Chamber SWLA Board of Directors

2025 Executive Board 

• Chair Janie Fruge of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
• Treasurer Kirk Pellerin of Sabine State Bank
• President/CEO Scott Walker
• Vice Chair, Business Development & Inclusion Velika Hurst-Trahan of Louisiana Blue
• Vice Chair, Education & Workforce Matt Koch of CSE Federal Credit Union
• Vice Chair, Governmental Affairs Ronnie Petree of The Bank
• Vice Chair, Growth & Development Matt Redd of Redd Properties
• Vice Chair, Industrial Development Mark Peters with Westlake Chemical
• Vice Chair, Quality of Life Jill Galmarini of the Community Foundation of SWLA

Board Members at Large & Courtesy Seats

• Lisa Adams of Greater Beauregard Chamber of Commerce
• Kristy Armand of Healthy Image/Thrive Magazine
• Dr. Neil Aspinwall of SOWELA Technical Community College
• Blake Brignac of Woods Brignac Wealth Management
• Austin Broussard of The Broussard Group
• Ernie Broussard of HGA
• Barry Brown of Red River Bank
• Jennifer Clinton of Oakdale Chamber of Commerce
• Jay DeLouche of DeQuincy Chamber of Commerce
• Tara Demarie of Century 21 Bessette Flavin
• Bridget Evans of Champeaux, Evans & Hotard
• Ken Francis of Lake Charles Coca-Cola Bottling
• Tuwanna Guillory-August of Allstate 
• Tonya Griffith of Griffith Financial, Wells Fargo
• Greg Hennagin of Golden Nugget
• Sarah Hughes of Sasol 
• Terra Jones representing Leadership SWLA
• Armando Lara of LyondellBasell
• Emily Larche representing the Junior League of Lake Charles
• Lena McArthur of West Calcasieu Chamber of Commerce
• Allyson Montgomery of The Children's Museum of SWLA
• Stuart Moss of Credit Services of SWLA
• Sterling Neblett of CITGO
• Steve Parker of Lotte Chemical Company
• Steven Perez of First Horizon Bank
• Angela Queenan of Global Crane & Rigging
• Dr. Wade Rousse of McNeese State University
• Barbara Savant of Kinder Chamber of Commerce
• Sarita Scheufens of Health & Safety Council Louisiana
• Kathryn Shirley of Amerisafe
• Jennifer Spees of Louisiana Mortgage
• Taylor Beard Stanley representing Fusion Five
• Todd Stewart of Coushatta Casino Resort
• Wendy Stine of Stine, Inc.
• Calvin Thibodeaux of Entergy
• Greg Thibodeaux of Turner Industries
• Scot Tyler of Phillips 66
• TBA/Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA