Our Board
of Directors
2025 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
Chairman
Charles Lamar, Investor/Philanthropist
Chairman Elect
Art Favre, Performance Contractors
Immediate Past-Chair
George D. Nelson, Jr., Louisiana Companies
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
Tom Easterly, Taylor Porter
Fran Harvey, Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Institute
Meredith Hathorn, Foley & Judell, LLP
Veneeth Iyengar, State of Louisiana
Tom Olinde, Olinde Hardware and Supply Co., LLC
Claude B. Pennington, III, Investor/Philanthropist
Mary Werner, Sweet Lake Land & Oil Company
Ann Wilkinson, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation (retired)
Ex- Officio
Bri Barrett, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Rebecca Boniol, LSU Board of Supervisors
Jim Dalton, LSU Executive Vice President & Chancellor
Lori Melancon, Greater Baton Rouge Partnership
Janet Olson, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Amanda Robertson, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Jennifer Rood, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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.
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