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2018

Sponsored by Your Dream. Our Mission.

“Something in me said, ‘I have to do this. This is my dream.’ Hancock Whitney helped my business dream become a reality.” Casey K., Founder of Blended Designs

At Hancock Whitney, we help people achieve their dreams by providing financial solutions with expertise and warm 5-star service. We are committed to creating opportunities for people and supporting our communities. Learn how our mission can help you build your dreams.

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Construction & Design....14 Health Care...... 27 Best Architecture Firm...... 14 Best Acute Care Hospital...... 27 Best Engineering Firm...... 14 Best Diagnostic Imaging Center...... 27 Best General Contractor...... 15 Best Health & Fitness Center...... 29 Best Home Builder...... 15 Best Health Maintenance Organization...... 29 Your Dream. Our Mission. Best Landscape Company...... 15 Best Mental Health Care Facility...... 30 Best Preferred Provider Organization...... 30 Education...... 16 Best Retirement Community...... 30 Best Third-Party Administrator...... 30 Best Charter School...... 16 Best 4-year College...... 16 Best 2-year College...... 17 Information Best MBA Program...... 18 Technology...... 32 Best Private Elementary School...... 18 Best Information Technology Company...... 32 Best Private Secondary School...... 19 Best Internet Service Provider...... 32 Finance/Investments Best Mobile Phone Provider...... 32 & Insurance ...... 20 Best Telecommunication Company...... 32 Best New Orleans Area Bank...... 20 Best Out of State Bank...... 20 Real Estate...... 36 Best Credit Union...... 21 Best Commercial Property Leasing Best Life Insurance Agency/Company...... 21 Company...... 36 Best Mortgage Company...... 22 Best Commercial Property Manager...... 36 Best Property & Casualty Insurance Agency...22 Best Residential Real Estate Company...... 36 Best Savings & Loan...... 23 Best Shopping Center...... 36 Best Title Company...... 37 “Something in me said, ‘I have to do Best Stock & Bond Brokerage Firm...... 23 this. This is my dream.’ Hancock Hospitality Whitney helped my business General Business..... 24 dream become a reality.” Best Accounting Firm...... 24. & Tourism...... 42 Best Airline...... 24 Best Attraction...... 48 Casey K., Founder of Blended Designs Best Charter Service...... 24 Best Casino...... 48 Best Courier & Delivery Service...... 24 Best Event & Meeting Facility...... 48 At Hancock Whitney, we help people achieve Best Employment Agency...... 24 Best Hotel...... 48 their dreams by providing financial solutions Best Jeweler...... 26 Best Independent Caterer...... 39 with expertise and warm 5-star service. We are Best Men’s Clothier...... 26 Best Restaurant for a Power Lunch...... 39 committed to creating opportunities for people Best Women’s Clothier...... 26 and supporting our communities. Learn how our mission can help you build your dreams.

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

he votes have been cast and the results are As we seek to engage our readership, we want in from CityBusiness readers on which busi- to know from informed professionals which organi- T nesses are the best of the best in the New zations best support our business community. We Orleans area, based on their own experiences. appreciate our readers’ enthusiasm at taking the Welcome to the second issue of Reader Rank- chance to cast their votes for the ones which they ings. This list provides a look at the companies and feel best serve the local marketplace. services that CityBusiness readers have rated highly As you read the following pages, please consider par- across a wide variety of categories. We hope this ticipating in next year’s survey to help us find the ser- provides you the opportunity to choose the services vices that can help your business be the best it can be. that can help you run your business more efficiently and effectively. Editor Natalie Chandler can be reached at 293- CityBusiness’ 2018 Reader Rankings survey gen- 9255 or [email protected]. erated responses from over 4,630 business professionals from across the New Orleans area. That’s double the number of respondents we had in 2017.

to all the CityBusiness Reader Ranking Companies!

2018

2018 The Plant Gallery BEST LANDSCAPE COMPANY WINNER Congratulations TPG | 9401 AIRLINE HIGHWAY | NEW ORLEANS, LA | 70118 | 504.488.8887 NEWORLEANSCITYBUSINESS.COM 14 New Orleans CityBusiness June 22 - July 5, 2018

Construction & Design

Best ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

Platinum - Woodward Design Group Gold - Favrot & Shane Companies, Inc. Silver - Manning Architects

Best ENGINEERING FIRM

Platinum - Woodward Engineering Group Gold - Moses Engineering Silver - Pelican Energy Consultants LLC

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Best GENERAL CONTRACTOR Best LANDSCAPE COMPANY

Platinum – Palmisano Group Platinum – The Plant Gallery Gold – Gibbs Construction Gold – Mullin Landscape Associates

Silver – Woodward Design + Build Silver – Louisiana Landscape Specialty, Inc.

