Ann Wilkinson serves as the Foundation's Director of Leadership Giving. Ms. Wilkinson is a graduate of L.S.U., Leadership Greater Baton Rouge, and the Madison Institute for Healthcare Philanthropy. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Burden Foundation, the Capital Area United Way, and the Old State Capitol Associates. She has previously served as president of Port Allen Rotary,and as chairman of the boards of the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, Baton Rouge Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Baton Rouge Green. In addition, Ms. Wilkinson served on the board of directors of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, Friends of LSU Rural Life Museum, the Capital Area Human Services District and the Foundation for Historical Louisiana. She is a native of West Baton Rouge Parish where she lives at her home, Poplar Grove Plantation. She previously was Director of Annual Giving at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge.