2026 Closing Meeting, Installation and Speaker

2026 Closing Meeting and Installation
Thank you to our guest speaker: Jeanie Donovan, MPH, MPA* –Director of Public Health & Policy – New Orleans Health Department.

Ms. Donovan gave an enlightening overview of women’s health outcomes in Louisiana and New Orleans

Thank you to the planning committee and our installing officer, Robin Giarrusso for a flawless event.Thank you also to those who brought toys and stuffies for our community partner New Orleans Family Justice Center,

 2025-26 Closing Event and Installation Committee
Barri Bronston and Susan Scharff – Co-Chairs
Leslie Fischman – Vice President Administration
Susan Greenberg and Diana Mann – Co-Presidents
Barbara Kaplinsky~Gail Pesses~Dana Shepard~Kathy Shepard

Election and Installation of new Officers, Elected Board Members, 2026-27 Nominating Committee, and Delegates for National Meeting * see slate below

* Jeanie Donovan serves as the Director of Public Health & Policy at the New Orleans Department of Health & Human Services where she manages strategic initiatives aimed at improving population health outcomes in the city. Prior to this role, she worked as the Policy Director at the Louisiana Department of Health, where she oversaw the development and implementation of major policy initiatives, including COVID-19 policy response, Medicaid eligibility policy, and maternal and child health policy. She holds a Master of Public Health and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola University New Orleans. In her free time, Jeanie loves to explore the parks and playgrounds of New Orleans with her husband and two young children, Oliver and June.