Garrison and Amy Neill to Co-Chair Tulane’s 15Th Reunion

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Freshman orientation at Tulane University in 2007 brought Garrison Neill and Amy Foster Neill together, setting off a trajectory that would eventually weave their names into the commercial and hospitality fabric of New Orleans.

From Paris Parker salons to the Michelin-keyed hotel The Columns on St. Charles Avenue, the husband-and-wife alumni returned to campus from Nov. 5 to 8 to serve as two of the three co-chairs for their 15th reunion during WAVE Weekend ’26, alumni.tulane.edu reported.

Garrison Neill graduated from the A. B. Freeman School of Business in 2011, drawn to the institution by a family background in enterprise and his father’s participation in the university’s Family Business Forum. Amy Foster Neill initially intended to study medicine before shifting her academic focus to marketing during her first semester, earning her Freeman degree alongside her husband in 2011.

Garrison Neill's undergraduate studies changed when Professor Emily Madero, then COO and acting CEO of The Idea Village, encouraged him to intern with New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. That experience steered him away from an opportunity with Estée Lauder in New York and toward San Francisco, where he joined the tech startup Demandforce prior to its acquisition by Intuit, while Amy Neill joined Sephora during a major corporate rebranding phase.

By 2013, the couple moved back to New Orleans as Garrison Neill stepped into his family’s beauty enterprise—established in 1947 by his grandparents—while Amy Neill pursued hospitality marketing and real estate investments. Today, the Hammond-headquartered family business supports roughly 800 employees, encompassing Paris Parker salons, product distribution operations, and 18 Aveda Institutes nationwide.

Garrison Neill serves as president of Paris Parker and chief marketing officer for the family companies, noting that their hands-on salon ownership provides an operational edge. Their local footprint also includes rental properties near campus and hospitality partnerships with Jason Seidman, a 2001 Freeman graduate and brother-in-law, most notably at The Columns hotel.

Beyond their commercial ventures, Garrison Neill contributes to the Freeman School through an advisory group for the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, aiming to encourage graduates to anchor their careers in New Orleans. The couple remains active in alumni programming, frequently returning to campus with their three daughters as their professional and civic ties to the university continue to deepen.

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