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STAFF
Angelle Bourgeois
Kate Hixon Savoy
Director of Operations
Angelle is a Louisiana native, born and raised in Morgan City. She is married to André Bourgeois. They have two children, Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul, and have resided in Baton Rouge since 1993. She began her academic studies at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and completed them at the Professional Institute of Court Reporting. After passing the Louisiana Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, she worked as a Licensed Certified Court Reporter in the Baton Rouge area for a number of years. In 2003, her second son, Jean-Paul, was born with a complex congenital heart defect, which literally changed her direction in life forever. After Jean-Paul’s multiple open heart surgeries, countless heart catheterizations, blood-draws/testing, numerous other heart-related procedures, as well as steadfastly marching through some set-backs along the way, Angelle passionately began her second career by advocating for him and for other families who had infants and young children with congenital heart defects and heart disease. She started volunteering with LPCF in 2007 and joined the LPCF Board of Directors in 2009. Angelle chaired the highly successful LPCF Mixed Doubles Tennis Classic and Gala for ten years, which raised over $1M for LPCF and the many families LPCF supports, as well as all of the free heart screens LPCF provides to high school athletes across south Louisiana. Angelle transitioned from the Board of Directors to the Director of Operations for LPCF on April 1, 2018.
Angelle is both humbled and thrilled to now have a more hands-on role with LPCF, which gives her the ability to reach out with invaluable first-hand experience and to personally help, support, and comfort as many parents and families as is possible in our area who are dealing with the many diverse challenges of having children with congenital heart defects and related heart problems. Her main roles include the day-to-day operations of LPCF’s office, as well as the management of the LPCF Family Grants Program, procurement of private, state and federal grant monies for LPCF, engage in the Louisiana Heart Mom’s Facebook Support Group, and general fundraising oversight.
Heart Screens Coordinator
Social Media Coordinator
Kate Savoy serves as LPCF’s Heart Screens Coordinator, as well as Social Media Coordinator. She will be responsible for the planning and logistical strategies of the heart screening program. Her primary duties include identifying partnering schools, communicating with coaches and athletic directors, as well as sonographers and EKG technicians, coordinating screenings at each designated site, filing and organizing reports once all screens are completed, and communicating results to the parents.
Kate has been around LPCF her entire life because of her dad, Dr. Hixon, a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baton Rouge. She is honored to be able to work for an organization that means so much to families throughout Louisiana.
Contact Kate at kate.savoy@lpcf.com if you would like more information on our “Save a Heart. Save a Life” heart screen program.
Kate also oversees LPCF’s social media presence, creating content that highlights our Heart Warriors, shares facts about congenital heart disease, and promotes the events and fundraisers that help support heart families across Louisiana.