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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 114
BY SENATOR BUFFINGTON
COMMENDATIONS. To commend Teri G. Fontenot on exemplary accomplishments and
achievements.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Teri G. Fontenot, president and Chief Executive Officer of Woman's Hospital2
in Baton Rouge, upon her election as chair of the American Hospital Association,3
(AHA) for the year 2012.4
WHEREAS, Ms. Fontenot is the first Louisianian to be elected to lead this venerable5
healthcare organization which represents over five thousand hospitals and health systems6
nationwide; and7
WHEREAS, Ms. Fontenot is only the fourth woman to hold this prestigious position8
in the AHA's one-hundred and fourteen year history; and9
WHEREAS, active at both the state and national level, Ms. Fontenot has served as10
chair of the Louisiana Hospital Association and chairs the board of directors of the LHA's11
Insurance Trust Fund, she held a six-year appointment on the National Institutes of Health12
Advisory Council of Women's Health Research, and served for six years on the Sixth13
District board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta; and14
WHEREAS, Ms. Fontenot's previous involvement with the American Hospital15
Association includes chair of the AHA Health Forum, a member of the AHA Board of16
Trustees, an ex officio member of the Executive Committee, chair of the Operations17
Committee, and as a member of the governing council for the Section for Maternal and Child18 SR NO. 114
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Health; and1
WHEREAS, beginning in 1992 as senior vice president, chief financial officer, and2
treasurer of Woman's Hospital, Ms. Fontenot assumed her current position in 1996; and3
WHEREAS, a University of Mississippi graduate in accounting, Ms. Fontenot4
continued her education at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana5
at Monroe, earning a Masters degree in business administration, also achieving her6
designation as a certified public accountant; and7
WHEREAS, throughout her career Ms. Fontenot has garnered many honors,8
including being named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, she was9
named in the inaugural list of the "Top 25 Women in Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare10
magazine in 2005, was the only honoree from Louisiana in the "2011 Top 100 Most11
Influential People in Healthcare", and she was a 2011 inductee into the Louisiana State12
University E. J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction; and13
WHEREAS, Ms. Fontenot sees 2012 as a "pivotal year for healthcare delivery" in14
the United States, with much depending upon the Supreme Court decision regarding the15
Affordable Care Act and its considerable impact on hospitals and physicians; and16
WHEREAS, Ms. Fontenot has led Woman's Hospital for sixteen years, fostering its17
mission of delivering all healthcare needs for women and newborns and has overseen the18
design and building of a new state-of-the-art Woman's Hospital, which opens this summer.19
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana20
does hereby commend Teri G. Fontenot, president and CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton21
Rouge upon her election as chair of the American Hospital Association for the year 2012.22
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Ms.23
Teri G. Fontenot.24
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
Buffington SR No. 114
Commends Teri G. Fontenot, president and CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, upon
her election as chair of the American Hospital Association for the year 2012.