2020 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 2020 board of directors.

Officers

Chair
Janet L. Olson, Lamar Advertising Company

Immediate Past-Chair
C. Kris Kirkpatrick, Long Law Firm

Vice-Chair
Monica Zumo, Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP

Treasurer
C. Brent McCoy, Lamar Advertising Company

Secretary
Annette D. Barton, Community Leader

Directors

Marvin Borgmeyer, Exxon Mobil (retired)
J.S. Brown III, Bruce Foods Corporation
Maxine Cormier, Governmental Relations Consultant 
Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, Community Leader/Philanthropist
Art Favre, Performance Contractors
John A. Graves, Evans-Graves Engineers, Inc.
Leroy Harvey, Investor/Philanthropist
Chris Haskew, Capital One
Veneeth Iyengar, Office of the Mayor President
J. Gerard Jolly, KPMG
Charles Lamar, Investor/Philanthropist
George D. Nelson, Jr., Louisiana Companies
Claude B. Pennington, III,  Investor/Philanthropist
Daryl B. Pennington, Sr.,  Investor/Philanthropist
William B. Richardson, Ph.D.,  Vice President/Dean LSU AgCenter
Christel Slaughter, Ph.D., SSA Consultants
John Spain, Baton Rouge Area Foundation
John G. Turner, Community Leader
Ann Wilkinson, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation (retired)
Karen Williams, M.D., Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 

Ex-Officio Directors

Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President, East Baton Rouge Parish
Thomas Galligan, Interim LSU President
Brad Jewell, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
John P. Kirwan, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Adam Knapp, Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Jake Netterville, Pennington Medical Foundation
Thomas Olinde, 2019-2020 Annual Fund for Excellence Campaign Chair
Rebecca F. Schutte, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

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