Best HOME BUILDER

Platinum – Guidry Custom Homes, Inc. Gold – Crosby Development

Silver – Inhab Design-Build NEWORLEANSCITYBUSINESS.COM 16 New Orleans CityBusiness June 22 - July 5, 2018

LUSHER CHARTER SCHOOL Education Best CHARTER SCHOOL

Platinum – Benjamin Franklin High School Gold – Lusher Charter School Silver – International School of Louisiana

Best FOUR YEAR COLLEGE

Platinum – Louisiana State University Gold – Tulane University Silver – University of New Orleans Lusher grads shine bright! Lusher’s Class of 2018 received acceptance into colleges in 34 states and 2 countries, and the 132 graduates earned over $21 million in merit and scholarship awards.

32 % of the graduating class attended Tulane classes while at Lusher

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Best TWO YEAR COLLEGE Delgado Community College the right choice for higher education Platinum – Delgado Community College in the New Orleans region! Established in 1921, Delgado is the oldest and largest community college in Louisiana, serving 25,000 students each semester. A Delgado education costs less and entrance Gold – Nunez Community College and diplomas through over 100 programs at seven locations in the greater New Orleans region and online. Delgado has credit-transfer agreements with public and private four- year colleges and universities in Louisiana and Mississippi. Silver – Northshore Technical Community College

Delgado is one of the great community colleges in America! Nationwide, Delgado ranks: Top 10 — credentials awarded annually. Top 25 — associate degrees for registered nurses. Top 50 — associate degrees for allied health professions.

— U.S. Dept. of Education

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Head of ScHool: 2018 Melanie Tennyson NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEST TWO YEAR COLLEGE TOP RANKED

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2017 2018 2017 NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOUISIANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOUISIANA BEST TWO YEAR COLLEGE BEST CHARTER SCHOOL BEST CHARTER SCHOOL TOP RANKED TOP RANKED TOP RANKED NEWORLEANSCITYBUSINESS.COM 18 New Orleans CityBusiness June 22 - July 5, 2018

Best MBA PROGRAM

Platinum – Tulane University Gold – University of New Orleans Silver – Loyola University 2018 2018 UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS BEST FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE BEST MBA PROGRAM TOP RANKED TOP RANKED Best PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Completion in as little as 4 semesters Offering 8 concentrations Flexible class schedule Platinum – St. Catherine of Siena Outstanding student to faculty ratio AACSB accredited program Gold – St. Edward the Confessor Silver – Isidore Newman School

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• Staffed by Sisters of the Living Word and Daughters of Our Lady of the Rosary • Students Test Above National Percentile • Certified Teachers 2018 ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR SCHOOL • Accredited by AdvancEd/SACS-CASI BEST PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOP RANKED BEST PRIVATE • Blue Ribbon School of Excellence • No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Applications now being accepted Recipient of the 2018 Reader Rankings Platinum Award Extracurricular Clubs, Sports & Activites • Before and After School Care Computer and Science Labs • Art, Music & Foreign Language Programs Type I Licensed Pre-K1 & Pre-K2 Day Care • Summer Academic Program 2018 St. Catherine of Siena School • • BEST RIATE ELEMENTARY SCOOL 4901 West Metairie Avenue Metairie steddyschool.com NNER St. Edward admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin or handicap and provides all rights, privileges and activities generally accorded or made available to students at its shcool. NEWORLEANSCITYBUSINESS.COM New Orleans CityBusiness June 22 - July 5, 2018 19

Best PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Platinum – Mount Carmel Academy Gold – Jesuit High School Silver – Brother Martin High School

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Finance/Investments & Insurance

Best NEW ORLEANS AREA BANK

Platinum – Hancock Whitney Bank Gold – Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Silver – IBERIABANK

Best OUT OF STATE BANK

Platinum – Capital One Bank Gold – JPMorgan Chase & Co. Silver – Hancock Whitney Bank

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Best CREDIT UNION

Platinum – ASI Federal Credit Union Gold – Jefferson Financial Credit Union Silver – New Orleans Firemen’s FCU

Best LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY/ COMPANY

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Best SAVINGS & LOAN

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Best STOCK & BOND BROKERAGE FIRM

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Health Care

Best ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL

Platinum – Ochsner Health System Gold – East Jefferson General Hospital Silver – Children’s Hospital

Best DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTER

Platinum – DIS Diagnostic Imaging Services Gold – Doctors Imaging Silver – Ochsner Health System

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New Orleans CityBusiness is Award categories: looking for nominations to identify Please check the box next to the category you are nominating and honor 50 professionals from q Banking q Corporate q Investment q Professional various fields for their financial work. Examples: mortgage Examples: chief financial Examples: stockbrokers, Examples: public Honorees will be selected based on lenders, bank executives, officers, comptrollers financial advisers, financial accountants, auditors, industry and community involvement credit officers, loan planners, investment financial educators, officers executives financial analysts and achievement through their energy and innovative ideas. Their work should provide a model of professionalism to their peers and go MONEY MAKERS HALL OF FAME above and beyond the call of duty.

