Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
From cells to society.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Endowed Chairs & Professorships
PBRF provides annual funding to PBRC for endowed chair and professorship holders for faculty supplements, research equipment, and supplies. PBRF maintains 11 endowed chairs and 6 endowed professorships.
Specific Research Projects
PBRF provides funding to PBRC for specific research projects, including those related to skeletal muscle physiology, maternal biology, and obesity's link to genetics and the immune system.
Faculty Support
PBRF provides funding to PBRC faculty members for critical research equipment and supplies in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and population research.
Where we work
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Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation
Board of directorsas of 06/06/2022
Mrs. Monica Zumo
Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP, CPAs
Term: 2011 - 2020
Art Favre
Performance Contractors
Janet Olson
Lamar Advertising Company
Annette Barton
Community Leader
J.S. Brown
Bruce Foods Corporation
Maxine Cormier
Governmental Relations Consultant
C. Brent McCoy
Lamar Advertising
Paula Pennington de la Bretonne
Community Leader
George D. Nelson
Louisiana Companies
Adam Knapp
Baton Rouge Area Chamber
John Spain
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
John Graves
Evans-Graves Engineers, Inc.
Leroy L. Harvey
Investor/Philanthropist
Charles Lamar
Lamar Advertising
Claude B. Pennington
Investor/Philanthropist
Daryl B. Pennington
Investor/Philanthropist
Jake Netterville
Pennington Medical Foundation
Christel Slaughter
SSA Consultants
Karen B. Williams
Our Lady of the Lake
John Kirwan
Executive Director - Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Marvin Borgmeyer
Exxon Mobil (retired)
Chris Haskew
Capital One
Veneeth Iyengar
Office of the Mayor President
J. Gerard Jolly
KPMG
Ann Wilkinson
PBRF (retired)
Rebecca Schutte
PBRF Pres/CEO
Organizational demographics
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