ABiz is seeking nominations for its annual Top 50 Privately Held Companies feature, which will be published July 26, and for its annual issue honoring the role of women in the local business community. ABiz is seeking nominations for its annual Top 50 Privately Held Companies feature, which will be published July 26, and for its annual issue honoring the role of women in the local business community.
To qualify for the Top 50 list, companies must be headquartered in the six-parish region and cannot be a subsidiary of an entity based out of the region. Businesses will be ranked by gross revenues. While voluntary participation from companies is greatly appreciated, it is not essential to the success of the project, one of the largest annual undertakings of ABiz. Our staff utilizes various resources to bring to ABiz readers the kind of comprehensive list of activity you can't find elsewhere at such a critical time for the business community.
Bill Fenstermaker and Kam Movassaghi of Fenstermaker, No. 41 on last year's list of Acadiana's Top 50 Privately Held Companies
View last year's issue, including profiles of several of the companies that landed a spot, here. Acadiana's publicly traded companies will also be ranked by revenues.
Co-presented by the law firm of Allen & Gooch and Whitney Bank, with supporting sponsors Acadiana Economic Development Council and Alford Staples Lapeyre & Robichaux Insurance, a luncheon to honor the companies is scheduled for early August at the Cajundome Convention Center from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. (the specific date will be announced soon). We will also announce a handful of awards that day, among which is an honor for the CEO of the top ranked company, and the AEDC will present a special business award as well.
Email the names of companies you would like to nominate for Top 50 to Leslie Turk at lesliet@theind.com (please put Top 50 and the company name in the subject line).
For a Top 50 Privately Held Companies nomination form, which must be returned to both Turk and Erin Zaunbrecher at erinz@inbox.com, click here.
Coming from ABiz Aug. 30 is our annual issue dedicated to the role women play in shaping our community's success. Each fall ABiz profiles up to 10 inspiring women from across the community - business, politics, education, non-profits - who are still active in their careers and recognized for their professionalism, entrepreneurship, civic involvement and community leadership. We also honor a small group of trailblazers who are retired or semi-retired and helped pave the way for succeeding generations of women. The Women Who Mean Business honorees and trailblazers will be featured as a cover story in the August-September issue of ABiz, which publishes Aug. 30.
Dolores Cormier-Zenon, 2011 WWMB honoree
The premier recognition for women of influence in Acadiana, this is the 15th year for the inspiring event and awards luncheon that attracts more than 350 people. Co-presented by IberiaBank and LHC Group, with supporting sponsor Dr. Ken Odinet and Courtesy Automotive Group, the 2011 luncheon is Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 11:45 a.m. at River Oaks on Kaliste Saloom Road.
Nominations for this year's awards may be submitted by e-mail to robinh@theind.com; please include WWMB Award in the subject line. Submit via fax to 337.983.0150 or by mail to 551 Jefferson St., Lafayette, LA 70501. The deadline is July 16. View last year's WWMB cover story here and the list of past winners here:
Evelina Abdalla 2004 Trailblazer
