Edward Lowe Foundation

10/16/2026

This week, a group of Louisiana entrepreneurs braved the autumn chill for a retreat at Big Rock Valley, hosted in partnership with Louisiana Economic Development (LED)!

Attendees included: Adam Rhoads of Insight Audio Video, Lex Adams of Vigilus, Bill Dalton of Firefly Marketing, Caryn Rodgers-Battiste of Bright Moments, Caula Butler of Cape Construction, Chad Meaux of Fire & Safety Specialists, Chad Robinson of C Robinson Enterprises, Jenny Domiano of Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC Pediatric Therapy), Josh Cockfield of Louisiana Claims Administrators, Kimberley Bardell of WCJ Consultants, Logan Meaux of Mallard Bay Outdoors, Maranda White of Octagon Media and Ryan Reid of Black Diamond Express Car Wash. Thank you all for participating!

We’d also like to thank Cherie Hebert for serving as our Entrepreneur Emeritus during this retreat, as well as Maddie Duplantis, Patrick Addamus and Blaine Smith for representing our partners at LED!

10/16/2026

10/13/2026

For nearly three decades Colleen Killen-Roberts worked alongside entrepreneurs, helping them build and grow their businesses. At the Edward Lowe Foundation, she found a way to transform that service and continue to make an impact.

In this episode of our Legacy Voices series, hosted by Barbara Stankowski, Colleen shares what Ed Lowe’s vision means to her and why this work has become so personal.

Listen to their conversation here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IgqAkhxpjyEMfPwSH7n1T?si=a6S4VNM5TpicnYmK0MnRGw

10/09/2026

This week we hosted a virtual AI retreat in partnership with the Burton D. Morgan Foundation!

Participants included Tom Sasura of North Coast Seal Inc., Tom Lane of IFS Meals and Hydro Pressure + Pack, Paul Pahoreshy of PRP & Associates, Kelly Richards of Surface Materials, Katijo Makin of Innovative Therapy Center, Jason Markijohn of Dunaway, Dustin Kaplan of OrthoSport HQ, DL Meckes of Werner G. Smith, Inc.., Atossa Alavi of Immobileyes and Aaron Williams of Unbound Holdings OH LLC. Thank you all for attending!

We’d also like to give a special shoutout to Jay Mellon of AtNetPlus for facilitating this retreat, as well as Michal Marcus, our partner representative from Morgan Foundation.

10/08/2026

From Our Guest Book:

Here we explore some of the entries left in our guest books, which reside in each house at Big Rock Valley.

“This place is magical”

10/06/2026

Welcome to Second-Stage Snapshots!

In this series, we sit down with the entrepreneurs who visit Big Rock Valley to reminisce, share stories and learn more about their businesses.

For this segment, we met with Ben Johnson of Techneaux Technology Services, a Louisiana-based company dedicated to helping customers use technology to improve their businesses.

10/06/2026

It was an honor to partner with Burton D. Morgan Foundation and Peg's Foundation for the Entrepreneur Wellness Retreat!

To learn more about the experience, follow along with Morgan Foundation's video series: The Human Side of Entrepreneurship.

10/03/2026

Wishing a happy work anniversary to Rita Phillips, our assistant director of entrepreneurship!

Today marks her fifteenth year with the Edward Lowe Foundation.

10/01/2026

This week Big Rock Valley welcomed members of our High Council, a group of entrepreneurs, trustees and supporters dedicated to helping us devise strategies for going on forever.

Attendees included Keith A. Paul of HandyPro, Stacy Sloan of Three Little Birds Granola, Todd Gustafson, Tim Keeley of 838 Strategies, Jami Moore of JEM Tech Group, Barbara Stankowski of Stankowski Advanced Strategies, Monica Wyant, Dan Ducoté of Big Rock Leaders, Cynthia Kay of Cynthia Kay Biz, Linda Schlesinger-Wagner of Skinnytees, Phil Roos and Chad Paalman of Prescott AI.

Thank you all for your generous support of the foundation and our mission!

And in case you missed it, our latest Lowe Down episode debuted this week, marking the start of a new series hosted by Barb Stankowski. In this first installment of Legacy Voices, Barb sits down with our vice president of entrepreneurship, Colleen Killen-Roberts, to discuss what it means to steward Edward Lowe’s legacy.

Listen to the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IgqAkhxpjyEMfPwSH7n1T?si=a6S4VNM5TpicnYmK0MnRGw

09/30/2026

Wishing a happy work anniversary to Jenna Anderson, a member of our Guest Services team!

Today marks her second year with the Edward Lowe Foundation.