Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

Jennifer Winstead, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jennifer Winstead has served as President and CEO of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation since 2004. During her tenure, the organization has experienced strong growth in its endowment and unrestricted funding. Mrs. Winstead works closely with board and professional staff members to fulfill the mission of the Foundation which is to provide the Pennington Biomedical Research Center with vital funds for nutritional-based research that aims to prevent premature death from chronic diseases.

Mrs. Winstead formerly served as Director of Regional Development for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation in Florida, part of the University of Miami School of Medicine. While at the DRIF, she supervised the expansion of the organization’s fundraising activities to New York and California, and planned and coordinated fundraising activities, corporate sponsorships, and donor cultivation resulting in significant income growth.

Previously, Mrs. Winstead was Area Director for the American Heart Association in Virginia, where she directed fundraising and educational campaigns.

Her current and past civic activities include the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge; the American Heart Association; Habitat for Humanity; as well as volunteering for various school and church activities. She previously served as President of the Live Oak Estates Civic Association. Mrs. Winstead is a graduate of Council for a Better Louisiana’s 2007 Leadership Louisiana class and was recognized by the Baton Rouge Business Report as a member of their 2004 class of Top Forty under Forty.

Mrs. Winstead is a 1990 graduate of Texas Tech University, with a degree in Marketing. She has been married to Chuck Winstead for 15 years and has two sons, Trey, 9 and David, 6.