Sacré Coeur Founders.
Your Voice Is Our Future.
What is Sacré Coeur Founders?
As a Sacred Heart alumna, your partnership and active involvement are critical to the future and viability of our school. Sacré Coeur Founders (formerly Future Founders) is a great opportunity for alumnae who want to play a pivotal role in the future of the Rosary.
Over the last 8 years, the Sacré Coeur Founders giving circle has invested just over $475,000 in impactful gifts to the school including:
- SynDaver
- Star Lab
- TriCaster
- TriCaster Extension
- Fitness Center Upgrade
- Outdoor Musical Instruments for the Lower School Playground
- Outdoor Classroom (amphitheater)
- Innovation Lab on the Lower School campus
- Innovation Lab Outdoor Extension
- Technology Conference Room & Mater Campus Dining Hall
This wonderful group of leaders made these selections because of the passion demonstrated by our presenters in each of their areas.
How does Sacré Coeur Founders work?
Sacré Coeur Founders allows up to 100 alumnae to pool their knowledge, resources and additional giving to fund a visionary capital project at our school each year.
Sacré Coeur Founders members are invited to participate in this leadership giving circle with an annual contribution of $1,100—which is in addition to their annual giving contribution. The funds from Sacré Coeur Founders members will be pooled to create a capital fund of up to $100,000, the direction of which will be decided by the majority of this group through a voting process.
| 2023-2024 Sacré Coeur Founder Members | |
| Peggy Adams 1969 Erika Almeida-Mooney 1990* Markey Sarpy Aucoin 1989 Kellie Scott Axelrad 1996 GiGi Mills Baay 1981 Jean Smith Backer 1950 Elizabeth Boh 1979 Katherine Boh 1952 Jean Baldwin Bolton 1965 Lynne Trist Brennan 1952 Irene Gillen Briede 1948 Millie Kepper Brown 1970 Elizabeth Ehrensing Bush 1994 Stephanie Casey 1992 Patrice Booth Clesi 1976 Susan Hemard Colton 1972 Anne Delery Comarda 1975 Julie Ann Schmedtje Connick '77 Elise Lapeyre Connolly 1953 Christine Goletz Couvillon 2004 Susan Laborde Couvillon 1966* Liz Hadden Creel 1984 Julie Guste Danna 1995 Beth Talbot Dienes 1979 Janet Daley Duval 1976 Kathleen Gibbons Favrot 1953 Nicette Gensler Goodier 1966 Stephanie Waguespack Haynes 1967 Liz Baldwin Hefler 1999 Jane Heidingsfelder 1995 Alyssa Fletchinger Higgins 1999 Wendy Delery Hills 1971 Julie Jacob 1994 Susan Read Johnson 1964 Margaret Carrere Johnson 1970 Shannon Cooney Johnston 1988* Gretchen Zibilich Kane 1973 Marguerite Kern Kingsmill 1974 Marguerite Young Kock 1979 |
Diane Sustendal Labouisse 1962 Ginger Spencer LaCour 2000 Missy Lacroix 1972 Martha McDermott Landrum 1976 Caroline Rittiner Landry 2008 Elizabeth Diaz LeBlanc 1991 Kristen Brennan Leonard 2007 Irene Briede Lutkewitte 1969 Sheldon Lykes 1974 Ellen Heidingsfelder Manning 1987 Brenda Farrell Marshall 1972 Mignonne Mary 1990 Rand Riviere Mason 1972 Kris Malachias McGee 1982 Britton Hall Miller 1990 JoAnne Bisso Moore 1976 Mimi Webster Murphy 1964 Anne Whited Normann 1969 Sarah Poitevent Porter 1994 Kathleen Murray Ramsey 1995 Christen Riviere 1983 Kelsea Renton Roth 2008 Courtney-Anne Sarpy 1957 Lindsey Graugnard Schafer 1998 Lauren Eckstein Schonekas 2001 Louise Acomb Smallpage 2005 Lynn Bories Smith 1976 Suzy Lewis Smith 1984 Kit Carrière Stumm 1972 Keely Carrere Thibodeaux 1991 Catherine Ellington Treuting 1995 Kathleen Favrot Van Horn 1977 Kristy Ellis Vanderbrook 1989 Donna Smythe Walker 1964 Lele Hebert Wood 1972 Helen Read Young 1988 |
*Associate alumna
- What are the Sacré Coeur Founders dates?
- Sacré Coeur Founders Opportunity
- Who are the Sacré Coeur Founders?
- Why did Sacred Heart decide to host the Sacré Coeur Founders leadership giving circle?
- Can I join Sacré Coeur Founders instead of making my annual giving gift?
- How will you determine which capital projects are chosen for consideration?
- Do I have to live in New Orleans in order to join Sacré Coeur Founders?
- Will I be kept apprised of the progress of the capital project selected?
