KLB Foundation
Supporting Keep Louisiana Beautiful
KLB Foundation
The KLB Foundation is the non-profit fundraising arm of Keep Louisiana Beautiful, a state program under the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism that promotes personal, corporate, and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. KLB supports local communities through programs and resources for litter education, prevention, removal, enforcement, beautification, recycling, waste reduction, and sustainability initiatives. The Foundation serves to amplify KLB’s efforts statewide through the engagement of stakeholders and the raising of private funds
Meet the foundation director
As Executive Director of the Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundation, Heather Hart leads efforts to secure philanthropic support and build strategic partnerships that strengthen and expand KLB’s statewide initiatives. Through the Foundation, she works to provide the resources needed to support programs that promote litter prevention, environmental stewardship, education, and community revitalization—helping create cleaner, healthier, and more vibrant communities across Louisiana.
Before joining Keep Louisiana Beautiful, Heather served as Executive Director of the Branch Museum of Design in Richmond, Virginia, where she strengthened organizational capacity, developed community partnerships, expanded engagement opportunities, and advanced initiatives focused on the impact of design on the places where we live, work, and connect. Her nonprofit leadership experience includes fundraising, strategic planning, program development, and cultivating relationships that inspire investment in mission-driven work.
Contact us to support the mission of Keep Louisiana Beautiful: (985) 960-4984, director@foundationklb.org
Foundation Board
Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundation Board of Directors Executive Committee
Courtney Hornsby
Board Chair
Chief of Staff
City of West Monroe
Gretchen Vanicor
Vice Chair
Program Manager
The Water Institute
Tricia Farace
Treasurer
Municipal and Community Relations
Gulf Coast Region Waste Management
Dawn Cantrell
Secretary
Former Senior Vice President, Health Services Operations
Louisiana Blue
Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundation Board Members
Phyllis Cancienne
Shareholder
Baker Donelson
Donna Curtis
Former Director
Shreveport Green
Arielle Desse
Director of Community Relations and Industry Engagement
New Orleans & Company
Patsy Hebert
La. Garden Club Federation
John R. Illg
State Representative
District 78
Jami Marino
Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President
Louisiana Blue
Natalie Monroe
Vice President of Environmental, Safety and Sustainability Operations
RoyOMartin
Susan Russell
Executive Director
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Ann Vail
Executive Director
Louisiana Clean Fuels
Jennifer Van Vrancken
Council At Large
Jefferson Parish
Keli Williams
Executive Director
Louisiana Beverage Association
WAYS TO GIVE
Donations
Gifts may be made online, over the phone by calling 985.960.4984, or by mailing a check made payable to Keep Louisiana Beautiful Foundation to: 1580 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 1
Mandeville, LA 70471
Love the Boot
Love the Boot Week, held every April, is Louisiana’s largest litter removal and beautification effort, bringing awareness to our state’s litter problem while empowering organizations and individual citizens to clean up litter and beautify spaces in their communities. Events are held in all 64 parishes, mobilizing 30,000 people to care for their communities.
Love Our Waterways
Love Our Waterways is Louisiana’s largest waterway cleanup, taking place throughout September. Support the clean-up our state’s rivers, lakes, bayous, and coastal shoreline. Our 14,400-mile waterway system is Louisiana’s lifeblood, essential to the vitality of our environment, economy, health, and culture.
State Conference
Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s State Conference is an annual educational training and networking forum welcoming all individuals, Keep America Beautiful Affiliates, universities, state and local governmental agencies, community and business partners, and non-profit organizations.
