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General Informatics, an IT and network infrastructure company, has expanded into the Alabama market with the opening of its Birmingham office, the first of three planned locations in Alabama. General Informatics opened its doors in Baton Rouge in 2001 and also has locations in New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi. Last year, General Informatics partnered with Rosewood Private Investments, which has allowed the company to grow organically and through acquisition.

Architectural firm GraceHebert-Curtis has opened an office in Lafayette, with local architect Jaron Young leading the firm’s operations there. The staff also includes architect Rachel Roussel. GHC has experience working with both private and public agencies in Lafayette. The firm is a design leader in the health care, K-12 education, justice, religious, municipal and industrial sectors. GHC’s headquarters is located in Baton Rouge and it has offices in New Orleans, Lake Charles and Lafayette, as well as Dallas.

Ochsner Health continues to strengthen its network for pediatrics in Greater Baton Rouge

Benson & Falgout thanks to a new agreement with Associates in Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Joining the Ochsner Baton Rouge team are pediatricians Dr. Rodger Elofson II, Dr. Dana Fakouri, Dr. Brannon Perilloux and Dr. Lori Cook. The pediatricians will retain privileges at all local hospitals to care for children across the region. Their office staff and location will not change. Associates in Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is located at 8040 Goodwood Blvd.

Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge has expanded its outreach services for gynecologic cancer with the addition of a satellite clinic in Hammond, located in the Pontchartrain Cancer Center. Dr. Anthony Evans, medical director of gynecologic oncology at Woman’s Hospital, and gynecologic oncologist Dr. Laurel King are now seeing patients at the Hammond location. They specialize in using evidence-based modern techniques for treating cancers of the female reproductive system. To learn more about gynecologic cancer services at Woman’s, visit womans.org/gyncancer.

AWARDS HONORS Benson & Falgout, a commercial waterproofing firm based in Baton Rouge, received the Master

Builders Solutions (formerly BASF Construction Chemicals) Construction Systems Project of the Year award. Master Builders Solutions Territory Manager Roger Sosa submitted the project for consideration based upon the project’s unique aspects, application techniques, sustainable construction methods and cross-business unit collaboration. Benson & Falgout won the honor for its work on the Bluebonnet Towers Apartments and the Family Worship Center on the campus of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in Baton Rouge.

Fourteen engineering projects performed by Louisiana-based engineering firms, including two from Baton Rouge, were awarded 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana. Forte and Tablada Inc. was a winner in the surveying and mapping technology category for a project for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Forte and Tablada performed inspection and field measurements for almost 230 submerged corrugated metal culverts. Following an extensive research and development phase, Forte & Tablada invented its own instrumentations based on each condition to successfully collect the required field measurements for the inspections. Forte and Tablada also won the People’s Choice Award for the project. G.E.C. Inc. won in the water resources category for a subsurface drainage improvement project for St. Bernard Parish government.

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Mary Terrell Joseph, an attorney in the Baton Rouge office of McGlinchey Stafford, has been honored by the Louisiana Bar Foundation as a 2019 Distinguished Honoree. The 2019 awards presentations were delayed due to the pandemic. The honor is reserved for individuals who, through their professional activities, have distinguished themselves and have brought credit and honor to the legal profession. Throughout her career, which has spanned five decades, Joseph has handled thousands of retail and commercial collections matters. In January 2005, Joseph was appointed judge pro tempore for the 19th Judicial District Court.

Latter & Blum recently announced it is the 19th-ranked real estate firm in the U.S. per units sold, according to RISMedia’s Annual Power Broker Report. In 2020, Latter & Blum reported a total residential sales volume of $5,117,901,809, representing 21,731 closed residential transactions.

Five of Lane’s registered nurses were honored at the Baton Rouge District Nurses Association’s awards. As recipients of the Celebrate Nursing Award, they are recognized for their excellence and dedication to the advancement of nursing, encouraging professional development, and promoting a positive image of nursing. The nurses recognized are: Steve Yeh, medical/surgical and telemetry unit; Russell Arceneaux, endoscopy center; Margaret Moore, medical/surgical and telemetry clinical leader; Alexandra Gabor, emergency department charge nurse; and Neil Manuel, quality resources director.

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Development honored 10 companies as 2021 Louisiana Growth Leaders at a program featuring Gov. John Bel Edwards and LED Secretary Don Pierson. Cited for their community involvement and business success, the 2021 Louisiana Growth Leaders from the Baton Rouge area are: BBQGuys, Russ Wheeler, CEO; Genesis 360 Facility Maintenance & Construction, Craig Stevens, president; ITinspired, Rob Wise, co-owner and CEO; MasteryPrep, Craig

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MMR has been recognized by the Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. for its work on several projects. MMR received two Excellence in Construction awards, the highest honor, and one merit award, the second-highest honor. ABC’s Excellence in Construction awards program recognizes the nation’s most innovative and high-quality construction projects. The Gray Wolf Compressor Station project and the Bus Duct Replacement Project both received excellence awards, while Project Eddie received a merit award.

