Celebrating Our 2025-2026 TXCPA Faculty and Student Ambassadors!

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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CHAIR
Mohan Kuruvilla, Ph.D., CPA

PRESIDENT/CEO
Jodi Ann Ray, CAE, CCE, IOM

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Melinda Bentley, CAE

EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR
Jennifer Johnson, CPA

MANAGER, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Peggy Foley
pfoley@tx.cpa

MANAGING EDITOR
DeLynn Deakins
ddeakins@tx.cpa

COLUMN EDITOR
Don Carpenter, MSAcc/CPA

DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST
Wayne Hardin, CDMP, PCM®

CLASSIFIEDS
DeLynn Deakins

Texas Society of CPAs
14131 Midway Rd., Suite 850
Addison, TX 75001
972-687-8550
ddeakins@tx.cpa

 

Editorial Board
Derrick Bonyuet-Lee, CPA-Austin;
Aaron Borden, CPA-Dallas;
Don Carpenter, CPA-Central Texas;
Rhonda Fronk, CPA-Houston;
Aaron Harris, CPA-Dallas;
Baria Jaroudi, CPA-Houston;
Elle Kathryn Johnson, CPA-Houston;
Jennifer Johnson, CPA-Dallas;
Lucas LaChance, CPA-Dallas, CIA;
Nicholas Larson, CPA-Fort Worth;
Anne-Marie Lelkes, CPA-Corpus Christi;
Bryan Morgan, Jr, CPA-Austin;
Stephanie Morgan, CPA-East Texas;
Kamala Raghavan, CPA-Houston;
Amber Louise Rourke, CPA-Brazos Valley;
Shilpa Boggram Sathyamurthy, CPA-Houston, CA
Nikki Lee Shoemaker, CPA-East Texas, CGMA;
Natasha Winn, CPA-Houston.

CONTRIBUTORS
Melinda Bentley; Kenneth Besserman; Kristie Estrada; Holly McCauley; Craig Nauta; Kari Owen; John Ross; Lani Shepherd; April Twaddle; Patty Wyatt