Chamber SWLA Board of Directors

Executive Board

• Chair Jim Giffin of Edward Jones
• Chair Elect Kay Fox of Beauregard Electric
• Immediate Past Chair Kristy Armand of Healthy Image/Thrive Magazine
• Vice Chair, Governmental Affairs Ronnie Petree of The Bank
• Vice Chair, Business Dev. & Inclusion Thomas Clemons of PrideStaff Staffing
• Vice Chair, Education & Workforce Development Janie Fruge of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
• Vice Chair, Quality of Life Tobie Hodgkins of Century 21 Bessette Realty
• Treasurer Jason Guillory of McElroy, Quirk & Burch
• Legal Counsel Ross Raley of Stockwell Sievert Law Firm
• President/CEO George Swift of The Chamber SWLA/SWLA Alliance Foundation

Board Members At Large

• Junaid Abassi of Abassi Properties
• Kurt Allen of Air Liquide
• Dr. Neil Aspinwall of Sowela Technical Community College
• Eric Avery of Crying Eagle Brewing Company
• John Berryhill of Image 360
• Jenny Bono with Fusion Five
• Ernie Broussard of The Colt Group
• Barry Brown of Red River Bank
• Dr. Daryl Burckel of McNeese State University
• Devan Corbello with the Arts & Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana
• Domenick DiPaolo of Waste Management
• Jerry Dunn of CITGO
• Keith DuRousseau of Keiland Construction
• Jeff Favre of Isle of Capri Casino
• Gary Gobert of Lake City Trucking
• Margaret Harris of Entergy
• Greg Hennagin of The Golden Nugget
• Christina Joyce-Wilson with Leadership SWLA
• Hardtner Klumpp of The Investors Group of Louisiana
• Leon Lagneaux of Amerisafe
• Debra Lastrapes of Calcasieu Refining
• Hal McMillin of Thompson Engineering
• Mark Peters of Lotte Chemical
• Jolie Rhinhart of Phillips66
• Tonya Richard of Imperial Health
• Howard Roland of L'Auberge Casino
• Scott Sirois of Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
• Roxie Smith of The MLK Coalition
• Greg Thibodeaux of Turner Industries
• Eric Walker of SASOL
• Bart Yakupzack of Jack Lawton Companies
• Nic Zaver of Insignia Hotel Management

Courtesy Seats

• Linda LeBlanc of Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce
• Lillian Karr of DeQuincy Chamber of Commerce
• Lisa Adams of The Greater Beauregard Chamber of Commerce
• Lena McArthur of West Calcasieu Chamber of Commerce
• Jennifer Clinton of The Oakdale Chamber of Commerce
• Barbara Savant of Kinder Chamber of Commerce