Our Board
of Directors
2024 Board of Directors and Founding Members
The legacy of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation continues through the dedication of community leaders whose steadfast volunteer service and board leadership are achieving the Foundation’s mission and vision for tomorrow. The Foundation proudly recognizes the 2024 Board of Directors.
Officers
Chair
George D. Nelson, Jr., Louisiana Companies
Immediate Past-Chair
Monica Zumo, Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP
Vice-Chair
Charles Lamar, Investor/Philanthropist
Treasurer
Monica Zumo, Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP
Secretary
Annette D. Barton, Community Leader/Philanthropist
Directors
Marvin Borgmeyer, Exxon Mobil (retired)
Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, Community Leader/Philanthropist
Art Favre, Performance Contractors
Fran Harvey, Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Institute
Veneeth Iyengar, State of Louisiana
C. Kris Kirkpatrick, Long Law Firm
Claude B. Pennington, III, Investor/Philanthropist
Daryl B. Pennington, Sr., Investor/Philanthropist
Christel Slaughter, Ph.D., SSA Consultants
John Spain, Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Ann Wilkinson, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation (retired)
Ex-Officio Directors
Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President, East Baton Rouge Parish
André J. Greene, CPA, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
John P. Kirwan, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center
William Tate IV, Ph.D., LSU President
Founding Members
Special honors go to the founding Board of Directors of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation whose dedication and perseverance are forever appreciated.
John W. Barton, Sr.*
Henry Goodrich*
Robert S. Greer, Sr.*
William H. LeBlanc *
Charles W. McCoy *
Leonard R. Nachman, II*
Thomas P. Singletary *
J. Frank Terrell, Jr.*
David M. Walker*
W. W. Williams*
Milton J. Womack *
William H. Wright, Jr.*
*Deceased