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Baton Rouge General Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds to support programs, technology, education, services and research for Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Our goal is to ensure that our community hospital continues to deliver the highest quality healthcare available to our patients and their families, as it has done for more than a century.
Meet the Team
President - Erik Showalter, CFRE
Foundation Development Officer, Individual & Employee Giving Officer - Erin Harnsongkram
Foundation Operations Manager - Claire Shirley
Foundation Development Officer - Dana Muller
Financial Aid Counselor - Amy Lucito
Foundation Coordinator - Ashley Smith
Foundation Grant Writer - Patrick O’Dell
Chairman - Kathy Victorian, Healthy Blue
Vice Chairman - Jim Purgerson, Citizens Bank & Trust
Treasurer - Meg Mahoney, ExxonMobil
Secretary - Lucie Kantrow, Bernhard Capital
Henry Barham, MD – Baton Rouge General Sinus and Nasal Specialists of Louisiana
Leslie Berg – Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Rachel DiResto – Emergent Method
Trey Godfrey – Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Mark Goodson – CSRS Inc.
Shane Kirkpatrick – GROUP Contractors
William "Billy" Leach – Professional Title of Louisiana
Mimi Singer Lee, PhD – EFCU Financial
Amanda Martin – Studyville
Oma Moore – President, BRG Volunteer Auxiliary
Dr. Vasudev Tati – Hospital Medicine Group
Jordan Tremblay – Shell
Eric Waechter – Merrill Lynch
Hedrick Wood – Audi Baton Rouge
Kendall Johnson, ex officio member – BRG Chief Financial Officer
Edgardo Tenreiro, ex officio member – BRG President and CEO
Contact Us
Baton Rouge General Foundation
8595 Picardy Avenue, Box 410
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: (225) 763-4372
Fax: (225) 442-5040
Email: Foundation@brgeneral.org
Baton Rouge General Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under the 501(c)(3) Internal Revenue code (EIN: 74-0801335).
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