Founding President of Liberty Bank is the first African American to receive the award Alden McDonald was recently honored by the Louisiana chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization's history-making ceremony on May 12 as McDonald became the first African American to...
Liberty Bank Names Todd McDonald as New President
Liberty Bank recently kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration by announcing that Todd O. McDonald has been named the Bank’s President effective May 2, 2022. Current Liberty President and CEO, Alden J. McDonald, Jr. will continue with the bank as the head of the Liberty Financial Holding Company. Todd McDonald, at 41 years of age, takes over the reins of the largest African American owned...
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Names Kiki Baker Barnes the First African-American Female Commissioner
Barnes will transition from the Athletic Director role at Dillard University after 16 years of transformative leadership Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes has been appointed commissioner of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC)—making history as the first Black woman appointed to this position. Founded in 1981, the GCAC is a conference that...
Court Watch NOLA Gets New Executive Director
Court Watch NOLA recently announced the appointment of Darrin Browder as it new executive director.Browder has served the organization for four years as its director of strategic initiatives.Court Watch NOLA was founded in 2007 as a grassroots volunteer effort to bring greater transparency and efficiency to our criminal courts.The organization...
Judge Bartholomew-Woods Steps Down to Take Job with Entergy
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Regina Bartholomew-Woods is retiring from the Court effective today (Friday, Feb.4). Woods will be moving to the private sector as assistant general counsel for Entergy Corporation in New Orleans.She submitted a letter of retirement to Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin that read: “After much...
Students Athletes at MLK High School Recognized for Their Success, Sign Letters of Intent
Three student athletes at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School were recognized on Feb. 2--National Signing Day. Leroy Paige, Justin Doyle, and Kendall Santee signed acceptance letters and committed to playing college football for the 2022-2023 school year. “When I started this team two years ago, I had no...
New Orleans & Company Adds Kevin Ferguson to its Executive Line-up
New Orleans & Company has appointed Kevin Ferguson as vice president of external affairs and the newest member of the company’s leadership team. Ferguson will be responsible for creating membership strategies, leading community partnerships, community engagement, and leading a team that interfaces with cultural entities across our City and region....
Asante Salaam Named Director of The Helis Foundation John Scott Center
The center, a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, will open in 2022 Multidisciplinary artist, Asante Salaam, will serve as the inaugural director of The Helis Foundation John Scott Center at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH). Named for artist, activist and humanist John T. Scott, the center...
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Names Anwar Nasir as Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) recently announced that Anwar Nasir—a celebrated leader at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl, Omaha Symphony, and Atlanta Ballet and a coveted speaker at national arts and music conferences—has been named the organization’s next Executive Director, effective July 19. “We...
Dryades YMCA Names Dr. Samuel Odom as Interim CEO
The Dryades YMCA New Orleans Boards of Directors recently announced the appointment of Dr. Samuel Odom as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Odom has been an invested member of the Dryades YMCA Board of Directors since 2019 and has acted as the Chief Point of Contact for the organization’s administration...
