2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Bill Hoffman Chairman of the Board Woodward Interests, LLC Maura Donahue Chair-elect of the Board DonahueFavret Contractors Michael Hecht President and CEO Greater New Orleans, Inc Phil Gunn Treasurer Postlethwaite & Netterville Mark Spansel Secretary Adams and Reese Ronnie Slone Chair, Policy Committee The Slone Group Patricia LeBlanc Immediate Past Chair LeBlanc Fantaci Villio Dale Benoit Print All Mike DeBoer GE Capital Tommy Faucheux The Dow Chemical Company Melissa Gibbs Gibbs Construction Jim Hudson First Bankers Bank Mike Illanne Chevron Gay LeBreton Chaffe & Associates John Little International Properties Carlo Mulvenna Pan American Life Insurance Group Greg Rusovich Transoceanic Development BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Aaron Aaron, PLC Danica Ansardi Ansardi Financial Michele Avery LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors Jerry Bologna Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission Susan Bonnett Northshore Community Foundation Michelle Bourg Entergy Patricia Brister St Tammany Parish Government Mike Palamone Urban Systems George Pivach Venice Port Complex Stephen Reuther St Bernard Chamber of Commerce Sean Burkes Burkes Engineering Natalie Robottom St John the Baptist Parish Henry Coaxum Coaxum Enterprises Taryn Rogers Valero Richard Cortizas Jones Walker Ashton Ryan First NBC Bank Karen Deblieux Capital One Bank Bobby Savoie Geocent Greg Fiern LCMC Health Ryan Seal Washington Economic Development Foundation Henry Friloux Echo Venures Cherreen Geggenheimer Jefferson Parish Lee Giorgio Select Properties Rick Haas Latter & Blum Ben Hales New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans Tara Hernandez JCH Development Karl Hoefer IBERIABANK Jay Seale Seale & Ross Melonie Stewart Entergy Lizette Terral JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A Warner Thomas Ochsner Health System Dan Wagner Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Guy Williams Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Bill Oliver William A Oliver Enterprises Patrick Quinlan Ochsner Health System Henry Shane Favrot & Shane UNIVERSITY EX-OFFICIO F King Alexander Louisiana State University John Crain Southeastern LA University Dale Doty River Parishes Community College Michael Fitts Tulane University Peter Fos University of New Orleans Norman Francis Xavier University Larry Hollier LSU Health Sciences Center Walter Kimbrough Dillard University Joan Davis Delgado Community College Matt Wisdom TurboSquid Earl Meador South Central LA Technical College Scott Howard Regions Bank ADVISORS Wan Kim Smoothie King Kevin Lin Entrepreneur Victor Ukpolo Southern University of New Orleans Leigh King Cox Communications Steve Nosacka Town of Gramercy Bill Langenstein Chaffe McCall Fernando Rivera South Louisiana Veterans Health Care System John Hollowell Shell Wayne Lee Stone Pigman Gary Lorio Whitney Bank Ti Martin Commander’s Palace Todd Murphy Jefferson Chamber of Commerce PAST CHAIR EMERITUS Bill Hines Jones Walker Leslie Jacobs Strategic Comp Warren Murrell Peoples Health Marty Mayer Stirling Properties Roger Ogden Ogden Development & Investments Suzanne Mestayer ThirtyNorth Investments William Wainright Northshore Community Technical College Tommy Warner Nunez Community College Kevin Wildes Loyola University BOARD MEMBER FAVITOR David Darragh Reily Foods David Fennelly Associated Terminals Jay Lapeyre Laitram Mary Matalin Political Advisor 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3475 New Orleans, LA 70163 504.527.6900 | www.gnoinc.org | @GNOINC 2015 2015 INVESTORS PINNACLE INVESTORS blue moon fund Capital One, N.A Chevron City of New Orleans Entergy JPMorgan Chase The Kresge Foundation Louisiana Economic Development Louisiana Office of Community Development New Orleans Business Alliance The Rockefeller Foundation U.S Economic Development Administration Walton Family Foundation CAPSTONE INVESTORS Adams and Reese Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana The Dow Chemical Company First NBC Bank IBERIABANK Jefferson Parish Government Jones, Walker Northshore Community Foundation Regions Bank St Tammany Parish Government Whitney Bank PILLAR INVESTORS BP America Biz New Orleans Boh Bros / Broadmoor Favrot & Shane Companies Goldring & Woldenberg Foundations Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Laitram LCMC Health New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Saints Ochsner Health System Peoples Health Reily Foods Company Shell Exploration & Production Stirling Properties Superior Energy Services Surdna Foundation WWL-TV ANCHOR INVESTORS Associated Terminals Banner Automotive Group Barriere Construction Co Bart’s Office Furniture Repairs The Boeing Company Bollinger Shipyards Business First Bank Canal Barge Cheniere Energy Coats Rose Commander’s Palace CORE Construction Services Cory, Tucker & Larrowe, Inc Cox Communications Crescent Bank & Trust Crystal Clear Imaging East Jefferson General Hospital GE Capital Gibbs Construction Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Hannis T Bourgeois Harrah’s New Orleans Casino Hyatt Regency New Orleans International Matex Tank Terminals Jefferson Business Council Kelly Hart & Pitre Kent Design Build Lakelawn Metairie Funeral Home Landis Construction Company Latter & Blum LLOG Exploration McMath Construction NANO Northshore Business Council Ogden Development & Investments Pan-American Life Insurance Group Pelican Energy Consultants Phelps Dunbar Plaquemines Association