People
Community Leader | Susan Capitelli
Wearing All the Hats -Liesel Schmidt Growing up in a family where Mardi Gras parades were a part of tradition, Sue Capitelli has always been deeply passionate about the festivities and all that came with them. “My earliest memories are from when my mom would take us...
Bride | Gabi + Nic
Gabi + Nic -Liesel Schmidt “If you could marry your best friend, the rest of your life will be an adventure.” Both born and raised in Mandeville, Gabi Cerise and Nic Yeager met at Fontainebleau Junior High School in 2010. The friendship that they formed there was one...
Community Leaders | Maura Donahue and Lauren Andrews
Color Me Red -Liesel Schmidt As mother and daughter, Lauren Andrews and Maura Donahue have a close relationship, but the two also work together at DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc., where Maura is partner and EVP of the commercial construction company and Lauren the...
SuperMom | Danielle Papania
SuperMom: Danielle Papania -Liesel Schmidt In her work as the Director of Sales and Marketing at The Southern Hotel, being extremely organized is the order of the day for Danielle Papania. Working on the event side where the hotel hosts a wide range of events ranging...
Community Leader | Leaighanne Weeks
The Homemaker -Liesel Schmidt Statistically speaking, most people spend their days in jobs that don’t truly fulfill them. That was never more evident than in the height of the pandemic, when we all had time to stop and reassess our priorities and what we were really...
Bride | Madelyn + Austin
Save the Last Dance -Liesel Schmidt Some people still meet the old-fashioned way, without the help of apps or websites. That was the case for Madelyn Light and Austin Brannon, who were introduced during their senior year at Louisiana Tech by a mutual friend in 2017—no...
Community Leader | Rachel Eggie
Losing Locks, with Love -Liesel Schmidt “Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.” ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women It’s a well-known line, a famous scene from the novel—and, of course, the movie—forever immortalizing the loss of tomboyish Jo’s lovely locks,...
PYSK | Crystal Pichon
Be Inspired To Help Others Inspiration comes in many forms and fashions. A lot of times, inspiration is situational. You may experience highs and lows in your life that lead you to advocate for something you’ve never advocated for before. That’s exactly what happened...
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Bride: Cody + Marllie
Love Unexpected -Liesel Schmidt When Marllie Harrison and Cody Addison met in October of 2017 through mutual friends, the two had an obvious spark, and it didn’t take long before the two were dating—and then unexpectedly gifted with a baby. But as quickly as their...
Community Leader | Shane Purvis
A Man with a Plan -Liesel Schmidt Reality looks a whole lot different for Shane Purvis than he imagined it would, back when he was in college at Southeastern. In fact, the young college student had no intention of a career in finance—the only reason he was pursuing...
SuperMoms | Charlotte Haynie and Emily Roy
-Liesel Schmidt Much like the sisters Brontë, Charlotte Haynie and Emily Roy have an extremely close relationship—so much so, in fact, that the pair live right next door to one another and co-own their very own business together. Working under the moniker Raney Co.,...