Andrea St. Paul Bland is the President of the Board of the Garden District Association and Chairman of the Profiles in Preservation Committee that created and managed the project through which this book was created. 

Hailing from the 7th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans, Julian “Juice” Gosin is an artist, producer, trumpeter, MC, and educator.

Sally Reeves is the retired longtime Archivist of the New Orleans Notarial Archives Division of the Office of the Clerk of Civil District Court. She is a noted local author, lecturer, translator, and architectural historian.

Peter Brannen is an award-winning science journalist whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, among other publications. His book, The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything, was published August 26, 2025 by Ecco.

Ann Yoachim is the director of the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design and a professor of practice at the Tulane School of Architecture. In her role as director, she leads the center’s programs and projects, drives strategic initiatives, and cultivates key partnerships to advance its mission.

Born and raised in India, Arvinder Vilkhu has been passionate about hospitality since childhood.

Tania Tetlow was named the 33rd president of Fordham University on February 10, 2022, and took office on July 1. She is the first layperson, and the first woman, to hold the office at Fordham.

La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, one of the largest private foundations in the United States.