Hotlist

  • Sites:
  • Sounds:
    • Old favorites:
      Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, The Rat Pack (Sammy, Frank, Dean), Oldies
    • Local favorites:
      Trombone Shorty, Neville Brothers, Chris Thomas King
    • When weeding the garden:
      WWOZ, Bad country music songs, Classical music
    • Dance to:
      Motown, salsa, Cajun, zydeco, gospel
  • Sips:
    • Wine
    • Margaritas (fresh lime only)
  • Reads:
    • Louisiana Gardener's Guide
      by Dan Gill
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
      by Rebecca Skloot
    • Cutting for Stone
      by Abraham Verghese
    • The Last Station
      by Jay Parini
    • Bossypants
      by Tina Fey
  • Eats:
    • Anything ethnic...favorites are Thai, Vietnamese, Sushi, Greek food
    • Dad's seafood gumbo and mom's BBQ shrimp
    • Bayona (New Orleans)
    • BBQ oysters from Dragos (New Orleans)
    • Dante's Kitchen (New Orleans)
    • George's At the Cove (La Jolla, CA)
    • Trattoria Dell'Arte (New York)
    • Richoux's breakfast (London)
    • Angelina's hot drinkable chocolate (Paris)

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford

Kathy Cain

Principal
504.525.1271 x222
kathy@zehno.com

Kathy Cain is the co-founder and principal of Zehno Cross Media Communications, a national leader in branding and strategic marketing communications for educational organizations.

After serving as an award-winning art director at Tulane University, Kathy and her colleague Paulette Hurdlik founded Zehno in 1984. Kathy works with clients to identify goals and implement results-driven strategic communications programs and culture initiatives. She serves as a brand and communications advocate and champion, helping clients articulate values, build consensus and keep stakeholders focused while also ensuring that their messaging and creative brand expressions remain inspiring and recognizable.

With an extensive background in both corporate and not-for-profit work, Kathy brings impressive depth and creativity to brand and communications challenges and opportunities. Her ability to grasp immediately the big strategic picture while also envisioning the implementation details — an unusual and highly productive combination — has earned a sterling international reputation for her and for Zehno.

She is in demand as a speaker at conferences for organizations including:

  • Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
  • Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
  • National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
  • National Society for Fundraising Executives (NSFRE)
  • University and College Designers Association (UCDA)

Kathy spends much of her non-Zehno time design consulting with her contractor husband, Brad, as he continues to work on restoring homes flooded by Hurricane Katrina. A recent restoration project was working on a 100-year-old home where they now reside. She enjoys cooking for family get togethers as well as hosting out of town friends  who visit New Orleans

Her best thinking begins each day with a six-mile run around the neighborhood with her dog, Sadie.