2026 Board Members & Committee Chairs
President – Bernard Dumond, CFRE, Catholic Vitality 360, bdumond360@gmail.com
President-Elect – Annette B. Fitzgerald, St. James Place Foundation, afitzgerald@stjamesplace.org
Immediate Past President – Gwen Palagi, Baton Rouge Gallery, gpalagi@batonrougegallery.org
Vice President of Communications – Bryce Benzine, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, brycebenzine826@gmail.com
Vice President of Education – Emily Glascock, MS, CFRE, ACNP, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, eeglascock@gmail.com
Vice President of Membership – Dr. Patrick Tuck, Kids Orchestra, ptuck@kidsorchestra.org
Vice President of Philanthropy – Laneceya Russ, Women's Foundation of the South, laneceya.russ@gmail.com; and Lis Patrick, Essential Credit Union, lpatrick@essentialfcu.org
Vice President of Regional Conference – Alison Piatkiewicz, Visit Baton Rouge, alison@visitbatonrouge.com
Secretary – Tracy Ritchie, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, tracy@brfoodbank.org
Treasurer – Jannean Dixon, Redstick C.A.R.E.S., jannean.rsc@gmail.com
Be the Cause Chair – Alicia Quebedeaux, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, alicia.quebedeaux@franu.edu
CFRE Chair – Joe Berghausen, CFRE, Diocese of Baton Rouge, jberghausen@diobr.org
IDEA Chair – Breea Carter, Mary's Hands Network, bcarter@maryshandsnetwork.org
Ethics Chair – Melissa Parmelee, CFRE, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge, melissa@habitatbrla.org
Government Relations Chair – Brian Hightower, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, brian@brfoodbank.org
Mentoring Chair – Lindi Spalatin, CFRE, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, lspalatin@artsbr.org
New Professionals Chair – Nick White, LSU, nicklauswhite@gmail.com
Scholarship Chair – Mimi Degeneres, St. Lillian Academy, mimi@stlillian.org
Youth in Philanthropy Chair – Morgan Hilliard, Thrive Foundation, mhilliard@thrivefoundationbr.org
Chapter Administrator – Tammy V. Abshire, CFRE, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, tabshire@braf.org