2025 CAMPAIGN AWARDS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
Bayou Pointe Event Center, ULM, Monroe
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
Davison Athletics Complex, LA Tech, Ruston
REGIONAL CAMPAIGN LEADERS
LEADERSHIP
DAVID COLE
Campaign Chair, b1BANK
AMANDA HATTEN EDGE
2nd Vice-Chair & Team Leader, Entergy Louisiana
HEATHER AND RICK GUILLOT
Steamboat Chairs, Syneos, Origin Bank
ROGER JOHNSTON
Tocqueville Society Chair, Regions Bank
TEAM LEADERS
MATT DICKERSON
Mid South Extrusion
JEFF LAUDENHEIMER
Commercial Capital Bank
JAMES STEPHENS
Forth Insurance
DERON TALLEY
Key Marketing Solutions
PEYTON UNDERWOOD
Century Next Bank
LINCOLN, UNION, JACKSON PARISHES CAMPAIGN LEADERS
LEADERSHIP
BRUCE RUSHING
Campaign Chair, Origin Bank
CHRIS HOLTZCLAW
Vice Chair & Team Leader, Argent Financial Group
THOMAS GRAHAM
2nd Vice Chair & Team Leader, Forth Insurance
SIDNEY & SHAWN MURPHY, JR., D.D.S.
Steamboat Co-Chair, Johnston and Murphy
Dental Care
TAMI & LAMAR JOHNSTON, D.D.S.
Steamboat Co-Chair, Johnston and Murphy
Dental Care
TEAM LEADERS
MARY BARRIOS
Reeves Memorial Medical Center
TORI DAVIS
Experience Ruston
JOHNNY MAXWELL
Origin Bank
VICTORIA SULLIVAN
Gibsland Bank & Trust
TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY TEAM 2025
Roger Johnston, Chair
STEAMBOAT
REGIONAL TEAM 2025
Heather & Rick Guillot, Chairs
Amy Price & Brian Boatright
Mallory & Bryn Meredith
Jodi & Blake Wheelis
STEAMBOAT LINCOLN, UNION, JACKSON PARISHES TEAM 2025
Tami & Lamar Johnston, D.D.S., Co-Chairs
Sidney & David Murphy, Jr., D.D.S., Co-Chairs
Susan & Brandon Ewing
Karen & Trott Hunt
Kristina & Justin Martin
Tisdale & Kyle McDonald
REGIONAL CAMPAIGN CABINET
TEAM MEMBERS
TONI BACON Century Next Bank
KELSI DICKERSON Heard, McElroy, & Vestal
ANDREW DYE Dye Brothers Group
LEE MICHAEL ESTES Homeland Bank
KELLI GILLAM Centric Federal Credit Union
MEG KEENE Trailhead Media
ANNA KIRKLAND Kirkland Enterprises
GREG MANLEY JR. State Farm
BRITTANY
MCNAMARA Children’s Coalition for NELA
LACY MILETELLO Origin Bank
JOE KING MONTGOMERY Community Financial Insurance
HALEIGH MURPHY Centric Federal Credit Union
CHRIS PITTARD alli Management Solutinos
TAYLOR REEVES Forth Insurance
SHEILA SNOW Discover Monroe-West Monroe
BILL SWANDER Merrill Lynch
HOLLIS WALKER Discover Monroe-West Monroe
JONATHAN WASHAM Shelter Insurance
ALEX WEBRE Commercial Capital Bank
MARK WHITE Gordon McKernan
CHRIS WILLIAMS ULM
JESSICA WILSON Ouachita Valley Credit Union
CHRIS WINDHAM Cadence Bank
LINCOLN, UNION, JACKSON PARISHES CAMPAIGN CABINET
TEAM MEMBERS
HUNTER BATTLES
Century Next Bank
CANDACE BOWEN
Bayou Title
KRISTIN CLINE
Movement Mortgage
BRANDON DAVIS
Delta Utilities
DEVIN DAVIS
Origin Bank
APRIL DUKE
Center for Children & Families
MATTHEW MANNING
Argent Financial Group
OLIVER NEAL
Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson
KYLE REEVES
Motorola Solutions
REED SEXTON
Louisiana National Bank
LEVI SONGER
Argent Mineral Management
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE MONROE & RUSTON PANELS
KIM LOWERY
President and CEO
United Way of Northeast Louisiana
DR. ALBERTA BROWN GREEN
Board Chair
ABG Professional Development Solutions
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE MONROE PANEL
CAROLINE CASCIO
The Wellspring
AIMEE KANE
St. Francis Health
DAVID COLE
2025 Campaign Chair
MATT DICKERSON
Mid South Extrusion
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE RUSTON PANEL
MARY BARRIOS
Reeves Memorial Medical Center
ELIZABETH TURPIN
Lincoln Health Foundation
BRUCE RUSHING
2025 Lincoln, Union, & Jackson Parishes
Campaign Chair
Origin Bank
AMY STEGALL Louisiana Tech University
AWARD WINNERS 2025
Recognizing the People, Partners, and Campaigns Who Make Our Work Possible.
Companies appearing in blue have Workplace Campaigns in Lincoln, Union, and/or Jackson Parishes.
PACESETTER COMPANIES
Argent Financial
Group
Creed & Creed
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
Ewing Timber, LLC
Lincoln Builders, Inc.
Mid South Extrusion
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office
Union Parish School Board
CAMPAIGN LEADERS AWARDS
Origin Bank
Advancion
Mid South Extrusion
Argent Financial Group
Ouachita Parish Schools
Entergy Louisiana
Century Next Bank
Forth Insurance
Southern Apparatus Services, Inc.
