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25 Years of Public Communications

Logo: The Estopinal Group 25 years of public communicationsFor 25+ years, Denise Estopinal has led strategic communications, media and government relations, and community engagement for The Estopinal Group (TEG) representing Mayors, Governors, Senators, Council Presidents, City Councils, Municipal, Parish and State Governments, Utilities, Transportation Agencies, Levee Authorities, and private corporations. Our clients are as diverse as New Orleans itself. They include Corporations, Tourism and Hospitality interests, Art, Culture and Entertainment, Educational Institutions, Neighborhoods, Community Organizations, and Icon Families of New Orleans.

We are proud to highlight our work.

Through tumultuous times – 9/11, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ida, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the COVID-19 Pandemic – TEG has guided strategies to manage difficult public issues, execute visionary public works, transportation, and utility projects, implement crisis and disaster communications to accomplish impactful community engagement initiatives. Our work to solidify our clients’ brand identity and ensure their messages resonate consistently across key communications platforms is supported by a solid understanding of public sentiment and the media landscape.

Join us as we look back at a quarter-century of communications. We will roll-out new recollections all year long.

  • Krewe of Muses
  • Neal Auction Company
  • Christ Church Cathedral Concert:  Cultural Opening of New Orleans Post-Katrina
  • Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
  • The Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Association
  • Basin St. Station
  • InterContinental New Orleans
  • Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative
  • GulfGov Report
  • The Labyrinth at Audubon Park
  • Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East
  • Jefferson Parish Levee District
  • St. Bernard Parish Government
  • Cover the Uninsured
  • The Descendants Project
  • Eddie L. Sapir
  • Sybil Morial & The Morial Legacy
  • Marc H. Morial & The National Urban League
  • The Gumbo Coalition
  • The Leah and Dooky Chase Family
2001

The Estopinal Group founded

2001-2009

Neal Auction Company

2001-2002

Marc H. Morial

2001-2024

Eddie L. Sapir

2001-2021

Krewe of Muses

2003-2008

Greater New Orleans Lodging Association

2003-2008

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco

2004-2007

NOCCI

2004-2014

Basin St. Station

2004-2009

InterContinental New Orleans

2005

Christ Church Cathedral

2005-2008

Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative

2006

GulfGov Reports

2006

The Labyrinth in Audubon Park

2006

Covenant House

2006-2015

New Orleans City Council

2006-2016

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East

2007

Louisiana Speaks

2007-2009

Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana

2008

Committee for a Better New Orleans

2009-2010

Louisiana Policy Institute for Children

2011-2012

Regional Planning Commission of Southeast Louisiana

2012

The Leah and Dooky Chase Family

2012

Sybil Morial and The Morial Legacy

2013-2014

St. Bernard Parish Government

2013-2014

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

2015-2016

Jefferson Parish Levee District

2017-2019

Enwave Energy Corporation

2017-2019

Gallagher Design (Morial Convention Center)

2018-2019

Port of New Orleans

2019

Clover, formerly The Kingsley House

2020-2023

Black & Veatch (Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans)

2021-2022

Orleans Parish Juvenile Court

2023-2024

Delgado Community College

2025-Present

Regional Planning Commission of Southeast Louisiana

2025-Present

HDR (New Orleans Regional Transit Authority)

2025-Present

Griffin & Strong (City of New Orleans)