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1960s
Dr. Marion Reine ’63 (physics)
has released her book Benjamin Lax – Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT: Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter by CRC Press.
1970s
Carol Bebelle ’70 (sociology)
has been honored by the New Orleans City Council for her decades of work as leader and co-founder of Ashé Cultural Arts Center.
Dr. Gary Kirschenheuter ’75
(psychology) has released his new book Unraveling the Zodiac Ciphers and Codes by MindStir Media.
Gregory Brown, J.D. ’76
has rejoined the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP in Denver in their Energy & Natural Resources Group.
Richard Stewart, J.D. ’76
received the 2020 Dallas Bar Association Martin Luther King, Jr., Justice Award.
Allen J. Krouse III ’77 (speech and education), J.D.
’84 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Morris Bart III, J.D. ’78 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class. Howard Shapiro, J.D. ’79 is now a principal in the New Orleans office of the firm of Jackson Lewis P.C.
Joanne Bell Sinclair ’79
(communication) has released her memoir Love Behind Bars: The True Story of an American Prisoner's Wife from Simon & Schuster.
1980s
Loretta Greco ’82 (drama) has received the Magic Theatre in San Francisco's 2020 Sam Shepard Legacy Award.
Edwin Laizer ’83 (business),
J.D. ’85 has been named to the executive committee of the firm of Adams and Reese in New Orleans.
Donna Phillips Currault
’85 (psychology) has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Joseph Sciortino, Jr., ’88
(communication) is the vice president and general manager of WAFB in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1990s
Hamad Alshaibeh ’90 has been appointed as director of administration for Aluminium Bahrain BSC.
Nancy Hairston ’90 (visual
art) has designed an innovative 3D-printed N95 PPE mask to fight COVID-19.
Thomas Meyer ’90
(communication) has been elected vice president of Benefit Planning Group Insurance & Wealth Management by the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce.
Michael McMahon, J.D. ’92
has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Elia Diaz-Yaeger, J.D. ’94 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Kathleen Gasparian ’95
(English), J.D. ’02 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Jill Gautreaux, J.D. ’95 is now a partner in the firm of Kean Miller LLP.
Keith Hall, J.D. ’96 has been appointed director of the Louisiana State University John P. Laborde Energy Law Center.
Bradley King ’96 (biology)
is secretary of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's 2020 – 2021 Board of Directors.
Jared Llorens ’96 (English)
is interim dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University.
Chris Massenburg ’97
(finance) has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Chris D'Amour, J.D. ’99 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Jeffrey Gapultos ’99
(psychology), M.B.A. ’06 is opening a new restaurant, Union Ramen Bar, in New Orleans.
Eric LeBlanc ’99
(communication) is the creative services manager for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Dr. Stanton McNeely III,
M.B.A. ’99 has been named president of the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans.
Remy Starns, J.D. ’99 has been elected a Public Defender for the State of Louisiana.
2000s
The Rev. Mark Boyer,
M.R.E. ’00 has published two new books, Shhh! The Sound of Sheer Silence: A Biblical Spirituality that Transforms and What is Born of the Spirit is Spirit: A Biblical Spirituality of Spirit, from Wipf & Stock Publishers.
Tiffany Delery Davis ’00
(criminal justice) has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Steven Griffith, Jr., J.D. ’00 has been elected to a second term on the board of directors for the firm of Baker Donelson.
Brandon Davis ’01 (finance)
has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Anthony LeBlanc ’01
(computer science) is the associate artistic director for The Second City theatre in Chicago and was the director consultant of The Second City’s 2020 Black History Month show.
Elizabeth Sconzert ’01
(English), J.D. ’05 has been selected for New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Josephine Heller, J.D. ’02
has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th ‘Leadership in Law' class.
Melissa Martin ’02 (English)
has released a new cookbook, Mosquito Supper Club.
Sabrina Ramsey Hogan
’03, M.S.N. ’06 is senior vice president of care delivery for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
Darrell Johnson ’03
(communication) is now a major gifts officer at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Adrienne White-Woodward,
J.D. ’04 has received a 40 Under 40 Award from the Southern University Alumni Federation.
Katie Dysart ’04 (political
science), J.D. ’07 is chair of the Baker Donelson law firm’s New Orleans Pro Bono Committee.
Kelly Fitzharris Morrow,
J.D. ’04 is now a member of the board of directors of Kids’ Chance of South Carolina.
Joseph Pappalardo, Jr., J.D.
’05 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Caroline Nassrah ’06 (computer and information
sciences) has opened a new restaurant, Kindred Food & Drink, in New Orleans.
Troave' Profice ’06
(communication) has been named chief executive officer of Bricolage Academy in New Orleans.
David Rhoden, J.D. ’06
has been named digital art director/developer for Cerberus Interactive.
Erin Bohacek Kriksciun, J.D.
’07 has joined the firm of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann LLC in New Orleans.
Jennifer Newton, J.D. ’07 has joined the firm of Greenberg Traurig in Miami as a practice group attorney in Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice and Banking & Financial Services.
Jason Baer, J.D. ’08 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Valerie Jules McCarthy, J.D.
’08 has been promoted to counsel at the firm of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Patrick Shelby, J.D. ’08 has joined the litigation practice of the firm Phelps Dunbar LLP in New Orleans.
Tod Everage, J.D. ’09 has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Patricia Thompson, M.S.N.
’09, D.N.P. ’14 is director of the University of Maryland Shore Behavioral Health.
2010s
Tim Renner, J.D. ’10 is now legal counsel and senior consultant with Falcon Capital Advisors in Washington, D.C.
Reed Morgan Coleman, J.D.
’11 is now a shareholder in the firm of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C. in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jonathan Fox, J.D. ’12 is now a shareholder in the firm of Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans.
Luke Larocca, J.D. ’12 is now a partner in the firm of Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP in New Orleans.
Meera Sossamon, J.D. ’12
has been selected for the New Orleans CityBusiness 16th 'Leadership in Law' class.
Patrick Rafferty ’13
(communication) is the business development manager for IDScan.net.
Peter Segrist, J.D. ’13 is now a partner in the firm of Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC in New Orleans.
Daniel Stanton, J.D. ’13 is now a partner in the firm of Kean Miller in New Orleans.
Allison McElligott ’15 (languages and cultures)
is the marketing manager for BBR Creative in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Emma Lou Reid ’15
(environmental studies) has released her new documentary series In the Blind by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
Meghan McCormack ’16 (management and
marketing) is executive director of the St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation.
Lindy Brasher, M.R.E ’19 has published an article, "Lessons From a New Teacher," in the National Catholic Reporter.