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Perniciaro has been elected chairman and president of the board of members of Louisiana Women’s Healthcare. Perniciaro has been a member of the LWH board for more than 10 years, most recently serving as vice president. He succeeds Dr. Frank Breaux. Perniciaro has provided award-winning gynecological care to Baton Rouge-area women for 35 years. Before transitioning to a strictly gynecological practice in August 2017, he delivered more than 10,000 babies.

The Picard Group was named to the annual list of top-performing lobbying firms compiled by Bloomberg Government. Bloomberg selects the Top 300 firms out of 2,095 registered firms. The list is derived by analyzing five critical business performance metrics, including growth and short- and long-term client retention rates. Bloomberg also noted that The Picard Group is the fourth-fastest growing firm among its list of 2020 top-performing firms.

LSU College of the Coast and Environment professor Nancy Rabalais is among the 120 newly elected National Academy of Sciences members, and one of 59 women elected—the most in a single year. Rabalais, the Shell endowed chair in oceanography and coastal sciences, was recognized for her distinguished achievements in original research. Since the mid-1980s, she has been characterizing the dynamics of the large region in the northern Gulf of Mexico where the oxygen levels in the bottom waters are so low in spring and summer that fish, shrimp and crabs cannot survive.

SASSO Agency was honored with 10 Healthcare Advertising Awards, the most by any agency in Louisiana and the only one in Baton Rouge to be honored. The agency’s winning work includes Louisiana’s largest-ever flu vaccination campaign for the Louisiana Department of Health, branding and marketing collateral for eQHealth Solutions’ eQHealth AdviseWell, and a print and digital campaign featured in Neonatology Today for PediNotes.

The combined newsroom of public radio stations WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, has won two 2021 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalism in 2020. The stations won in the continuing coverage category for reporting on the Hurricane Laura aftermath, including a story by Aubri Juhasz, “’I Lost My Mind’: Lake Charles Residents Come to Terms with Hurricane Laura’s Devastation.” The “LifeRaft” podcast episode by Travis Lux and Lauren Melara, “Have I had my Last Good Oyster?” won in the podcast category.

Mary Leah Walke, revenue cycle manager at Prime Occupational Medicine, was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Louisiana Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association. Walke served as president of LAHFMA from 2016 to 2017, is a fellow in the organization and has previously been awarded bronze, silver and gold merit awards for service as well as the Cyril Barrios Most Valuable Member Award in 2016. Previously with Woman’s

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Woman’s Hospital has been awarded four stars by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the second straight year. CMS star ratings are designed to provide consumers with a simple overall rating to help them choose where to receive their care. Scores include a summary of seven different areas including effectiveness of care, patient experience and timeliness of care.

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Sam Bentley, LSU vice president of the Office of Research and Economic Development, has been elected to the board of directors of the Environment and Health Council of Louisiana. Bentley holds the Billy and Anne Harrison professorship in sedimentary geology in the LSU Department of Geology and Geophysics, where he mentors students and conducts research on coastal geology. The Environment and Health Council of Louisiana is a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to facilitate independent, balanced and factual assessments of health issues related to the environmental and economic well-being of Louisiana.

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Tiffani Dorsa, a director in Postlethwaite & Netterville’s assurance practice, has been named a director of chapters of the Association of Government Accountants National Governing Board. Dorsa will be one of eight chapter directors serving on the 2020-2021 board. Dorsa has served on the AGA Baton Rouge Chapter board of directors for seven years, most recently as chapter president. At P&N, her practice areas include government entities such as cities, retirement systems and school boards as well as not-for profit organizations that receive federal assistance.

Latino Levy Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area has welcomed two new members to its board of directors: Jeff Latino and Robert Levy. Latino, CPA and assurance partner with Hannis T. Bourgeois, joins the board as treasurer. Latino has more than 25 years of public accounting experience and serves as the firm’s partner in charge of quality control. Levy also joins the board this year. Levy’s background includes serving as assistant secretary of labor for workforce development under Gov. Buddy Roemer. After that, he joined LWCC, where he became responsible for marketing, agent relations, advertising, and some administrative functions through the early years of growth.

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Laura Soileau, consulting director for Postlethwaite & Netterville, has been elected to serve as the Institute of Internal Auditors’ North American board chair. Soileau is a key representative and proponent of the internal auditing profession within North America and an influential leader in the Global IIA. The mission of the IIA North American board is to ensure that volunteer and staff activities of the IIA adequately address the needs of the members and chapters through monitoring programs and services, as well as budgeting.

Joseph F. Quinlan III of First National Bankers Bank in Baton Rouge has been installed as treasurer of the 2021-2022 board of directors for the Louisiana Bankers Association. H. Brooks Lewis of Citizens Bank and Trust Co. and Robert Taylor, CEO of LBA, will continue to serve as LBA directors.

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