Learn About the Foundation
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.
Click here to get our monthly e-newsletter, information on upcoming events and more to see the impact of philanthropy at Baton Rouge General Medical Center.
Foundation Team
Erik Showalter, CFRE - President
Erin Harnsongkram - Foundation Operations Manager
Katherine D’Aquila - Leadership Gifts Officer
Jade Matherne - Development Coordinator
Ashley Smith - Foundation Coordinator
To connect with the Foundation Team, email Foundation@BRGeneral.org.
Board of Governors
Chairman - Rick Bond, Clear Net Worth, LLC
Vice Chairman - Bart Phillips, BLP Holdings, LLC
Secretary - Kathy Victorian, Healthy Blue
Treasurer - Lucie Kantrow, Bernhard Capital
Members
Scott Kirkpatrick, Immediate Past Chair, Pelican State Partners
Leslie Berg, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Mark Goodson, CSRS Inc.
Kendall Johnson, ex officio member, BRG Chief Financial Officer
Meg Mahoney, Methanex Corp.
Phyllis McLaurin, Retired, JP Morgan Chase; Community Volunteer, BRG Board
of Trustees Immediate Past Chair
Keith O’Neill, Culinary & Nutrition Solutions at HHS Inc.
Jim Purgerson, Citizens Bank & Trust
William Russell, MD, BRG Radiation Oncology
Mimi Singer Lee, PhD, b1Bank
Edgardo Tenreiro, ex officio member, BRG President and CEO
Padma Vatsavai, Vinformatix
Eric Waechter, Merrill Lynch
Julian White, Shell
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton Rouge General Foundation will host a yoga fundraiser on Saturday, April 30, with funds supporting cancer patients facing ...
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BATON ROUGE, LA. – A group of families grateful to the care teams in Baton Rouge General’s COVID intensive care unit (ICU) have come together to raise ...
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BATON ROUGE, La.-- Baton Rouge General will host “The Big Adventure,” a city-wide father-daughter scavenger hunt, on March 27 at 2 p.m., gathering ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. - The Baton Rouge General Foundation recently announced Eric J. Waechter as the newest member of its Board of Governors, elected to ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton Rouge General Foundation is teaming up with City Group Hospitality (CGH) for a special Restaurant Week, with 10% of ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Baton Rouge General will host a clothing drive to benefit the United Cajun Navy as the group prepares for a potentially active ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. – A group of 40 pediatric burn survivors will head to Baton Rouge General’s Camp Catahoula Saturday, July 17. The week-long camp, ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Baton Rouge General’s Regional Burn Center will celebrate the completion of a major expansion and renovation with a ribbon cutting ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The Baton Rouge General Foundation will host a yoga fundraiser on April 24, with funds supporting cancer patients facing the ...
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BATON ROUGE, La.-- Baton Rouge General will host its inaugural city-wide father-daughter scavenger hunt March 7 at 2 p.m. The first event of its kind, ...
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