The Patty-G Show

Kevin Gardner, Senior Vice President of HUB Insurance, joins us for today's podcast. HUB Insurance is an insurance brokerage which provides employee benefits, business, and personal insurance products and services. Throughout the podcast, Kevin talks about his previous experience in the insurance world before HUB, along with some lessons he's learned throughout that journey. Kevin also sha...

Erik Showalter, President of the Baton Rouge General Foundation, joins us for today's podcast. BRGF is a foundation which supports Baton Rouge General by philanthropic events, helping the hospital provide healthcare to the community. The donations and gifts acquired go to equipment, technology, services, programs, and also research for BRG. These gifts and donations allow the patients to have...

Bri Boudreaux, owner of Simple Living Concierge Services, joins us for today’s podcast. Bri started off her services with organizing and errand running. She then realized there was much more she could offer, so she and her team established a systematic approach to organizing home and office spaces, with other services such as doing laundry, reminders for holiday presents, and much more. Overall, S...

Front Yard Bikes. Where do we start? We start in Executive Director Dustin LaFont’s front yard. Throughout and after college, Dustin would ride his bike frequently for school and some of his other tasks. During this time, he acquired a knowledge for bikes, acquiring parts and how to repair his bike and others along the way. Front Yard Bikes started when a kid asked Dustin to repair his bike. This...

The Personnel Consulting Group is a direct hire recruiting and contract staffing agency in the New Orleans Area. Jim Schneider, President and Managing Partner; Michael Hecker, Partner; and Toby Toups, Partner of the Personnel Consulting Group, join us for today's podcast. At PCG, they pride themselves on being transparent in their goals and what they strive to accomplish. To them, it's not...

Peter Sclafani, a third-generation chef and restaurateur from New Orleans, joins us for today's podcast. Chef Peter has had an amazing, wild, and successful journey including his own cookbook, is the owner of Down South Hospitality, a major investor in Restaurant Systems Pro, and is involved with multiple different restaurants such as Portobello's, P-Beau's, SoLou, and Juban's. Che...

GAGE is a family owned business since 1980, now being operated by Greg Wood, Anne Hebert, Jason Landry, and their team. GAGE offers multiple services, starting with telecommunication systems which has evolved much over time, resulting in now using cloud voice technology to provide modern technology to their telephones. With telecommunication systems being the majority of the company’s work, GAGE i...

Owners of Mimosa Handcrafted, Madeline and Dawson Ellis, sit down to talk about the art of Lost Wax Casting and their pride, Mimosa Handcrafted. These practices of lost wax casting can go back to the years of 4500 BC; 6500 years ago! Tune in to hear how this process is done, lessons Madeline and Dawson have learned along the way of starting the business, what the final end product is, and much mor...

Rachel Eggie, owner of Eggie Salon Studio, joins us for today's episode. Eggie was born in Houston, then raised in Baton Rouge, where she developed her passion for hair. While Eggie was seeking to go to cosmetology school out of High School, she wound up getting a degree from LSU in marketing, and then she fully pursued her passion. Tune in to hear more about her journey, the lessons she has l...

Natalie Noel, CEO and product visionary of NOEL Family Distillery, joins us for today's episode. Natalie and her father started NOEL 6 years ago, with a dream to produce ultra premium spirits with natural ingredients. NOEL Family Distillery is a Louisiana owned and operated family business located in Donaldsonville. NOEL offers vodka, rums, and tequila, which have all been approved by Patty-G!...

Joe Martin is the chief creative officer and one of the co-founders/owners of Red Six Media. Red Six Media is a full service ad agency that works to bring out the best in brands and in one another. Red Six has been running for a little over 14 years, with plans to keep adding on. Joe is also involved in the restaurant/bar world, with Soulshine Kitchen and Bar. Soulshine is located here in Baton Ro...

Stephanie Bartage is a mother, the artistic director, and the founder of a theater nonprofit, 225 theater collective. She is also the founder of the Roman's 12:12 Foundation, a charity to support children that need to undergo thymus transplant surgery. She works with a Baton Rouge bilingual media company, Caras and Faces, and last but not least, Stephanie is representing Baton Rouge as Ms. Bat...

