Interview with Teri G. Fontenot, CHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Woman's Hospital (Interview‪)‬

Since 1996, Teri Fontenot, CHE, has served as president and chief executive officer of Woman's Hospital, a nonprofit women's and infants' hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the largest independently owned women's hospital in the country. Woman's Hospital consistently achieves net margins that are considerably higher than national industry standards, allowing the organization to provide the highest-quality specialty care, services, and programs to women and infants in the region. Previously, Ms. Fontenot served as chief financial officer at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana; at Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers, Florida; and at Opelousas General Hospital in Opelousas, Louisiana. She joined Woman's Hospital in January 1992 as senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer and was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1994. Ms. Fontenot is very active in civic and professional organizations, both nationally and locally. These include the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the executive committee and board of the American Hospital Association, the National Institutes of Health's Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health, the board of Hospital Billing and Collection Service Ltd., the Healthcare Research & Development Institute, and the executive committees and boards of the Baton Route Area Chamber of Commerce and the Capital Area United Way.