2025/2026 Officers
Amy Tarver, Board Chair
Raymond Begnaud, Chair Elect
Jeff Beaver, Jr., Immediate Past Chair
Shannon Figueroa, Vice Chair
Josh Williams, Vice Chair
Erica Faust, Secretary
Lisa Prejean, Treasurer
Andrea Ross, Campaign Chair
Jeff Wheeler, Associate Campaign Chair
Annie Howell, Allocations Chair
Nic McLaughlin, Allocations Vice Chair
2025/2026 Trustees
Pat Anderson, Port of Beaumont
Dr. Dwaine Augustine*, Hamshire-Fannet ISD
Dalton Babineaux*, Retired A/V&H
Jeff Beaver, Jr.*, Schaumburg & Polk
John Beaver, City of Beaumont
Raymond Begnaud, JM Prewitt Company
Sharon Begnaud, The Giving Field
Debbie Bridgeman, BISD
Doug Chase*, Retired
Alan B. Coleman*, Dentistry
Natosha Coleman, H-E-B
Kelci Crawford, ExxonMobil
Mallory Cross, Iron Horse
Allison DeYoung, Rave Financial
Tea Do, Farmers Insurance
Todd Dunkleberger*, Retired - Entergy Texas, Inc.
Phil Dunlap*, Wells, Peyton, Greenberg & Hunt
Erica Faust, CrossFit Beaumont
Shawn Figari, Germer, PLLC
Shannon Figueroa, Lamar University
Ron Fletcher, Entergy
Savanna Geisendorff, Natgasoline
Bekah Guedry, Creative Buzz LLC
Alex Guidroz*, Retired - Del Papa Distributing Company
Mike Hamburg*, Total
Leslie Harrison, Higginbotham Insurance
Lori Higgins*, Rave Financial
David Hitt*, Retired
Wayne Holland*, Stellar Bank
Annie Neild Howell, H.B. Neild & Sons, Inc.
John Lee*, Lamar University, Texas Gulf Coast SBDC Network
Judith Lee, Region V
Steve Lucas*, Stellar Bank
Steve Lyle*, Texas Coffee Company
Shelton McClure*, Wells Fargo Texas
Nic McLaughlin, Jason's Deli
Craig Messer*, ISC Constructors
Karen R. Nichols*, Lamar University Foundation
Kevin Nectoux, Hancock Whitney
Ana Pereda, Lamar Institute of Technology
Michael Perez*, First State Bank of Texas
Lee Potter, American Air Systems
Lisa Prejean, Stellar Bank
Tracy Ramirez, KFDM
Laurie Ritchel*, Retired
Robert Root, Germer, PLLC
Andrea Ross, M & D Supply
Ann Rowe, Capital Title
Dr. Kevin Roy*, Interflow Factors, Corp.
John Salgado, DuGood Credit Union
Tyler Scherry, Stellar Bank
Mark Speirs, Lamar University SBDC
Dave Stephens, American Valve & Hydrant
Tim Sudela*, Retired - American Valve & Hydrant
Amy Tarver, Bill Clark Pest Control, Inc.
Don Thompson, Thompson-Doctors Answering Service, Inc.
Dick Townsend*, Retired - Exxon Mobil
Phillip Trew, Retired - Jefferson Entergy
Daylyn Turner, JK Subaru
Jeff Wheeler, Del Papa Distributing
Dr. Janeal White, Lamar University
Josh Williams, ExxonMobil
Barbara Wilson, BAW Resale
Melissa Woods*, A4Media/Suddenlink Media
Juan Zabala*, Lamar University
*Past President/Chairman of the Board - Lifetime Member