Strauss Interests, Inc.
UNITED IS THE WAY AWARDS Origin Bank
Regional and Lincoln, Union, & Jackson Parishes
NEW CAMPAIGN AWARDS
Commercial Capital Bank
Home Coalition
Josh Fuselier State Farm
Turner Construction Company
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Regions Financial Corporation
CIRCLE OF HONOR AWARDS
Allen, Green & Williamson, LLP
Argent Financial Group, Inc.
Associated Business Printing, Inc.
b1BANK
Blake Wheelis
State Farm
Cadence Bank
Centric Federal
Credit Union
Century Next Bank
Community Financial Insurance Center
CREED & CREED
D.A.R.T.
Durrett Law & Title - Ruston
Ensure, The Insurance Agency
Ewing Timber, LLC
Experience Ruston / Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Forth Insurance
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
Holyfield, Inc.
Home Coalition
Homeland Bank
Hulsey, Harwood & Sheridan, CPA
Hunt Forest Products
CIRCLE OF HONOR AWARDS
Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC
Impact Healthcare Solutions
Louisiana National Bank
Marion State Bank
McKinney Saw and Cycle, Inc.
Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix and Hixson
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Coca-Cola Bottling Company
UNITED
NAI Faulk & Foster
Newcomer, Morris, & Young Origin Bank
Ouachita Parish Assessor’s Office
Peregrine Corporation
QuikTrip
Regions Financial Corporation
Scott Powerline & Utility Equipment, LLC
United Way of Northeast
Louisiana
GOING THE EXTRA 10% AWARDS
Amcor
Boys & Girls Club of North LA -
Ruston
Cadence Bank
Centric Federal Credit Union
Century Next Bank
Courtesy Chrysler
Dodge Jeep Ram
CREED & CREED
D’Arbonne Woods
Charter School
Entergy Louisiana
First Guaranty Bank
Forth Insurance
Graphic Packaging International Plant
31 West Monroe Mill
Impact Healthcare Solutions
James Machine Works
Jim Taylor Chevrolet
Lazenby & Associates, Inc.
Lincoln Builders, Inc.
Lincoln Parish Police Jury
Lincoln Preparatory School
Louisiana National Bank
GOING THE EXTRA 10% AWARDS
Marion State Bank
Mid South Extrusion
Monroe Coca-Cola Bottling Company
UNITED
Ouachita Council On Aging
Ouachita Parish Assessor’s Office
Ouachita Parish Public Library
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office
Reeves Memorial Medical Center
Regions Financial Corporation
Robertson Produce, Inc.
Scott Equipment Companies
Scott Powerline & Utility Equipment, LLC
State Combined Charitable Campaign
The Health Hut
The Woman’s Clinic
United Way of Northeast Louisiana Weyerhaeuser
CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Mary Barrios, Reeves Memorial Medical Center
Rachel McKenzie, Amcor
VolunteerUNITED AWARDS Regions Financial Corporation
Regional and Lincoln, Union, & Jackson Parishes
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ALBERTA BROWN
GREEN, PH.D.,
LPC-S, NCC
Board Chair
ABG Professional
Development Solutions
NATHAN “NAT”
SMITH
Treasurer
Cadence Bank
SHEILA SNOW
Marketing & Communications Chair
Discover Monroe-West
Monroe
ASHLEY WEST
Past Board Chair
b1BANK
DAVID COLE
2025 Campaign Chair
b1BANK
BRUCE RUSHING
2025 LUJP Campaign Chair
Origin Bank
SUSHMA
KRISHNAMURTHY, PH.D.
Community Impact
Chair
University of Louisiana
Monroe
CINDY SHAW
Secretary
alli Management
Solutions
AMANDA EDGE
2026 Campaign Chair
Entergy Louisiana
CHRIS HOLTZCLAW 2026 LUJP Campaign Chair
Argent Financial Group
JENNIFER
JOHNSON
Community Allocations Chair
4th District Attorney’s Office
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERS
TONI BACON
Century Next Bank
MARY BARRIOS
Reeves Memorial Medical Center
BRIAN BUSH, ED. D
Monroe City Schools
JS Clark Magnet
REVEREND IKE BYRD City of Monroe
CATHI COX-BONIOL
Ruston Daily Leader
LEE DENNY
Century Next Bank
ERNEST GREEN Advancion
TODD GUICE
Ouachita Parish Schools
RICK GUILLOT Origin Bank
KATRINA MALONE
Grambling University
JOSH MANDRELL, M.D. Green Clinic Health System
MARC MASHAW
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office
KELSEA MCCRARY
City of Monroe
SAM MOORE
Monroe City Schools
BRITTANY MEYERS Siemens
WENDY NAPOLI
Community Volunteer
ALPA PATEL
LSU School of Public Health
PASTOR VANCE PRICE
Community Family of Faith Church
BRUCE RUSHING Origin Bank
PAMELA
SAULSBERRY, PH.D. University of Louisiana Monroe, Retired
KRISTEN SHAMBRO Centric Federal Credit Union
WILLIAM SMART
Monroe Housing Authority
KEVIN SMITH Regions Bank
AMY STEGALL Louisiana Tech University
DANIEL TAYLOR Argent Financial Group
JUANITA WOODS NOVA
REGIONAL EVENT SPONSOR
LINCOLN, UNION, & JACKSON PARISHES
EVENT SPONSORS
