Founders Ball
November 22, 2024
Thank you all for being a part of a very special night celebrating George Rodrigue and the opening of “Rodrigue | Before the Blue Dog.”
A special thank you to: 2024 Honoree Bill Goldring, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, Honorary Co-Chairs Jacques and Mallory Page Rodrigue and Andre Rodrigue, Co-Chairs Jayson and Paris Neill Seidman, the members of the Host Committee, State Museum Director Becky Mackie, Curator Joyce Miller, Ben Dupuy and the LMF Board, and all of our vendors and staff who make Founders Ball possible.
We would especially like to thank our generous sponsors, patrons, and donors. It is because of you that we are able to make exhibitions like this come to life.
“Rodrigue | Before the Blue Dog” is on view until September 28, 2025. View additional details about the exhibition here.
Eat, Drink and Forget the Blues (detail), 1971/1991 by George Rodrigue, Courtesy of George Godfrey Rodrigue, Jr. Family Trust.
Special Thanks To Our Hosts & Partners
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Bill Goldring
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Jacques & Mallory Page Rodrigue
Andre Rodrigue
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Jayson & Paris Neill Seidman
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Stirling Barrett & Caroline Crumley
Bill Brockschmidt & Richard Dragisic
Renee Carrere
James Carville & Mary Matalin
Mary Cavanaugh
Cayman & Sarah Clevenger
Dorothy Clyne
Courtney Coleman
Jim Cook
Jeremy Corkern
Paul & Sara Ruffin Costello
Tim & Mary Coulon
Jason Dore
Cindy Dore
Jim Dotson
Ben & Sweet Dupuy
Will Erickson & Philips Wood
Collin Ferguson
Wayne Fernandez
Ken Fulk & Kurt Wootton
Anne Gauthier
Cherie Gauthier & Kevin Lirette
Chad Graci & Collin Magee
Jessie Haynes
Randy & Daynese Haynie
Ryan & Alana Haynie
Dayna Haynie
Philip & Jane Scott Hodges
Andrew Lamar Hopkins
Ross & Diane Keogh
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
Walt & Danielle Leger
Paul Leaman & Marilyn Dittmann
Robert & Danielle LeBlanc
Seth Levine & Alexa Pulitzer
James Michalopoulos
Louis Michot
Randy & Cherry Morris
Garrison & Amy Neill
Garner & Permele Robinson
James & Tia Roddy
Veronica Rodrigue-Redman
Scott Schlesinger & Marjorie McKeithen
Henry & Pat Shane
Mackie & Sandi Shilstone
David & Rachael Slaughter
Hunt Slonem
Bruce Smith
Matt & CeCe Stuller
Dr. Lee & Suzie Terrell
Dr. Blake & Nicole Williamson
Ron Yager
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Louisiana Museum Foundation
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Jeremy C. Corkern
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Sazerac / Goldring Family Foundation
St. Augustine High School / Aulston Taylor
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Mary L. Cavanaugh
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Anonymous
Eisner Amper LLP
First Horizon Bank
Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Co.
The Helis Foundation
Life and Legacy Foundation / Wendy Rodrigue
James and Tia Roddy
Henry and Pat Shane
WLAE-TV
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Anonymous
The Robert L. and Elizabeth C. Alexander Family Fund
Anne Atkinson
Murray and Caroline Calhoun
Renee F. Carrere
Dorothy M. Clyne
Ganza / Ashley O'Neill and Charlotte Tobin
The Wendell and Anne Gauthier Family Foundation
Hancock Whitney Bank / Scott Cunningham
Haynie Family Foundation
Sandra Herman
Jones Walker LLP / Bill Hines / Marjorie McKeithen
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
New Orleans and Co. / Walt Leger and Kevin Ferguson
Ochsner Health
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Community Fund
Chris and Leigh Ellen Puckett
Don Sanders
Sonny and Laura Shields
Jerome and Melissa Steiner
The Stuller Family Foundation
Dr. Lee and Suzie Terrell
Robert E. Zetzmann Family Foundation
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Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation
Philip and Jane Scott Hodges
Humana
MATEM Foundation
The John W. and Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation
The Neill Family
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Ms. E. Tiffany Adler
Ken Barnes and Roger Ogden
Stirling Barrett and Caroline Crumley
Ralph and Susan Brennan
Bill Brockschmidt and Richard Dragisic
Jeff Bromberger and Lesli Harris
Buzzy and Joey Brown
Ryan and Stephanie Burks
Kim and Helen Butcher
CAPTRUST New Orleans
Cayman and Sarah Clevenger
Courtney Coleman
Crescent Sterling, Ltd. / Howard Thompson
Ben and Sweet Dupuy
Kat Edmundson
Semmes and Catherine Favrot
Doug and Caroline Finegan
Dr. Michelle Carr Frank
Pam Davis Friedler
Ken Fulk and Kurt Wooten
Ryan Goottee General Contractors, LLC
Valerie Grubb
Dana M. Hansel
Gregory Holt and Lucy Barnett
Noel and Maria Johnson
Terri Lacy
Jay and Sally Lapeyre
Lucas Financial
Paul Leaman, Jr. and Marilyn Dittman
Paul and Denise Morse
Porter Lyons / Ashley Porter
Eugene Priestley
Seth Levine and Alexa Pulitzer
Edmund and Anne Redd
Risk Strategies / Christopher Wise
Garner and Permele Robinson
Mackie and Sandy Shilstone
Solomon Group Entertainment, LLC
Rivers Spencer
Aulston and Sevetri Taylor
Kevin and Fern Watters
Where y'Art Works / Collin Ferguson and Catherine Todd
Williamson Eye Center / Dr. And Mrs. Blake Williamson
Yazoo Restorations
About Founders Ball
The Founders Ball is the annual fundraising gala benefiting the Louisiana Museum Foundation. Funds raised from this annual event support the creation and opening of prolific exhibitions such as in most recent years Creole New Orleans, Honey! The Art of Andrew Lamar Hopkins, Hunt Slonem: A Retrospective and Rodrigue: Before The Blue Dog, and will help fund related educational programming throughout the year long exhibition for all ages, from field trips for K-12 schools groups to adult education classes.