Irma Abdalla 2004 Trailblazer Catherine Abdalla 2008 WWMB Jeanette Alcon 2007 WWMB Penny Angelle Frederick 2009 WWMB Lise Anne 2001 WWMB Beth Ardoin 2003 WWMB Elisabeth Arnold 2011 WWMB Kathy Ashworth 2010 WWMB Sara Ashy 2004 WWMB Sandy Austin Mugnier 2006 Trailblazer Dana Baker 2011 WWMB Vergie Banks 2007 WWMB Megan Barra 2005 WWMB Mary Jane Bauer 2001 WWMB Kit Becnel 2009 WWMB Kathleen Blanco 1999 WWMB Kathy Bobbs 2005 WWMB Holly Boffy 2011 WWMB Elise Bouchner 2007 WWMB Francie Bouillion, Judge 1999 WWMB Marianne Bourgeois 2010 WWMB Nada Breaux 2001 WWMB Judy Briscoe 2009 WWMB Jerry Caillier 2008 Trailblazer Julie Calzone 2008 WWMB Paula Carson, Ph.D. 2007 WWMB Carleen Castille 1999 WWMB Marilyn Castle, Judge 2008 WWMB Je'Nelle Chargois 2004 WWMB Lucy Chenevert 2009 WWMB Camille Claibourne 2002 WWMB Patricia Colbert-Cormier 2005 WWMB Dolores Cormier-Zenon 2011 WWMB Anne Darrah 2011 WWMB Isabella dela Houssaye, Mayor 2002 WWMB Rebecca Doherty 2007 WWMB Rebecca Dupuis 2001 WWMB Phyllis A. Dupuis, Ph.D. 2007 WWMB Sydnie Mae Durand, Rep. 2006 WWMB Elaine Durbin Abell 2006 WWMB Michele Ezell 2006 WWMB Stephanie Finley 2006 WWMB Shirley Fisher 2007 Trailblazer Sue Fontenot 2009 WWMB Becky Fontenot Lalumia 2005 WWMB Ouida Forsyth 2006 WWMB Marcelle Fortier Citron 2008 Trailblazer Kiki Frayard 2011 WWMB Louise Frederick 2004 WWMB Carolyn French, Ph.D. 2000 WWMB Gloria Frost 2000 WWMB Dawn Fuqua 2002 WWMB Mary Galyean 2003 WWMB Valerie Garrett 2010 WWMB Kay Gibson 2000 WWMB Elizabeth Guglielmo Picard 2004 WWMB Karen Hail 2007 WWMB Christina Harper 2007 WWMB Cherie Hebert 2004 WWMB Jodi Hebert 2004 WWMB Mary Ellen Henry 2011 WWMB Merline Herbert 2004 WWMB Diane Hoffpauer 2004 WWMB Geraldine Hubbell 2000 WWMB Kathlyn Hurst 2010 Trailblazer Phyllis M. Keaty, Judge 2002 WWMB Judy Keller 1999 WWMB Valerie Keller 2008 WWMB Lou King Patin 2006 WWMB Beth Knight 2002 WWMB Gloria Knox 2001 WWMB Jeannie Kreamer, Ph.D. 1999 WWMB Gail LaFosse 2003 WWMB Donna Landry 2001 WWMB Dr. Ann Laurent 2009 WWMB Jewell Lowe 2005 Trailblazer Betty Lowry 2006 Trailblazer Jackie Lyle 2004 WWMB Michelle MacFadyen 2008 WWMB Bonnie Blue Maillet 2003 WWMB Susannah Malbreaux 2009 WWMB Melinda Mangham 2008 WWMB Elaine Mann 2009 Trailblazer Johnnie Marks 2009 WWMB Dr. Angela Mayeux-Hebert 2007 WWMB Colleen McDaniel 2010 WWMB Margaret McMillian 2005 Trailblazer Flo Meadows 2005 WWMB Karla Meche 2004 WWMB Ruth Ann Menutis 2008 WWMB Renee Miller 2001 WWMB Bridget Mires 2003 WWMB Darla Montgomery 2001 WWMB Sharon Moss 1999 WWMB Sylvia Mouton 2002 WWMB Diane Mouton-Allen 2005 WWMB Mary Neiheisel 2008 WWMB Pat Olson 2002 WWMB Jeanette Parker, Ph.D. 2010 Trailblazer Cathi Pavy 2004 WWMB Maria Placer 1999 WWMB Bonnie Robert Will 2009 WWMB Renee Roberts 2008 WWMB Barbara Rogers 2011 WWMB Gail Romero 2000 WWMB Carol Ross 2003 WWMB Chanda Rubin 2008 Trailblazer Jaci Russo 2010 WWMB Catherine Schoeffler 2005 WWMB Dorothy Scott 1999 WWMB Ruby Sharlow 2000 WWMB Geralyn Shelvin, Ph.D. 2011 WWMB Annette Simon 2000 WWMB Julie Simon-Dronet 2001 WWMB Sue Soileau Brignac 2010 WWMB Lisa Stafford 2011 WWMB Dr. Juliette Tina Stefanski 2006 WWMB Judy Stelly 1999 WWMB Kelly Strenge 2001 WWMB Melinda Sylvester 2006 WWMB Cheryl Taylor Bowie 2006 WWMB Julieta Terazona 2003 WWMB Deborah Terribile 2002 WWMB Juanita Thibeaux 2010 WWMB Jacque' Toliver 2003 WWMB Deidre Toups 2009 WWMB Margaret Trahan 2002 WWMB Nancy Van Eaton Broussard 2000 WWMB Linda Vincent Broussard 2004 WWMB Sarah Walker 2010 WWMB Sally Ware 2011 Trailblazer Kris Wartelle 2005 WWMB Mary Washington 2000 WWMB Cathy Webre 2003 WWMB Mary Ann Wilson, Ph.D. 2010 WWMB Janet Wood 2000 WWMB Natalee Wood Farasey 2006 WWMB