NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Bob Lynch, who served as Tulane Medical Center’s chief executive officer from 2007 to 2014, was recently named Tulane Health System’s CEO. Lynch, who has served in an interim capacity since October, is the CEO of Tulane Medical Center in downtown New Orleans and Tulane Lakeside Hospital in Metairie, and he will provide additional oversight to Tulane’s Lakeview Regional Medical ...read more

Since Shirley “Toni” McCord started her accounting career in 1988, she has become the sole owner of Shirley “Toni” McCord, CPA, APAC, a Professional Accounting Corporation. The firm, which still serves clients of the original owner, is currently an all-woman team of accounting professionals dedicated to assisting individuals and small-to-medium size businesses throughout the Greater New Orleans ...read more

NEW ORLEANS – The National World War II Museum will debut its new Higgins Hotel and Conference Center at a private event on Friday, Dec. 6 at the new hotel (1000 Magazine Street). The ceremony will feature remarks from C. Paul Hilliard, chairman of the National WWII Museum’s board of trustees; Stephen J. Watson, museum president & CEO; and Brandon Berger, World War II Theatre, Inc. board ...read more

The Entergy Charitable Foundation today announced a $300,000 challenge grant to support the City of New Orleans’ City Seats program, which provides free high-quality early care to low-income working families in Orleans Parish. City Seats, an initiative of the New Orleans Education Network and Agenda for Children, was created in 2017 when the New Orleans City Council allocated $750,000 to expand ...read more

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans public relations firm Gambel Communications is announced that Claire Massey has joined the team as a communications strategist. Details were shared in a press release. As a communications strategist, Massey’s job responsibilities include media relations, community relations, special event planning and management and social media for clients representing a variety of ...read more

METAIRIE, La. — The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) announced a new partnership between a local startup tech company and a Jefferson Parish-based PK-8 School this week. The Tom Benson School began working with 2019 JEDCO Challenge finalist nDorse at the start of the school year to create a culture of recognition among teachers and faculty. According to a press release, ...read more

NEW ORLEANS — A $2 million gift from an anonymous donor will fund undergraduate scholarships at the University of New Orleans (UNO). The donor, a former adjunct professor in the Department of Management, said, “I made the gift because of my awareness of the unique role that the University plays in New Orleans, and as a public affirmation of my optimism about the continuing growth of the ...read more