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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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.
Learn MoreCamp 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.
Learn MoreBRG 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.
Learn MoreFoundation Team
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
To connect with the Foundation team, email Foundation@BRGeneral.org.
Board of Governors
Chairman - Kathy Victorian, Healthy Blue
Vice Chairman - Jim Purgerson, Citizens Bank & Trust
Treasurer - Meg Mahoney, ExxonMobil
Secretary - Lucie Kantrow, Bernhard Capital
Members
Leslie Berg - Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Rick Bond - Past Chair, Bond Construction Co. LLC
Rachel DiResto — Emergent Method
Trey Godfrey – Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Mark Goodson - CSRS Inc.
Shane Kirkpatrick - GROUP Contractors
William "Billy" Leach — Professional Title of Louisiana
Mimi Singer Lee, PhD – EFCU Financial
Oma Moore — President, BRG Volunteer Auxiliary
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