Premier Chapter of BNI - Baton Rouge - La.

A huge thank you to Ginger Murray, Real Estate Guide for this week's BNI presentation! Her advice on buying a home? The perfect time is when it is right for YOU. She also gifted us three Chinese coins on a red string, a traditional symbol of luck, prosperity, and abundance. Generous, insightful, and full of good energy... Just like Ginger! 🏡🪙

We had such a great time at our chapters crawfish boil. Biggest crawfish you ever say today…. Thank you to everyone who helped, helped setup, and helped clean up. Very much appreciated. Shawn Wilson Aaron Clark Vicki Hubbard Lauren Folks Adams Matt Holt Brian Folse Jr.

We're proud to announce our March Notable Networking Award winners, presented today with a little crawfish flair in preparation of our Member & Guest Crawfish Boil on April 18th! 🦞

🏆 Most Referrals Passed – Vicki Hubbard
💼 Most Closed Business – Ginger Murray
🤝 Most 1-2-1 Meetings – Lauren Adams *(not pictured)*
📚 Most CEUs – Abigail Valle
🏆 Most Visitors Brought – Bradford Smith

Thank you for your dedication, hard work, and commitment to helping your fellow members grow. You make our chapter shine! ✨

We want to say great job to Mattie Yoes with Torapath Digital Marketing for giving such a great informative presentation today. We learned more about the different acronyms for AI.

How many do you know? If you don’t know them all reach out to Torapath to help you learn and help your company stay up to date. 

We had such a good time last night at Baton Rouge Zydeco Fan Page game.

Celebrating our 2025 Award Winners 🎉 These members went above and beyond this year, showing what commitment, connection, and consistency look like in action. We’re proud to recognize their impact on our chapter and excited to build an even stronger year ahead.

Giving back to our community is at the heart of who we are as a chapter. 💙

Today, we were honored to donate $500 to Unbranded.org , a nonprofit dedicated to serving survivors of human trafficking. Their work helps restore dignity and self-confidence through laser tattoo removal, supporting healing and fresh starts for those impacted by trafficking.

Supporting organizations like Unbranded reminds us that our impact goes beyond business. When we come together to serve our community, we create meaningful change where it matters most.

Our chapter is proud to be represented in the Best of Baton Rouge this year. We love seeing our members recognized for the work they do every day to serve our community. If you’re voting, be sure to show them some love (I already voted for everyone this morning 👀👇):

Best of Baton Rouge Nominees from Our Group:
• Progeny Law Firm – Law / Estate Law
• Hubbard Flooring Studios – Home & Garden / Floor Store
• Guarantee Maid Services – Home & Garden / Cleaning Services
• Steadfast Electric – Home & Garden / Electrician
• TRI21 Roofing – Home & Garden / Roofing
• GMFS – Lender
• Legacy Title – Title Company
• AireServ - Air Conditioning

🗳️ You can vote once a day through 01/23/2026 at 5:00 PM.
Let’s support the businesses that make Baton Rouge great: https://www.votebatonrouge.com/

2026 Best of Baton Rouge Vote once per day from January 5 through January 23.

We would like to say congratulations and great job to our December winners. All of these members went above and beyond with their numbers in each area.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our longtime Premier BNI member and friend, Mona Rafeedie. While our hearts are heavy, we are so grateful for the many memories and friendships she leaves behind.

Mona was a dedicated member of Premier BNI for 12 years, serving on the Board in every role and building lifelong connections along the way. She retired in 2025 after an incredible career of over 15 years in business, more than 300 placements, and over 100 clients served.

Mona touched our lives in countless ways, and her legacy will always be part of our Premier BNI family. Our thoughts are with her loved ones during this time. 🤍

October was all about connection, collaboration, and growth! 🌟 Congratulations to our Notable Networker Award winners, Mattie, Justin, Steve, Abigail, and (not pictured) Lauren, for going above and beyond in referrals and relationship-building last month.

We also enjoyed hearing Justin Edwards with Gator Home Inspections share the importance of a thorough home inspection during his first featured presentation. Great job, Justin! 🏡