User:Appignanilou

Lou Appignani (Miami, FL) is an entrepreneur and currently serves as chairman of LouJA Realty, Inc. He is the founder of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, the legal arm of the American Humanist Association. He previously founded and chaired Computer Education Inc. and Barbizon International Modeling School until 2000. He established the Louis J. Appignani Foundation in 2001 to “support secular activities that will address significant, viable and long term human goals on our planet.” Lou generously supports the Louis J. Appignani Foundation Lecture Series on Science, Reason and Secular Ethics though the Department of Philosophy at the University of Miami, which brings scholars in the field of ethics and reason for lectures, symposia, and discussions. Lou graduated from the Baruch School in New York City and earned an M.S. degree from Columbia University in finance. He has 3 children (ages 39, 31,31) from 2 previous marriages. Recently married to Laurie Pallot Appignani. Laurie Pallot Appignani (Miami, FL) is a third generation Floridian. She is a cum laude graduate of Boston University with a B.S. degree in communications. Involved in her husband's foundation she embraces humanistic core values. She has raised two children: a daughter, 33 and a son, 31. A previous tournament tennis player, her hobbies include reading, hiking, riding, and cooking. A worldwide adventurer traveler, she’s photographed, written and published the images and stories of her travels to some of the most remote areas of the globe.