual meeting and convention in New Orleans. Jointly sponsored by LCUL and the Louisiana Credit Union Foundation, the program was established to recognize the leadership, commitment, dedication and contributions of credit union professionals and volunteers throughout the state. The local inductees are Gary Crockett, Pelican State CU; and Donald Songy, Ascension CU.
The Louisiana Office of Tourism won a Mercury Award at U.S. Travel’s ESTO, or Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The award, given in the video, film or podcast series category, recognizes LOT’s social video series “Tiny Trips.” The social video series launched in 2020 during the pandemic as part of Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Office of Tourism’s Sunshine Plan to help the travel industry in Louisiana recover.
Stout
Amanda Stout of
McGlinchey
Stafford and the firm itself have been honored for contributions to the Capital Area United Way. At the organization’s annual meeting, Stout was honored with the Chairman’s Award for serving as CAUW’s board chair for 2021-2022. Additionally, McGlinchey received the Excellence Award, the Corporate Partner of the Year Award and the Community Builder Award. These were awarded based on company participation rate, average donor gift amount and leadership donor gift amount. In the 2021 United Way campaign, the McGlinchey team had a 64 percent participation rate and an average employee gift of $683.
APPOINTMENTS MEMBERSHIPS
Borel
Danielle Borel, a partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, was recently elected secretary of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Her candidacy was unopposed and endorsed by attorneys across the country. After serving as secretary in 2022 and chair-elect in 2023, she will become chair of the division in August 2024. Borel practices in the areas of commercial and health care litigation.
Grodner
McGlinchey Stafford member Marshall Grodner has been elected a fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Formed in 1974, the American College of Mortgage Attorneys comprises 500 expert commercial real estate finance lawyers in North America. The fellows share a commitment to giving back to their profession, improving and reforming laws and procedures affecting real estate secured transactions, and raising the level of professionalism of lawyers practicing in this area.
Leadership Livingston has announced its 2023 class. Twenty-six individuals make up the 11th cohort of the program. They are: David Addison, city of Walker police chief; Kellie Alford, Alford’s Landscaping; Joey Amadeo, First Guaranty Bank; Jeff Ard, Livingston Parish Council; Kenny Bayhi, town of Killian mayor; Yolande Besse, Baton Rouge General Physicians; Shawn Brady, Single Source Communications; Paul Brignac III, Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office; Tracy Bryson, town of Springfield; Emily Chustz, North Oaks Health System; Rhonda Colar, Entergy;
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Terrance Collins, Essential Federal Credit Union; Mallory Forbes, Holmes Building Materials; Lynda Gardiner, Keep Livingston Beautiful; Zachary Gibbons, Quality Engineering & Surveying; Allison James, Forte & Tablada Inc.; Jeffrey Jones, Empower225; Glenn Lemoine, Livingston Parish government; Tab Lobell, Lobell’s Waterfront Construction; Traci Miley, Our Lady of the Lake; Seth Mosby, PMI Vivo Properties; Michelle Parrish, Livingston Parish Library; Nathan Sanders, Americans for Prosperity–Louisiana; Shelley Simmons, Elevate Real Estate Services; Destiny Voth, Pelican State Credit Union; and Erika Washington, Our Lady of the Lake.
The Louisiana Pharmacists Association installed its board of directors for 2022-23, including Simone Ginn of Walmart pharmacy in Baton Rouge, who was installed as central regional director. Scott Black of Gulfcoast Pharmaceutical Specialty in Prairieville was installed as a director-at-large for the organization.
Schroder
Louisiana Treasurer John Schroder has been elected national chair of the State Financial Officers Foundation for the 2022-23 term. As chair, Schroder will guide a coalition of state financial officers from 23 states who collectively represent nearly $3 trillion in cash management programs. Prior to his election as national chair, Schroder served as national policy chair for the organization.
Stevens
Craig Stevens was selected as a member of the Committee of 100 for Economic Development for 2022. Stevens is president of Genesis 360, a commercial facility maintenance company that works with local property management businesses. Under his leadership, the company has evolved into a full-service grounds’ and building maintenance, construction and IT services company. Genesis 360 has commercial and federal clients across the U.S. and maintains offices in Baton Rouge, Houston and Maryland. PHILANTHROPY GRANTS
BASF recently donated $5,000 to support Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge, an after-school program that teaches students in grades 8–12 how to build business management skills and then create and run their own independent companies. Over the academic year, students are taught by instructors from LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business and local entrepreneurs. Students graduate with a certificate in entrepreneurship and are eligible for three course credits from LSU.
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