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Louisiana Looking Up! 2007
Louisiana Looking Up! 2007 will be held Thursday, September 13, 2007. This annual seminar, sponsored by the Flores MBA Alumni Association-Louisiana Chapter, is celebrating its fourth installment this year and promises an informative afternoon for all in attendance.
The theme of this year’s event is "Celebration of Entrepreneurship in Louisiana," and some well-known entrepreneurs will be participating in the day's activities. Louisiana Looking Up! 2007 will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, located at 3838 West Lakeshore Drive on the campus of LSU.
Louisiana Looking Up! 2007 Speakers
Public Invited
Panel 1- Getting Started and Overcoming Adversity
David Blossman - CEO of Abita Brewing Company, LLC
Louis DeAngelo, Jr. - CEO of Louis DeAangelo's Restaurants
David Fluker - President of Fluker Farms
Chris Russo Blackwood - Publisher of InRegister Magazine
Entrepreneurship Speaker
Mark Weaver - Director, LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute |
Panel 2 - Going National and Going Global
Boysie Bollinger- CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.
Bill Borne - CEO of Amedysis
John Douthat - CEO of AllBrands, LLC
Chris Ferrara - CEO of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc.
Closing Remarks
Sean O'Keefe - LSU Chancellor
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The E. J. Ourso College of Business and the Flores MBA Alumni Association invite alumni of the College of Commerce, the College of Business Administration, the E. J. Ourso College, and their guests to join together on Friday, September 14, 2007 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. for an alumni party.
Music, jambalaya, and beverages will be in plentiful supply at the event, which will be held in the North Courtyard of Patrick F. Taylor Hall on the eve of the Tigers match-up with Middle Tennessee State. This is an excellent opportunity to meet with faculty and administrators of the E. J. Ourso College and to network with fellow alumni. There is no charge to attend the event.
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James C. Flores
Chairman, President, and CEO
Plains Exploration and Production Company
The LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Houston Chapter will continue its Executive Speaker Series with James Flores on Thursday, October 4, 2007.
Flores is the chairman, president, and CEO of Plains Exploration and Production Company, and is the third speaker to address Houston-area MBA alumni in the series since its inception last February.
Plains Exploration will host the group at its conference center in Houston, and the event will take place from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
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Contact and Calendar
Flores MBA
Alumni Association
Web site
Louisiana Chapter
Web site * e-mail
Louisiana Looking Up!
Thursday, September 13
Lod Cook Alumni Center,
1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Alumni Party 2007
Friday, September 14
Patrick F. Taylor Hall North Courtyard, 5-8 p.m.
Houston Chapter
Web site * e-mail
New Officer Induction
Monday,
September 10
FGI Consulting, 6:30 p.m.
Executive Speaker Series
James C. Flores
Thursday, October 4
Plains Exploration, 6 p.m.
Dallas Chapter
Web site * e-mail
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