Gail Cavett

Gail Cavett grew up in Morgan City, LA, which was like growing up in Mayberry. She was active in high school sports, band, and student activities. She attended LSU in Baton Rouge after which she was a flight attendant for TWA based in New York, where she met and married her former husband, an Entertainment Lawyer in Beverly Hills, California, where she lived until divorcing and returned to Louisiana. Later, Gail took a job in Iran to run an oil service company owned by friends that she had grown up with. She left Iran when the revolution broke out and the Shaw was deposed. She returned to Louisiana and started her own business, La. Gourmet Seafood and Catering, based in Morgan City, which she owned and operated for 25 years. She retired after Katrina. She maintained a part-time residence in the French Quarter for 25 years and has been a full time resident since Katrina. Two years ago she purchased her new home, the Antoine Cruzat House, at 1009 St. Louis Street. Last year she received the FQBA Ambassador Award for volunteer work in the Quarter. Currently she chairs the French Quarter Management District Infrastructure Committee, working on initiatives that include the On-Street Bike Corral Pilot Program for the FQ, the development of a Comprehensive Transportation Plan for the FQ, and the FQBA-inspired Vieux Carré Graffiti Abatement Program.