Celebrating Our 2025-2026 TXCPA Faculty and Student Ambassadors!
Through our Ambassador Program, TXCPA works with Texas educators and students each year to share resources and engage the next generation of CPAs, building connections on campuses across the state. TXCPA Ambassadors help us strengthen our presence and learn more about what we can do to help build and support the CPA pipeline.
TXCPA thanks our outstanding faculty and student ambassadors for your commitment and enthusiasm in 2025-2026! Want to get involved? Click here to learn more.
Faculty Ambassadors
- Anthony Abbott, Tarrant County College – Southeast
- Linda Acevedo, CPA, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Dr. Susan Anders, CPA, CGMA, Midwestern State University
- Pamela Ansboury, CPA, M.Ed., San Antonio College
- Dr. Enoch Asare, CPA, University of Dallas
- Michelle Avila, CPA, Our Lady of the Lake University
- Madhuri Bandla, CPA, CFE, University of North Texas
- Helen Bassett, Lone Star College – University Park
- Okera Bishop, CPA, Austin Community College – Highland
- Tara Blasor, CPA, Texas A&M University
- Kelli Blount, CPA, Austin Community College – Northridge
- Derrick Bonyuet-Lee, CPA, CGMA, UT Austin and Huston-Tillitson University
- Preston Branch, CPA, West Texas A&M University
- Regina Brown, Dallas County Community College District – Eastfield
- Dr. Ricardo Colon, JD, LLM, CPA, Lamar University
- Ginger DeLatte, CPA, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
- Dr. Alfreda Dobiyanski, CPA, Prairie View A&M University
- Julie Duncan, CPA, Lone Star College – The Woodlands
- Dennis Elam, CPA, Texas A&M University – San Antonio
- Dr. Ozer Erdem, University of St. Thomas
- Lauren Farish, CPA, Baylor University
- Dr. Julia Frink, Tarrant County College – Connect
- Mary Beth Goodrich, CPA, University of Texas at Dallas
- Dr. Marina Grau, CPA, Houston Community College
- Patrick Grewe, CPA, Tarrant County College – NE
- Jessica Hazel, CPA, McLennan Community College
Narita Holmes, CPA, University of Texas at Permian Basin - LaPortia Hurse, Dallas County Community College District – Brookhaven
- Kay Jackson, Tarrant County College – South
- Selena Jefferies, CPA, Texas A&M University – Texarkana
- Dr. Vicky Johnson, CPA, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
- Jason Jordan, CPA, Texas Woman’s University
- Dr. Jared Koreff, Trinity University
- Dr. Ran Li, CPA, Texas A&M University – Central Texas
- Casey Martin, Dallas College – Richland
- Kristy McDermott, CPA, Austin Community College – Round Rock
- Shawn Miller, CPA, Lone Star College – CyFair
- Dr. Amirali Moeini Chaghervand, University of Houston – Downtown
- Kathleen Moffitt, CPA, CIA, Texas State University
- Celinda Moore, CPA, Texas Tech University
- Dr. Jason Moore, Paul Quinn College
- Landri Ognowski, CPA, Angelo State University
- Dr. Renee Olvera, CPA, Texas Christian University
- Shanshan Pan, University of Houston – Clear Lake
- Marsha Peters, Dallas College – Mountain View
Dr. Richard Pitre, CPA, Texas Southern University - Dr. April Poe, CPA, University of the Incarnate Word
- Stephanie Poindexter, CPA, Dallas College – North Lake
- Daniel Puhl, CPA, Sam Houston State University
- Dr. Laci Richardson, CPA, Lubbock Christian University
- Sarah Robertson, CPA, University of Texas at El Paso
- Dr. Stephanie Ross, CPA, Stephen F. Austin State University
- Jawanna Sanderson, CPA, Sul Ross State University
- Jaye Simpson, Tarrant County College Northwest
- Stacie Smith, Kilgore College
- Larry Stephens, CPA, Austin Community College – South Austin
- Jay Thibodeaux, II, CPA, Austin Community College – Eastview
- Charles Thomas, Jr, CPA, CGMA, Tarleton State University
- Linda R. Vaello, CPA, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Adria Vasquez, CPA, Del Mar College
- Dr. Kimberly Webb, CPA, Texas Wesleyan University
- Dr. Kwohn Whitaker, Blinn College – Brenham & Rellis
- Denise White, Austin Community College – Cypress Creek
- Dr. Veronda Willis, CPA, CGMA, University of Texas at Tyler
- Patricia Wynn, CPA, CMA, CGMA, CFE, CSCA, University of North Texas at Dallas
- Dr. Ziyun (Calvin) Yang, University of Houston – Victoria
- Limin "Priscilla" Zhu, DBA, CPA, University of Houston
Student Ambassadors
- Erica Acosta, Texas A&M University – San Antonio (Graduate)
- Tatiana Alvarez, Angelo State University (Undergraduate)
- Jacob Alverado, University of Texas at Arlington (Undergraduate)
- Abdul Aweda, University of Texas at Austin (Graduate)
- Marshall Barbosa, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (Undergraduate)
- Gabriela Benavides, University of Texas at San Antonio (Graduate)
- Kate (Wailyn) Bentley, Sam Houston State University (Undergraduate)
- Ashley Bynum, Texas Wesleyan University (Undergraduate)
- Julian Byrd, University of Houston – Downtown (Undergraduate)
- Caden Clark, University of Texas at Tyler (Undergraduate)
- Muhammad Durvesh, Texas Southern University (Graduate)
- Azucena Garrett Mendoza, Dallas College
- Unnati Goel, University of Texas at Tyler (Graduate)
- Hethcoat Hadassah, University of Texas at Permian Basin (Undergraduate)
- Rachel Hung, Austin Community College
- Chelsea Jackson, Texas State University (Graduate)
- Vaishnavi Jayaraman, University of Houston – Main (Undergraduate)
- Madison Jones, Prairie View A&M University (Undergraduate)
- Etta Mansaray, University of St. Thomas (Undergraduate)
- Cintya Mariscal, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (Graduate)
- Alma Martinez, Del Mar College
- Jessica Martinez-Williams, Texas State University (Undergraduate)
- Connie Morin, McLennan Community College
- Yadira Nevarez, Texas A&M University – Texarkana (Graduate)
- Gail O’Banner, University of North Texas at Dallas (Graduate)
- Nakul Patel, University of Texas at Austin (Undergraduate)
- Maria Perez, Huston-Tillotson University (Undergraduate)
- Amanda Perrin, University of Texas at San Antonio (Graduate)
- Natalie Pham, University of Houston – Main (Undergraduate)
- Ayham Rached, University of Texas at Dallas (Graduate)
- Iman Raji, Huston-Tillotson University (Undergraduate)
- Juan Ramos, University of Houston – Clear Lake (Undergraduate)
- Leah Richardson, Lubbock Christian University (Undergraduate)
- Harper Scott, Texas A&M University (Undergraduate)
- Sally Simmons, Lubbock Christian University (Undergraduate)
- Javier Solis Jr., Dallas College
- Rosa Son, Houston Christian University (Undergraduate)
- Min Tan, Austin Community College
- Jason Tristian, Lamar University (Undergraduate)
- Amie Valdez, Del Mar College
- John Varghese, Dallas College
- Horace White, Houston Community College
- Lenora Williams, Midwestern State University (Undergraduate)
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