After 20 years in the real estate business, Donna F. Taylor is one seasoned professional. Donna was recently promoted to Sr. Vice President, Asset Management & New Business Development, for Stirling Properties, where she manages a portfolio of properties owned by third parties.  Responsibilities include property and construction management, leasing, financial reporting, budgeting, financing and refinancing, contractual compliance and general client interface. Additionally, Donna handles Client Relations and New Business Development. She is one of four Senior Executives currently serving on the Executive Committee of Stirling Properties.

Prior to joining Stirling Properties, Donna was a Leasing Executive with Woodmont Development (New Orleans Galleria), and a paralegal with the law firm of Seale, Macaluso, Ross and Daigle in Hammond, Louisiana. A Certified Public Accountant, Donna obtained her MBA from SLU in 2002. She is a 2002 graduate of the Louisiana Realtors Leadership Program, a member of CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), and a Notary Public for Tangipahoa, St. Helena, Livingston and St. Tammany Parishes. Donna holds both Louisiana and Mississippi real estate licenses.

Donna is a highly active, dedicated volunteer for a variety of community and business organizations. Her current memberships include N.A.B.O.R., New Orleans CREW, and the Southeastern Louisiana University Accounting Advisory Board. She was also selected by New Orleans City Business as one of the 2004 Women of the Year. Notable among her past commitments are: Louisiana Spring Fundraising Committee for the Hammond Special Olympics; Past President of the SLU Alumni Association; Past President of The Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation; Past Board Member of the Tangipahoa Association of Retarded Citizens; Past Director on the Board of the Directors of the Castlewoods, Annandale, Cypress Lake, and Bridgepointe Subdivisions in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area; and member of the Business and Industry Committee of the Louisiana Realtors Association.

Carrie Williamson, Principal of Carrie Williamson, Marketing | Public Relations | Writing, is a “Director for Hire,” acting as a company’s de facto marketing/PR department, providing part-time, senior level expertise, and managing special projects. As noted by many of her clients, her greatest talent is identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a business, recognizing opportunities, and refocusing communication resources – time, energy and money -- to meet financial goals and visionary missions.

An excellent project manager, and creative and strategic thinker, Carrie can jump in on any project and make a difference whether it is developing a website or PR campaign. She works closely with a company or organization’s team members, and regularly collaborates with a roster of wizards – web designers, internet marketing geniuses and graphic artists.

In addition to the non-profit, consumer and B2B worlds, Carrie works with a variety of clients in commercial real estate in both New Orleans and New York City – developers, architects, attorneys and other related disciplines. She moved to New Orleans after Katrina and has enjoyed doing pro bono marketing and PR work for organizations helping to rebuild the city, including Net2NO, where tech forerunners and social changemakers meet, and New Orleans AIGA Green Salon, a think fest on greening New Orleans.

Carrie is also a seasoned corporate writer in both traditional and interactive media – web content, enewsletters, ad copy, marketing and media collateral -- and Travel Editor of the award-winning Leader's Edge Magazine. In addition to travel writing, she cover all things discerning -- cars, motorcycles, luxury goods, wine, spirits -- and edgy insurance and business stories. She recently won a Society of National Association Publications Excel Silver Award for her feature, “Buy, Hold or Cellar,” an entertaining read on insuring fine wine collections.