Our Director

Executive Director Dianne Morgan Baham has been employed at STARC for more than 30 years. A 1970 graduate of SLU, Dianne has a degree in Social Work. Dianne is a life-long resident of St. Tammany Parish and is married to the Rev. Jim Baham, Associate Pastor and Minister of Music at First Baptist Church in Slidell. She and Jim have one son, Mark, who also works for STARC as the Commercial Business Division Administrator. Dianne teaches Sunday School, sings in the church choir and serves as chairman of the “Give a Cup of Water” Benevolence Committee at her church. She actively participates in the community as a Board member for the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce, the Children’s Wish Endowment for terminally ill children, the Slidell Art League, Southeastern Louisiana University, CARSA, the Region IX Health Care Consortium and the St. Tammany Commission on Families. She is the current president for the Louisiana Alliance of Independent Providers, a member of the United Way Council of Executives and of the St. Tammany Parish Homebuilders, and also serves as chairman of the Ribbon Cutting Committee for both the Slidell and West St. Tammany Chambers of Commerce.

Dianne sees her daily work as a ministry in the community. She is inspired by the following quote from an unknown author that challenges each of us to share our God-given talents and abilities: