Innovation leader Kimberly Gramm embraces opportunities to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs in New Orleans | Sponsored: Hancock Whitney [Video]

Kimberly Gramm embraces opportunities to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs in New Orleans.

Some of Kimberly Gramm’s fondest childhood memories are of helping her father launch his own business in the family’s garage at their home just outside of Tampa, Fla. A trained engineer who loved the outdoors, he started a company that built and sold fishing lures to customers across the country. Gramm was by his side, helping paint the lures and watching her father turn a hobby into a thriving business.

“I saw him bring his passions together. Over the course of a decade, we got to see his company grow so much,” Gramm recalled. “It was so fun to see that trajectory of growth and development and how things became more sophisticated. He was a really smart guy and I feel so fortunate that I learned a lot from him.”

Gramm’s mother, a nurse, was also …