While representing the more than 30,000 alumni of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, the mission of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA) is to encourage active alumni involvement in support of the school’s mission and goals. TABA strives to assemble and focus alumni resources to enhance and improve the areas of career management, development and external relations at the school.
For over 45 years, TABA has hosted the annual Tulane Business Forum. This signature event—the largest half-day business conference in the Greater New Orleans area—features talks by nationally and internationally renowned business leaders. The growth and success of the Forum has allowed TABA to support Freeman through capital gifts to building projects, partnerships with the Career Management Center, social and networking events for current students, and funding for events such as the Tulane Business Model Competition.
Executive Committee
- TABA President - Taylor Gilbert, TC ’05, MBA ’12, Chaffe & Associates, Inc.
- Vice President - Laura Beauchamp, B ’00, MBA ’04, Entergy Louisiana
- Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair - Ryan Jones, B ’14, MBA ’15, Entergy Louisiana
- Secretary - Will Mizell, B ’10, Stone Pigman
- Immediate Past President - Chris Williams, MBA ’11, Lockton
- Forum Chair - Nene Gianfala, B ’07, Chaffe & Associates
Members-at-Large
- Katie Adams, MBA ’18, Shell
- Olivia Mertensmeyer Alexander, B '13, MBA ’20, EisnerAmper
- Scott Armand, MBA ’13, Cave Communications
- Scott Barrios, MBA ’17, Shell
- Natalie Barranco, MBA ’06, PRIME Business Advisory Solutions
- Shannon Brice, MBA ’04, Ochsner Health System
- J.R. Comeaux, MBA ’24, NextEra Energy
- Louis David, MBA ’11, NOLABA
- Aimee Adatto Freeman, MBA ’95, Freeman Consulting
- T.J. Henry, B ’06, L ’13, MBA ’13, Federate
- Bill Hudlow, MBA ’97, Tulane University
- Alex Katz, B ’05, NOLA Motorcars
- Brian King, B ’09, Hancock Whitney
- Adrian Lopez-Salazar, MBA ’11, Port of New Orleans
- Erin McMenemon, MBA ’13, BCM Advisors
- Reed Miller, MBA ’23, LCMC Health
- Amy Mitchell-Smith, MBA ’21, Lionfish Studios
- Evan Nicoll, B ’12, MBA ’16, A ’21, 1834 Ventures
- Victoria Adams Phipps, MBA ’22, JPMorgan Chase
- Eugene Priestley, E ’87, MBA ’01, LOOP
- Chris Ralph, B ’15, Scout Energy Partners
- Ivy Robinson, MBA ’23, St. Thomas Community Health Center
- Chris Saybe, MBA ’17, Capital One
- Larry Smith, MBA ’99, Auto-Chlor Services
- Katherine Hanemann Wade, MBA ’97, IMB (Retired)
- Malory Weir, L ’15, MBA ’15, Oxy
- Alex Wendling, B ’13, MBA ’13, Ochsner Ventures
- Mark Williamson, MBA ’87, High Point Bank & Trust (Retired)