of Business & Industry Plaquemines Parish Government Port of Plaquemines Postlethwaite & Netterville PricewaterhouseCoopers Pyramid Audio Rain CII Razorline Roy Anderson Corp Sheraton New Orleans Hotel Smoothie King Southeastern Louisiana University St Charles Parish Government St James Parish Government St John the Baptist Parish Government Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann Transoceanic Development Tulane University Turner Industries UNO Research & Technology Foundation Valero Waldemar S Nelson & Co Woodward Design+Build CORNERSTONE INVESTORS 365 Connect Advantage Capital Partners Aquiana Springs Water Bellwether Technology Corporation Brennan’s Restaurant Chaffe & Associates Chenevert Architects City of Kenner Cornerstone Government Affairs Corporate Realty Crescent Crown Distributing CSRS Daul Insurance Agency Dickie Brennan Restaurant Group DonahueFavret Contractors Fishman Haygood GCR Globalstar Gulf States Real Estate Services Guster W McIlhenny Family Foundation Harbor Towing & Fleeting HRI Properties Humana Huntington Ingalls Kean Miller Lauricella Land The Lemoine Company Level Communications Lookfar Loyola University New Orleans Mary Freeman Wisdom Foundation Mathes Brierre Architects The Mosaic Company Nalco - An Ecolab Company NOLA Motorsports Park Phillips 66 The Pond Company Salmen Company Salmen Family South Louisiana Bank Southwest Airlines St Bernard Parish Government Tangipahoa Parish Government TCI Packaging Telemundo New Orleans rankings Trapolin-Peer Architects UTSI Venice Port Complex Washington Parish Government Wegmann Dazet & Company PARTNER INVESTORS Acadian Ambulance Service Advantous Consulting All South Consulting Engineers Associated Office Systems Audubon Nature Institute Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Brian Gibbs Development Chaffe McCall Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coldwell Banker Con-Tech International DCL Mooring & Rigging Didier Consultants Dixie Mill The Domain Companies Duplantis Design Group Durr Heavy Construction Eagan Insurance Agency Echo Ventures The Ehrhardt Group Ernst & Young Fidelity Homestead FM Services Gameloft GoToInterview Gulf Coast Office Products Hertz Investment Group HGI Home Bank The Hornsby Group HUB International J.V Burkes & Associates Jacobs Technology JCH Development Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Jones Lang LaSalle Jos A Bank Clothiers The Kearney Companies KPMG LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors LeBlanc Partners Mahl & Associates Medical Executive Partners Metairie Bank and Trust Company My Recruiting New Orleans Zephyrs N.O Steamboat Company/Gray Line Tours Northwestern Mututal Financial Network OMI Environmental Solutions Omni Air Transport ORX Exploration Palmisano Contractors Pat O’Brien’s Bar Perlis The Personnel Consulting Group Poché Construction RE/MAX Commercial Brokers Select Properties Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects The Slone Group Stolthaven Teminals Sumit Credits ThirtyNorth Investments Triton Diving Venice Port Coalition Vintage Church of New Orleans Waggonner & Ball Architects WOW Café & Wingery & PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans Young Leadership Council GNO, Inc Named A “Leading EDC In America” > Global Trade Greater New Orleans, Inc Ranked Top 20 EDO In The USA > Site Selection GNO, Inc World of Work Program Named “Most Effective Statewide Career Awareness and Exploration Initiative” > Louisiana Department of Education New Orleans Ranked #2 In USA For Number of Women In Tech > SmartAsset New Orleans Ranked #2 City In North America > Travel + Leisure New Orleans Ranked #1 In The USA For School Choice > Thomas B Fordham Institute New Orleans Named #1 In America For Creatives > SmartAsset Armstrong International Breaks All-Time Record High for Total Passengers > Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport The Port of New Orleans Sets Cargo Record > The Port of New Orleans Greater New Orleans is #2 in the USA for Growth of Knowledge Industries > EMSI Louisiana #4 In USA For Business Climate > Site Selection Louisiana Ranked #1 In The USA for Workforce Training Program, #3 for Business Climate and High-Wage Manufacturing, #4 for Economic Potential and Best Infrastructure, #6 for Export Value > Business Facilities LEADING TO THE FUTURE 2015YEAR IN REVIEW Louisiana Receives “Silver Shovel” award > Area Development gnoinc.org/annualmeeting SEE OUR FULL LIST AT GNOINC.ORG/RANKINGS This leadership can take many forms: leadership of a company, of an organization, of a campaign What is most important is that each of us take ownership of an issue, and commit to seeing it through Dear Friends, Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, Greater New Orleans is doing extraordinarily well By nearly every measure, the region has not just come back from the storm, but is doing better than in decades Traditional industries, like manufacturing, are booming, with over $60B in recent announcements Trade is at record levels, and the Mission to Mars is under construction at Michoud The economy is also diversifying, with New Orleans’ tech sector one of the fastest growing in America, billons in biomedical investment, and a brand-new sector – Environmental Management – where southeast Louisiana is set to lead the world Greater New Orleans leads the nation for in-migration of people with college degrees, and Travel + Leisure just named us #2 Best City in North America But it is still early days The lessons of Miami, New York, Research