The Picard Group

08/27/2026

TPG Partner Mike Michot and TPG Senior Director of Governmental Affairs David Koke attended the SpaceX announcement in Vermilion Parish this week. TPG clients, including Cheniere Energy Inc., Lafayette Consolidated Government, One Acadiana, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette, were in attendance, as well as state and local officials, economic development organizations, and business leaders.

08/26/2026

Celebrating one year of Helen Dwight on The Picard Group team! Grateful for the dedication and drive you bring every day. Here's to year two!

08/25/2026

TPG was proud to join our clients Port of Lake Charles and CITGO in hosting an evening reception at Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino - Lake Charles, also a TPG client.

Port commissioners and members of the Port’s senior staff gathered at an evening legislative reception hosted by The Picard Group, CITGO, and the Port. The event was tied to the annual LegisGator gathering of business and political leaders.

08/21/2026

Several TPG team members attended the Future Louisiana luncheon in Lake Charles this week. The luncheon was hosted by Leaders for a Better Louisiana and featured keynote speakers Margaret Spellings with Bipartisan Policy Center and Jon Schnur with America Achieves

08/19/2026

TPG Partner Nic Walts presented a donation check to The Family Tree Information, Education, & Counseling Center on behalf of TPG client Magellan Health. We were honored to represent our client and appreciate their support of our Acadiana community.

08/17/2026

As one of the very first people to join The Picard Group, TPG Partner Nick Cahanin has been part of the foundation this firm was built on. Fifteen years in, the team can always count on you — steady, loyal, and dependable.
Thank you for a decade and a half of hard work and unwavering commitment. Here's to many more!

08/06/2026

TPG Partner Chuck Kleckley and his wife, Laurie, recently welcomed new McNeese State University President Mike Reese and his wife, Morgan, to the Lake Charles area.

07/16/2026

This week, TPG Partner Nic Walts was in Baton Rouge attending the 2026 Quality & Value Convention hosted by the Louisiana Department of Health. The convention partnered systems, technology experts, community partners, and other parties to work together to improve Louisiana’s healthcare system. TPG clients Ochsner Health, Louisiana Primary Care Association, Louisiana Hospital Association, and Medi Trans, LLC were also in attendance.

07/14/2026

💜 Gratitude changes everything. 💜

Today, we are incredibly honored and grateful to share that The Confidence Campaign has received a $2,500 donation from Magellan Cares Foundation and Magellan Health brought to us by Nick from The Picard Group.

To know that organizations believe in our mission and recognize the impact we're making means more than words can express. Because of generous partners like you, we can continue empowering girls across Louisiana with the confidence, life skills, healthy hygiene education, and support they need to believe in themselves and create brighter futures.

Every workshop, every conversation, every smile, and every young girl who discovers her worth is made possible because people choose to invest in them.

Thank you, Magellan Cares Foundation, Magellan Health of Louisiana and The Picard Group, for seeing the value of this work and for standing beside us as we help girls become confident leaders, strong decision-makers, and the very best versions of themselves.

Together, we're not just changing lives—we're changing generations. 💜

Please join us in thanking these incredible community partners for believing in the girls of Louisiana!

07/08/2026

Congratulations to Pete November, CEO of TPG client Ochsner Health, and Peighton Ashley, a pre-med student at Xavier University in New Orleans, as they will reign as the king and queen of Washington Mardi Gras 2027!

Read more about the new king and queen!

Leader Scalise announced the selection of Ochsner Health President and CEO Pete November, of New Orleans, as King of the Festivities, and Peighton Ashley, a rising pre-med student at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, as Queen.