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.
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to see the impact of philanthropy at Baton Rouge General Medical Center.
Programs We Support
Arts in Medicine - Arts in Medicine brings creative activities to patients through media
such as painting, drawing, arts and crafts, and music in a format that
inspires hope and promotes healing.
BRG Care on the Go - A mobile health unit that provides primary and urgent care services, vaccines
and more in a comfortable setting at convenient locations throughout North
Baton Rouge.
Camp Catahoula - Baton Rouge General's Regional Burn Center and Foundation offer pediatric
burn survivors the opportunity to attend Camp Catahoula, an action-packed
week filled with obstacle courses, Relay Olympics, fishing, games, music, and more.
Erik Showalter, CFRE - President
Erin Harnsongkram - Foundation Development Officer, Individual & Employee
Giving Officer
Claire Shirley - Foundation Operations Manager
Amy Lucito - Financial Aid Counselor
Ashley Smith - Foundation Coordinator
Patrick O’Dell - Foundation Grant Writer
Chairman - Bart Phillips, BLP Holdings
Vice Chairman - Kathy Victorian, Healthy Blue
Treasurer - Jim Purgerson, Citizens Bank & Trust
Secretary - Lucie Kantrow, Bernhard Capital
Members
Leslie Berg - Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Rick Bond, Immediate Past Chair - Bond Construction Co. LLC
Lindsey Easterly - Newton B. Thomas Support Foundation
Trey Godfrey - Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Mark Goodson - CSRS Inc.
Shane Kirkpatrick - GROUP Contractors
Mimi Singer Lee, PhD
Meg Mahoney - ExxonMobil
Ken Perret - BRG Auxiliary Board Chair
Dr. Vasudev Tati - Hospital Medicine Group
Jordan Tremblay - Shell
Eric Waechter - Merrill Lynch
Kendall Johnson - Ex officio member, BRG Chief Financial Officer
Edgardo Tenreiro - Ex officio member, BRG President and CEO
