2016 Panelist: Cindy Rogers
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Cindy Rogers, FACHE, LCSW, NFA is a retired healthcare executive, with a career spanning 40 years in both clinical
and leadership capacities. Her diverse career included multiple roles within the Franciscan
Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, St. Francis Medical Center, St. Patrick鈥檚
Psychiatric Hospital and related subsidiaries.
Her administrative responsibilities spanned both inpatient and outpatient services
including skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation, long term acute hospital,
psychiatric services, home health, hospice, emergency preparedness, and disability/elderly
housing.
She is recognized for her knowledge and expertise in services for the aging, community
services, ethics and leadership management.
Her executive leadership positions included President/CEO of St. Patrick鈥檚 Psychiatric
Hospital, Interim President of PACE Baton Rouge, President of St. Francis Medical
Center Foundation, Vice President and the on-site administrator for St. Francis North.
Cindy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Louisiana Monroe and a Master鈥檚
degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is certified in healthcare
administration with Fellowship status in the American College of Healthcare Executives
(FACHE).
She is also certified in Catholic Healthcare through the Catholic Hospital Administrative
Personnel Program of New York. She is licensed as a Board Certified Social Worker
in Louisiana (LCSW) as well as a Licensed Nursing Facility Administrator (NFA).
She served as a trustee many years with the Louisiana Hospital Association; serving
as the 2010 Chair. She was active in the American Hospital Association (AHA); serving
on AHA鈥檚 Region 7 Policy Board. Cindy served a 6-year term as the Louisiana Regent
for the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Community and civic service is a priority in her retirement life. 听She has current
and past leadership roles in many organizations including: Ouachita Council on Aging,
ARCO, United Way, Cancer Foundation League, ULM Foundation, CASA, Communities Acting
to Benefit Louisiana鈥檚 Elderly and Iberia Bank. She is a trustee and past chair of
the Monroe Chamber of Commerce.听 Today she serves as the President of the Kitty DeGree
Foundation.
She is the recipient of听multiple awards/recognitions:
- 1981 listed in Outstanding Young Women in American
- 1988 named Woman of the Year for Ouachita Parish,
- 1996 honored as founder of Communities Acting to Benefit Louisiana鈥檚 Elderly (C.A.B.L.E.)
- 2001 awarded a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow
- 2003 awarded a Governor鈥檚 Recognition for her leadership in Emergency Preparedness
for N.E. Louisiana Hospitals
- 2009 chosen as the American Hospital Association鈥檚 Grassroots Champion for Louisiana
- 2015 selected for听the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Rambin-Silverstein Lifetime Achievement
Award
- 2016 awarded the Louisiana Hospital Association Lifetime Achievement Award听
She is public speaker with a broad portfolio of topics including leadership, organizational
management, healthcare policy, aging, workforce dynamics, mental health issues, organizational
ethics, advance care planning, team building, and varied motivational topics.