Grant and Allison Guidroz, owners of Fullness Farm, joined us for today’s podcast. Grant and Allison have a farm here in Baton Rouge, producing organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers without the use of synthetic fertilizer, herbicides, or pesticides. Grant started his college career thinking he was going to go down the road of finance, and then pivoted to farming. After Grant and Allison had been...

Dr. Jonathan Weiler, owner and plastic surgeon of Weiler Plastic Surgery, joins us for today's episode. Dr. Weiler, who graduated from LSU medical school and completed his fellowship training in plastic surgery at LSU Medical Center, specializes in cosmetic breast enhancement, body contouring, and facial plastic surgery. Throughout the podcast, Dr. Weiler talks about his start in the medical w...

Matt Ory, co-owner of AMO Trial Lawyers and AMO Title Services, talks about his trials and tribulations as an entrepreneur, along with his successes. Matt's work ethic and relentless drive led him to multiple ventures. He got into real estate early and realized that things could be done better if he started a title company. Then comes along AMO Title Services. AMO Title prides itself on being...

Happy Father's Day to one and all. This week Patty-G had the honor of sitting down with his father, Douglas Gremillion. A generational entrepreneur running two family businesses with Patty-G's two brothers. Gremillion Mechanical being the first of the family businesses is now within it's 4th generation of Gremillion's and continuing to grow year over year. A second company has star...

Mark Normand is the co-founder of Poppa Earle's Cajun Seasoning. Mark had been developing a recipe and would initially give the seasoning he made out to people for a gift. He then combined his work with co-founder Jesse Leblanc and Poppa Earle's was born. Poppa Earle's was founded in 2017 and won amazon newcomer of the year in 2019. Poppa Earle's is also designed to contain less sa...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Lawrence Salone, PhD, founder of Post Trauma Institute. Lawrence and his team specializes in helping individuals better their mental health.  Their range of patients include adolescents, children, and adults.  Did you know that mental health is costing America $6.3 trillion every year? This is an issue Lawrence and his team are working on suppressing. Lawren...

In today's episode, we are joined by Rob Gaudet, founder and director of Cajun Navy Ground Force. Cajun Navy Ground Force is a non profit organization that takes in professional citizens and volunteers and trains them with vital skills to help stabilize elderly and disabled citizens affected by natural disasters. They do this by embedding themselves in impacted communities for extended periods...

Jackie Haxthausen, owner and photographer of Jackie Haxthausen Fine Art Photography, sits down with us at BLDG5 after finding and living her passion in photography. Jackie started off her professional life doing ultrasounds for hearts. She then realized she wanted to focus on kids after working on one kid's case. She then switched to pediatric cardiology for 12 years and ultimately decided to...

Elena Keegan, founder and creator of Spiro, joins us in today’s episode. The Spiro is a new stretching tool that’s transforming the way people stretch, offering a great balance between innovation and simplicity. This Spiro stretching tool can be used five minutes a day while incorporating conscious breathing to provide multiple benefits. Spiro is designed to help with flexibility and to relieve st...

This week we bring on Norisha Kirts Glover, founder and owner of NRK Construction. We sit down and talk about her experience in different fields, including education fundraising, construction, a consulting firm, and being on the boards of multiple different companies. We get into how she discovered construction was the path she wanted to take, and then how she later decided residential constructio...

In this episode, we sit down with Frank Hopkins, owner of Frank Hopkins Leadership Coach. Frank and his team focus on developing people’s leadership skills; making people a better leader. We take a dive into Frank’s business and discuss how often they meet with clients, how frequent, and what some of the conversations entail. We also talk about Frank’s passion for growing trees, and how that led h...

In this episode, we sit down with Shawn Sagrera, owner of Sagrera Farms.  We discuss Sagrera Farms’ story of being a prime Angus beef producer in Louisiana, along with the care and attention that goes into raising some of the finest cattle. From their humble beginnings around 30 years ago, Sagrera Farms has built a reputation for producing quality and excellence among their cattle, which includes...

In today’s episode, we are joined by Tony Zanders, CEO and Founder of Skilltype.  We start off the episode talking about Tony’s upbringing throughout high school and college, how he chose where he wanted to live and work, and eventually we get to why he chose to come back to Baton Rouge.  Also, Tony shares the many places he has visited and gives information about those cities and countries.  He e...