2025-2026 AMA Houston Chapter Board of Directors
AMA's Most Decorated ChapterA team of dedicated and enthusiastic marketing professionals, the AMA Houston Board of Directors is an active body working toward the goal of promoting the field of marketing in the Houston community.
Officers

Henry Adaso
President
United Way of Greater Houston

Catrina Ballard
President Elect
Happy Teams

Jill Manty
Immediate Past President
MantyWeb

Sally Lechin
Secretary
Fifth Ring

Stacey E. Moore
Executive Director
American Marketing Association
Operations & Membership

Jocelyn Randolph
VP - Operations
Control Shift Video

Sheana Hamill
VP Membership
Fractional CMO

Todd Gregory
VP - Community Engagement
Fifth Ring

John Maxwell
Director - Member Experience
Nathan Lindstrom Photography

Camila Sandoval
Director - Volunteer Engagement
Camila Creates

Robin Tooms
Director – Mentorship Program
Members Choice Credit Union

Enrique Arana
Chair - Hospitality & Members-Only Events
BDO Digital

Vlad Vidaeff
Director - Community Groups
BotBuilders
Programming

James Caldwell
VP - Programming
Marketing Refresh

Edgardo De La Garza
VP - Special Programming
DLG Research

Solida Chem
Chair - Academy
Marketing Refresh

John Paul Stevenson
Crystal Awards Co-Chair
Stevenson Productions

Brittany Davis-Morris
Crystal Awards Co-Chair
BDM Creative Services

Frank Sendra
Director - Luncheon Presentations
Connect3 Marketing

Sara Heald
Director - Luncheon Services
Sara in the city

Sarah Smith
Co-Chair - MarketingEDGE
Speakerbox Media

Joel Luks
Co-Chair - MarketingEDGE
CKP

Michelle Pardo Davis
Co-Chair - Agency Forum
VISION Production Group

Nishat Jones
Co-Chair - Agency Forum
StratE8 LLC

Carey Kirkpatrick
Chair - Executive Advisory Council
CKP
Communications

Stephanie Pelaez
Co-VP of Communications
Pierpont Communications

Pam Nerurkar
Co-VP of Communications
TCWP, Texas A&M AgriLife

João Fernando
Chair - E-mail

Brenda Benitez
Chair - Social Media
ATSER
Sponsorship

Malik Hemani
VP - Sponsorships & Partnerships
Merch by Graphic Stylus

Lisa Moody
Director of Sponsorships
Factor
AMA Houston Gives Back

Carrie Ward
VP – AMA Gives Back
Connexions Public Relations

Andrew Hailes
Chair – Gives Back Grant Program
Artemis Insurance

Dori Albora
Chair – Gives Back Volunteer Program
Albora Insurance Brokers

Shelvia Smith
Director – Penny Todd Scholarship
Katalyst Data Management
Job Forward

Juliana Herman
VP - Job Programs
Middlegame Solutions

Rich Witmer
Director - Job Forward
Witmer Integrated Marketing, LLC

Gloria Farrell
Director - Job Board
INSIGHT
Honorary Board Members

Colin Hageney
Past President
Bullpen Marketing

Christine Mathers
Past President
Noble Corporation

Stephen Brent May
Past President
One Foot Over

Hami Arrington
Past President
One Foot Over
AMA Houston Past Presidents
2024-2025 Jill Manty
2023-2024 Dori Albora
2022-2023 Vlad Vidaeff
2021-2022 Hami Vo Arrington
2020-2021 Emily Rhodes
2019-2020 Erika Waters
2018-2019 Stephen Brent May
2017-2018 BJ Gerjes
2016-2017 Tracie Welch Brenton
2015-2016 Michelle LeBlanc
2014-2015 Jared Houser
2013-2014 Dominique Shu
2012-2013 Robin Tooms
2011-2012 Stacey Eddington Moore
2010-2011 MaryJane Mudd
2009-2010 Maggie Seeliger
2008-2009 Sherri Scott
2007-2008 Penny Todd
2006-2007 Michelle Acosta
2005-2006 Christine Welsh Mathers
2004-2005 Peggy Fitch
2003-2004 Rodi Franco
2002-2003 Ami I. Martinez
2000-2002 Colin F. Hageney
1999-2000 Susan Saurage-Altenloh
1998-1999 Debra Shniderson
1997-1998 Gary Carson
1996-1997 Tad Grow
1995-1996 Darla Bell
1994-1995 Larry Plasek
1993-1994 Joel Schunter
1992-1993 Dawn Zieren
1991-1992 Valerie Buckner
1990-1991 Lynne Cook
1989-1990 Robin Leinen
1988-1989 Doug Folkerson
1987-1988 John Elmer
1986-1987 Pam Minich
1985-1986 Joycelyn Marek
1984-1985 Anne Ness
1983-1984 Monroe Mendelsohn
1982-1983 Ralph Harrington
1981-1982 Dave Daleiden
1980-1981 John Miller
1979-1980 Kent Dussair
1978-1979 Sam Smith
1977-1978 Ray Lawrence
1976-1977 Ben Enis
1975-1976 Jerry Smith
1974-1975 Dave Way
1973-1974 Dale Wrenick
1972-1973 Culver Turlington
1971-1972 Keith Cox
1970-1971 Gus Galiano
1969-1970 Gabe Gelb
1968-1969 Stu Schube
1967-1968 Ed Minner
1966-1967 Beverly Marz
1965-1966 Jim Higginbotham
1964-1965 Tom Copeland
1963-1964 Ken Mjos
1962-1963 Joe Eastlack
1961-1962 Dick Johnson
1960-1961 Dan Carmichael
1959-1960 Joe Spivey
1958-1959 Alan Spivey
1957-1958 Nick Turkevitch
1956-1957 Elizabeth Morgan
1955-1956 Donn Tee
1954-1955 Joe Zarefsky






