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Honoring Achievement and Service at the Year-End Chapter Luncheon

  • Published on May 28, 2026
  • by Kari Owen

At the Year-End Chapter Luncheon on May 20, TXCPA East Texas recognized the following members as chapter award recipients for helping shape the direction of the chapter. Congratulations to David Marks, Outstanding Director; Tom Seale, Outstanding Committee Chair; and Veronda Willis, Outstanding Member. Thank you for your leadership!

Congratulations to Juliette Lostracco (UT Tyler) and Kailey Fischer (SFASU) on being named 2025-26 TXCPA Accounting Excellence Award winners, and to Caden Clark (UT Tyler), Savannah Lindsey (SFASU), Juan Lopez (UT Tyler) and Isabella Vaught (SFASU) on being named 2025-26 TXCPA Accounting Education Foundation Scholarship recipients!

The chapter welcomed and introduced all new CPAs in TXCPA East Texas to the profession and our community. This year’s new licensees were:

  • Kara Boyd
  • Mechelle Brocato
  • Chrystal Carr
  • Kimberley Christian
  • Melissa Garcia
  • Shelby Hartt
  • Shannon Hullum
  • Skylar King
  • Carla Munoz
  • Sydney Neville
  • Megan Rudisill
  • Kyle Russell
  • Elvia Sheppard
  • Joel Smith
  • Amanda Wells
  • Stephani Wyatt
Your generosity allows TXCPA East Texas to fund scholarships that go to our local college students. Recipients are accounting majors and have the intent of becoming a Texas Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation. This year’s scholarship recipients were:

  • Vladimir Avramov, Jarvis Christian University
  • Sydney Caraway, LeTourneau University
  • Grayson Cavel, LeTourneau University
  • Jazmin Dominguez, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Unnati Goel, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Jacob Gonzales, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Kyra Guhl, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Juliette Lostracco, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Hannah Moseley, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Katie Newman, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Emily Pearson, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Selina Pham, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Emmanuel Ramirez, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Kaylyn Taylor, LeTourneau University
  • Faith Wilcox, Stephen F. Austin State University

Many thanks to the 2025-26 chapter board of directors Shelby Cannon, Katie Clover, AJ Evans, Mehgan Ibanez, Jeff Lindenmoyer, David Marks, Kyle Pope, Jessica Priest, Ruben Rodriguez, and Rebecca VanNattan for their service under the dedicated leadership of President Kevan Kirksey. 

Read the chapter’s 2025-2026 Year-End Report here.