CASA STAFF

Mary Jo Burgess – Executive Director/CEO

Katherine Elliott – Community Engagement and Development Director

• Jerid Watson – Assistant Director Community Engagement
  • Sonya Burris – Community Engagement Coordinator
  • Stephanie Taulli – Community Engagement Coordinator
• Bailey Baxter – Community Engagement Associate

Amy McDonald – Program Director

• Joni Lunsford – Program Assistant Director
  • Jennifer Bird– Case Supervisor
• Nichole Branch – Case Supervisor
• Keleigh Shands – Case Supervisor
• Johana Taica – Case Supervisor
• Victoria Temme – Teen Coordinator
• Laura Beam – Case Supervisor

DeAnn Colegrove – Facility and Project Manager

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2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

• Jeffrey Harris, Chair – General Manager, Delek Oil Refinery Tyler Plant
•  Michael Ace, Chair-Elect – Lawyer, Roberts & Roberts Law Firm
• Stephanie Lassanske, MSW – Professor/Department Chair, Tyler Junior College
• Gregory Parker, Treasurer – Senior Manager, Marcum Accountants & Advisors

board members

• Officer Scott Behrend – Community Resource Officer, Tyler Police Department
• Brandon Bretl, PhD – Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Tyler
• Lamond Dean – Superintendent, Chapel Hill Independent School District
• Edward Moore – President/CEO, Greater Tyler Association of Realtors
• Tom Mullins, Ex Officio – Past President/CEO, Tyler Chamber of Commerce and Tyler Economic Development Council
• April Munoz – Specialist, Region 7 Education Service Center
• Sandra Owens, EdD – Retired, Tyler ISD
• Robert Rivers, Immediate Past Chair – Plant Manager, Trane Technologies
• Tara Suttle – Vice President, Southside
• Ben Wainwright – KPI Program Manager, John Soules Foods