Staff Directory

Main Office
GNO, Inc.

Greater New Orleans, Inc.
365 Canal Street, Suite 2300
New Orleans, LA 70130
t: 504-527-6900
f: 504-527-6970

Executive Officers
Michael Hecht

Michael Hecht
President and CEO
t: 504-527-6907
c: 504-715-5037
Email

Biography

Austin Marks

Austin Marks
Chief of Staff
t: 504-527-6942
c: 504-919-6007
Email

Business Development
Andrea St. Paul Bland

Andrea St. Paul Bland
Senior Vice President Business Development,
t: 504-527-6996
c: 504-460-1619
Email

John R. Zakian

John R. Zakian
Senior Vice President
Strategy
t: 504-527-6943
c: 914-471-3920
Email

Salvador Figueroa

Salvador Figueroa
Director of International Relations
t: 504-527-6951
c: 504-231-0732
Email

Jenny Hunter

Jenny Hunter
Director
Business Development

t: 504-527-6937
c: 504-616-1875
Email

Thomas Rush
Associate
Business Development
t: 504-527-6978
c: 504-495-4433
Email

Dawn Greatrex

Dawn Greatrex
Executive Assistant
Business Development
t: 504-527-6905
Email

External Affairs
Rachel Shields

Rachel Shields
Executive Assistant to the President and Special Events Manager
t: 504-527-6939
c: 504-613-7458
Email

Nick Gross

Nicholas Gross
Communications Manager
t: 504-527-6963
c: 504-616-1345
Email

Finance & Administration

Keith Crawford
Senior Vice President
Finance and Development

t: 504-527-6922
c: 504-717-3821
Email

Nicole Palmer

Nicole Palmer
HR/Office Manager
& NORLI Director

t: 504-527-6922
Email

Carolyn Shields

Carolyn Shields
Receptionist
Greater New Orleans, Inc.
t: 504-527-6900
Email

Regional Public Policy
Dino Paternostro

Dino Paternostro
Senior Vice President
Public Policy
t: 504-527-6920
Email

Denise Washington
Executive Assistant
Public Policy & Talent Development

t: 504-527-6940
Email

Talent Development