VCI International Inc. hosted the 24th Annual Network Coalition Reception at the Hyatt House hotel in New Orleans honoring business and political leaders during the Bayou Classic weekend festivities. Honored were:
- Lisa Mims-Devazin, PhD, Chancellor, Southern University New Orleans
- State Senator Wesley Bishop
- New Orleans City Councilman James Austin Gray ll
- Eugene Green of The Green Business Report
- Tyrone Legette of Legette Construction
- Hall Davis V of Hall Davis and Sons Funeral Home in Baton Rouge
- Tony Brown of the Eyes Open Foundation in Alexandria Louisiana
- Sailor Jackson Jr., Louisiana Secretary of State office (retired)
Tony Brown
Michael McClanahan incoming president Louisiana NAACP State Conference was introduced. Erika McConduit, president of the Urban League Louisiana, Network Coalition chairman WT Whitfield, VCI International president Allen Semien Sr, Bobby Phills, Ph.D, chancellor-dean of the Southern University Land Grant Campus, Martin Burrell, president of the Dallas-based Burrell Group, and State Representative Sam Jenkins of Shreveport welcomed guests to the
4pm event.
Sponsors for the event included Acadian Companies, Baton Rouge Community College Foundation, Maximized Communications, CAWAN Resource Network, JAVA Copy Center, The Burrell Group, Yusef Davis Photography, Dr. Everett D. Gibson, and Ted Ellis Art Gallery.
