Staff and Board

CASA STAFF

Mary Jo Burgess – Executive Director/CEO

DeAnn Colegrove – Creative Design and Workplace Director

Katherine Elliott – Community Relations and Development Director

• Sonya Burris – Community Relations Assistant
• Kaley Sullenger – Community Engagement Coordinator
• Jerid Watson – Community Engagement Coordinator

Amy McDonald – Program Director

• Joni Lunsford – Assistant Program Director

• • Laura Beam – Case Supervisor
  • Katy Cooper – Case Supervisor
• Nichole Branch – Case Supervisor
• Keleigh Shands – Case Supervisor
• Johana Taica – Case Supervisor
• Victoria Temme – Teen Coordinator

2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

• Jeffrey Harris, Chair – General Manager, Delek Oil Refinery Tyler Plant
• Nan Moore, Chair-Elect – Owner, Mainstream Boutique; Past CEO Smith County United Way
• Michael Ace, Secretary – Lawyer, Roberts & Roberts Law Firm
• 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
• Stephanie Lassanske, MSW – Professor/Department Chair, Tyler Junior College
• 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 – Bilingual/ESL Coordinator, Chapel Hill ISD
• 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