Brad Weaber,
Executive Vice President
Brad
Weaber has flown on over 2,200 flights. If you add up all of the nights he has
stayed in hotels over his career it would equal eleven years!
Brian Walker,
Director of Information Technology
Part
of Brian's job is process improvement.
So the next time you are pulling your hair out thinking "There has to be
an easier way!" Chances are there is. Brian suggests working with IT to
possibly automate the steps.
Christine
DeCuir, Media Relations Coordinator
Christine loves to go on wine tasting adventures.
Helen Mesfin,
Convention Sales Manager
Helen's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. She and her husband host 85 friends and
family members for dinner- they call it Thanksgiving with a Twist. Before dessert they serve Kitfo- Ethiopian
steak tartar made with spiced clarified butter, mitmita (spicy powdered
seasoning containing African bird's eye chili peppers, cardamom seeds, cloves, salt and a touch of ground cardamom).
The highlight of the evening is each guest sharing one thing they are grateful for that year.
Jessica
LaChute, Manager, Membership Services
Jessica
holds a Masters of Criminal Justice from Loyola University New Orleans.
Laura
Russett, Director of Administration
Yes,
Laura really named her one and only child (a daughter, no less), "McAllister,"
after 6'1", 231 lb. NFL running back, Deuce McAllister. Her daughter
affectionately calls him "Uncle
Deuce" and coincidentally (really, it was
coincidence), she was born on the 26th, Deuce's jersey number for
his entire career in the NFL.
Lisa St. Cyre,
Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
Lisa
loves to pick out a recipe from Louisiana Cookin' Magazine and cook it for her
family.
Lorraine Lorio,
Convention Sales Assistant
Lorraine
likes to Cajun dance and hunts duck and geese.
She can pluck and clean birds with the best of them.
Savanna
Armstrong, Convention Services Account Executive
Savanna
plays 3.5 tennis at City Park, has a beautiful boxer named Jazz and recently
purchased a new home in Metairie with her husband.
Stacey Gansar,
Finance
Stacey
is originally from Idaho but raised in New Orleans and glad she was. She
has one son, Griffin, who just turned 13...let the games begin! Stacey has
always wanted to learn to play piano and started lessons about two years
ago. Stacey knows eight-year-olds who can play better, but it feels
great all the same!
Tara Letort,
Director of Group Public Relations
Tara
and her husband Cullen love to travel around the country to see Dave Matthews
Band concerts, NASCAR races and University of Alabama football games. In fact,
their first child Eli is named after the Bama commentator, Eli Gold. Roll Tide!
Tico
Soto, Director of Tourism
In
2011-2012, Tico completed a half and a full marathon, which was a great
accomplishment. Tico got a ‘26.2,'
the length of the marathon tattooed on his left bicep/upper arm to commemorate the accomplishment. Who
would think that Tico, of all people, would have a tattoo!