First Person - Thrive Magazine

First Person: David J. Faulk - Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu, curator/director

January 2025

First Person: Joanne Sovereign-Plant Manager, PPG Silicas Lake Charles

November 2024

First Person: Lauren Heinen - Lamar Robertson - Retired Music Educator and Choral Director

September 2024

First Person: Calcasieu Parish Sheriff-Elect Stich Guillory

January 2024

First Person with Will Wade, Head Coach, McNeese State University Men’s Basketball

December 2023

First Person with Katie Harrington

February 2023

First Person with Angie Manning, Vice President of Communications, Visit Lake Charles

January 2023

First Person: Dr. John Noble Jr. Orthopedic Surgeon, President of Noble Development, and President of the Louisiana State Medical Society

December 2022

First Person with G. Janelle Frost, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMERISAFE Inc.

November 2022

First Person with Chef Amanda Cusey

September 2022

Tom Hoefer

August 2022

Jim Rock

March 2022

Dr. William Emil Mayo, EdD

February 2022

First Person with Melinda Tilley

January 2022

First Person with David Sickey: Strategist, activist for indigenous concerns, and former Chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

November 2021

Katie Prejean McGrady - Author, speaker, podcaster, and host of The Katie McGrady Show

August 2021

First Person with Clerc Bertrand - Executive Director, McNeese Athletic Foundation

August 2021

First Person with Paul Pettefer Bishop of BBQ, Pitmaster, & Chief Fun Engineer

July 2021

First Person with Dr. Lacey Cavanaugh, Region 5 Medical Director

June 2021

First Person with Amy Dunn

May 2021

First Person with Rebekah Hoffpauir

February 2021

First Person with LA Senator Ronnie Johns

January 2021