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E-mail: ______2017 Honorees

BANKING Philip Gunn Craig Guidry Tina Dandry-Mayes Reasons: ______Michael Gennaro Avril Habetz Scott Guidry Ronald Dawson Jr. Albert Kelleher Thomas McCormick Clay Kearney Marc Eagan ______Christopher LeBato D. Paul Robichaux Mark Lagrange Patrick Gros Suzanne Thomas Bill Stevens W. Claiborne Perrilliat III Cheryl Haspel Clifton Worley M. Rose Vinci Caroline Sobolewski Mary Koss Submit nomination forms Stephen Wolf John Suarez Joseph Paul Roberts Jr. online or contact CORPORATE Alan Abadie Jr. INVESTMENT T. Paul Treuting Jr. Robert Steeg Meghan Keen Paul Aucoin Helen Bost PROFESSIONALS Adam Stumpf Terrence Brennan Cynthia Chassaniol Kenneth Abney Hank Torbert 504-293-9253 Kevin Wilkins [email protected] Brandt Dufrene Mason Couvillon Amanda Aguillard Steven Dugal W. Mason Curran II Margaret Bruzdzinski Derek Gardes Nicholas Fiorito Chris Costello

2018 Entries are due July 9, 2018 Nomination forms can be submitted at neworleanscitybusiness.com/money-makers-nomination-form/ NEWORLEANSCITYBUSINESS.COM Do you know a New Orleans CityBusiness June 22 - July 5, 2018 29 MONEY MAKER? Best HEALTH & FITNESS CENTER New Orleans CityBusiness is Award categories: looking for nominations to identify Please check the box next to the category you are nominating Platinum – Ochsner Fitness Center and honor 50 professionals from q Banking q Corporate q Investment q Professional various fields for their financial work. Examples: mortgage Examples: chief financial Examples: stockbrokers, Examples: public Honorees will be selected based on lenders, bank executives, officers, comptrollers financial advisers, financial accountants, auditors, Gold – The Wellness Center at East Jefferson industry and community involvement credit officers, loan planners, investment financial educators, General Hospital officers executives financial analysts and achievement through their energy and innovative ideas. Their Silver – Franco’s Athletic Club work should provide a model of professionalism to their peers and go MONEY MAKERS HALL OF FAME above and beyond the call of duty. Best HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS Nominee: ______

Title: ______Platinum – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

Company/Affiliation:______Marc Eagan Ralph Leopold James Spiro Ellen Yellin Leonard Alsfeld Gold – Humana Health Benefit Eagan Insurance, Ralph Leopold & The Spiro Group, 2016 Bourgeois Bennett LLC CPAs FBT Investments, Inc., ______2017 Associates, 2016 & Consultants, 2016 2015 Silver – UnitedHealthcare of Louisiana, Inc. Address: ______

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Phone: ______E-mail: ______HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR H. Jude Boudreaux Jeff Ehlinger Emmett Dupas III Mark Heller John Morgan Nominator: ______Upperline Financial First Bank and Trust, Northwestern Mutual, UBS Financial Services, Raymond James Financial Planning, 2015 2015 2014 2014 Services Inc., 2013 FITNESS GOALS FOR 30 YEARS. Phone: ______

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Best MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY Best RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Platinum – River Oaks Hospital Platinum – Christwood Gold – Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Gold – Lambeth House Unit Silver – Poydras Home Silver – University Medical Center New Orleans Behavioral Health Unit Best THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR

Best PREFERRED PROVIDER Platinum – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ORGANIZATION Louisiana Platinum – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Gold – Gilsbar, LLC Louisiana Silver – Fringe Benefit Administrator Gold – Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana, Inc. Silver – UnitedHealthcare of Louisiana, Inc.

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Information Technology Best MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER

Best INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Platinum – Verizon COMPANY Gold – AT&T – Sprint Platinum – Rent-A-Nerd, Inc. Silver Gold – Cox Business Best TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY Silver – Bellwether Technology Platinum – AT&T - Louisiana Best INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER Gold – Cox Business-Louisiana Platinum – Cox Business Silver – Charter Communications/Spectrum Business Gold – AT&T Silver – Uniti Fiber

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Real Estate Best RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Best COMMERCIAL LEASING COMPANY COMPANY Platinum – Gardner Realtors Platinum – Stirling Properties Gold – Keller Williams Realty Gold – 1st Lake Commercial Properties, Inc. Silver – Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors Silver – RE/MAX Commercial, Inc. Best SHOPPING CENTER Best COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGER Platinum – Lakeside Shopping Center Platinum – 1st Lake Commercial Properties, Inc. Gold – The Shops at Canal Place Gold – Stirling Properties Silver – Fremaux Town Center Silver – RE/MAX Commercial, Inc. Thank You for Your Votes!

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A FIXTURE IN LOUISIANA Best TITLE COMPANY REAL ESTATE SINCE 1934 Platinum – Crescent Title Gold – Bayou Title Silver – Homestead Title Company

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