StM News

St. Martin’s graduates are leaders across New Orleans and beyond. Our alumni have helped to shape their communities in the fields of medicine, law, policy, real estate, education, politics, the arts, and more. Here’s a look at some alumni who made recent headlines.

• Gary Solomon, Jr. ’04, co-founder and CEO of Solomon Group, was recently sworn in as Louisiana Board of Regents Chair (Read more.)

• Don Marshall ’68, Executive Director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, was recently honored by OffBeat Magazine with the 2023 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Business. (Read more.)

• Earlier this month, Danyael Rose Graham ’05 was honored by The Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association (VPHA) as The Public Educator of the Year. (Read more.)

• Alexandra Kern ’14 directed a short film, Wild Magnolias, about Mardi Gras Indians. The film is currently on its festival circuit having screened at Oscar qualifying festivals as well as honored by a special screening at the New Orleans Jazz Museum where it was offered a permanent stay in their historical archive. (Read more.)

• Bryce Bohannan ’22 was awarded the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award last month by Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. (Read more.)

• Congratulations to Peterson Harter ’03. His San Francisco restaurant, Sandy’s Muffuletta’s, was named to the San Francisco Chronicle’s list of Top 15 New Restaurants of 2023 in the Bay Area. (Read more.)