Jones Walker is a sponsor of Junior Achievement's 2009 Business Hall of Fame Awards. The event takes place on Thursday, June 25, at The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. A reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m.
This year's honorees include: Dickie Brennan, Founder & President, Dickie Brennan & Company; Leon R. Fulton, Chairman & CEO, Fulton, Johnson Insurance Agency, Inc.; George Rodrigue, President, Rodrigue Studio; Arthur Roger, Owner, Arthur Roger Gallery; and Roland T. Von Kurnatowski, Founder & Chair & Executive Director, Tipitina's Foundation.
Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. is a local office of Junior Achievement Worldwide, the world’s largest and fastest-growing nonprofit economic education organization. Classroom volunteers from the business community teach JA programs in schools in the United States and in more than 100 countries worldwide, reaching more than 8 million students in cities, suburbs and rural areas. The organization serves to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans, Inc. reaches more than 22,000 students annually in Southeast Louisiana in classrooms, after-school camps, and summer enrichment camps.