Triangle, and even Singapore tell us that economic transformation is a generational project – and so we still have decades of hard work in front of us That is why the theme of our meeting this year is “Leading to the Future:” even as we celebrate our progress, we need to commit now to years more of hard work, and to the leadership that will be required to provide the vision, motivation and direction for this effort Moreover, new leadership will be required As the years pass, leadership succession will be critical to ensure not only continuity but also refreshed energy and ideas The next generation of leaders will need to step up and step in, and in doing so honor the legacy of the first wave of postKatrina leadership I am confident that, together, we can lead to the future On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and stakeholders of GNO, Inc – thank you 2015 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 2015 was a remarkable year for business development projects in Greater New Orleans, with announcements and two major global events that will bring over $2.3 billion in capital investment to the region These projects represent a wide range of industry, further diversifying the local economy Russia Fertilizer plant New York BUSINESS ACCELERATOR 2015 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT New York EDUCATION PLATFORM Finland LASER ENGRAVING POH Phoenix VETERAN HEALTH BENEFITS PIN OAK HOLDINGS Louisiana CHEMICAL TERMINAL • Signature legislation – Reauthorization of the Angel Investor Tax Credit through 2017 • Developed Reform for Louisiana’s Future, a comprehensive policy guide for the Governor and Legislature • Export-Import Bank – Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank through 2019 • Military – Secured additional funding for FA-18 aircraft, which will support Belle Chasse Naval Air Base • Trade Promotion Authority – TPA granted, allowing negotiation of the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership • Economic Development Administration – Funding secured for EDA • WorkNOLA.com - 5,800+ job postings, 777,464 visits, and 3.9 million page views • Pilot and adoption of Supplemental Course Allocation (SCA) Open Enrollment Process shifts Course Choice provider application cycle to year round structure • Successful pilot and region-wide launch of GNO World of Work (GNO WOW), deemed the “Most Effective” career awareness and exploration initiative in Louisiana by Louisiana Department of Education • GNO, Inc and UNO Coastal Engineering and Science (CEAS) certificates, nearly doubles the size of the class over inaugural semester, currently enrolling 50 students and working professionals “ Since 2008, the economic development organization has been “materially involved” in bringing $12.5 billion of capital investments and 21,525 jobs to the region, officials reveal Greater New Orleans, Inc was selected as a “Leading EDC in America,” a list which recognized organizations which use creative and effective means for attracting business February 2016, Global Trade magazine California VIDEOGAME DEVELOPER New York CAPITAL FIRM Dublin TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE > ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT • Copa Airlines began direct service to Panama City and 72 destinations in the Americas • Launched RES/CON, he premier annual international conference on the practice of successful resiliency and disaster management • Organized TEDxNewOrleans to showcase the systematic progress experienced by the region during the decade following Hurricane Katrina > awardS Ohio E-SPORTS EVENT [[ WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GNO, Inc “World of Work” named “Most Effective Statewide Career Awareness and Exploration Initiative” by the Louisiana Department of Education • GNO, Inc Top 20 EDO in USA [Site Selection] and a “Leading EDC In America” {Global Trade Magazine] • National Association of Development Organization Innovation Award, UNO Coastal Engineering & Science Certificate Program • American Planning Association National Planning Excellence Award, Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan • CEO Michael Hecht named among 10 People Making a Difference in Economic Development [Southern Business & Development], one of “North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers” [Consultant Connect] INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS Copa Airlines started direct service to Panama City, and over 50 destination in the Americas, “reopening the Gateway to the Americas” [[ STATE FISCAL REFORM Developed Reform for Louisiana’s Future, a comprehensive policy guide for the Governor and Legislature for fundamental structural reform for Louisiana > MARKETING • 1,000+ pieces, including 650 national articles (Bloomberg, Fox, NPR, WSJ, NY Times, Forbes, CNBC, etc.) • Led public relations efforts, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, around the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Durham DIGITAL AGENCY MULTI-YEAR PRIORITIES > PUBLIC POLICY > WORKFORCE Michael Hecht President & CEO GNO, INC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Largest NextGen Council to-date; joint Board of Directors and NextGen Council meetings commenced [[ FLOOD PROTECTION & RESILIENCE GNO Urban Water Plan adopted by City of New Orleans in Resilient NOLA Strategy and through Jefferson Parish Elmwood demonstration project; Coalition for Coastal Resilience and Economy met with Secretary of Commerce Pritzker and OMB Director Shaun Donovan