BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Looking Up 2009, which will be hosted by the LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Louisiana Chapter, is scheduled to be held Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center, located at 3838 West Lakeshore Drive. This year will mark the sixth installment of the event, a yearly tradition started in 2004 that celebrates entrepreneurship in Louisiana and serves as a venue to exchange business ideas and provides a premier networking opportunity.

Bill Jeansonne, a commercial agent at Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate and certified commercial investment member, will serve as the chair of Louisiana Looking Up 2009. Troy Prevot, senior vice president at LUBA Worker’s Comp, will serve as the event’s chair of speakers, and Stephanie Rials, project manager at HELP Solutions, is the event’s chair of logistics. Wendy Luedtke, director of alumni and external relations for the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business serves as the advisor.

As in years past, the LSU Flores MBAAA-Louisiana Chapter is asking any businesses, individuals or groups interested in sponsoring Louisiana Looking Up at any level to please do so. Sponsorship packages include premier sponsors, major sponsors, annual sponsors and sponsors. There are various benefits for each sponsor amount, and previous sponsors have included The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, Dow Chemical Company, Jones Walker Law Firm, Louisiana Economic Development, Entergy, The Shaw Group, SSA Consultants, Ernst & Young, LUBA Workers’ Comp and Adams and Reese LLP. To ensure sponsorship for Louisiana Looking Up 2009, contact Jeansonne at llu@lsu.edu.

For information about Louisiana Looking Up 2009, visit www.bus.lsu.edu/alumni/mbalouisiana/lalookingup/LLU2009.asp.