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At the Year-End Chapter Luncheon on May 22, 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; Kevan Kirksey, Outstanding Committee Chair; and Sungani Banda, Outstanding Member. Thank you for your leadership.Congratulations to Ryan McKelvy (UT Tyler) and Taylor Castillo (SFA) on being named 2024-25 TXCPA Accounting Excellence Award winners, and to Maxine DePalma (UT Tyler), Unnati Goel (UT Tyler) and Brianna Schnell (UT Tyler) on being named 2024-25 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:

Matthew Cartwright
Natalie Fry
Zoe Gilman
Samuel Howe
Derek Jordan
Shelby Moore
Leah Orr
Charles Parker
Jackson Peer
Casey Pelton
Rebecca Sory
Yanika Valentine
Jake Whaley

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
Slade Austin, ETBU
Ronald Bregante, ETBU
Camille Brown, SFASU
Coleman Campbell, UT Tyler
Gracey Chaney, LeTourneau University
Tanner Fowler, UT Tyler
Gloria Hernandez, UT Tyler
Michael Huckabee, LeTourneau University
Ryan McKelvey, UT Tyler
Elizabeth Moreau, LeTourneau University
Coby Roberts, UT Tyler
Kaylyn Taylor, LeTourneau University
Luz Torres, SFASU
Keaton Westbrook, SFASU

Many thanks to the 2024-25 chapter board of directors Kindle Chapman, Katie Clover, Mehgan Ibanez, Kevan Kirksey, David Marks, Amanda Montgomery, Kyle Pope, Ruben Rodriguez, Heather Sanders and Rebecca VanNattan for their service under the dedicated leadership of President AJ Evans.

Read the chapter’s 2024-2025 Year-End Report