Charles W. Lamar III

Headshot of Charles W. Lamar III, LSU Foundation National Board Member.

Charles W. Lamar III is chairman of Woodlawn Investments, Inc. and former general counsel and board member at Lamar Advertising Company. He founded the Charles Lamar Family Foundation in 2000 and is a board member of several nonprofit organizations, including the Lamar-Dixon Expo Foundation, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, LSU Manship School of Mass Communications Board of Visitors, and the LSU Rural Life Museum Board of Trustees.

Through financial contributions, he has helped establish or expand facilities and programs at many nonprofit organizations, including Louisiana State University and the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Through the Charles Lamar Family Foundation, Lamar and his family have a permanent vehicle to provide financial support to organizations striving to make a difference. The major focus areas of the Lamar Family Foundation are pre-k education, companion animal welfare, and water resources.