OUR Team

Melinda Taylor

Executive Director

Email: [email protected]

Keler Mitchell

Chief Operating Officer

Email: [email protected]

Amy Trahan

Finance Director

Email: [email protected]

Tiffany Williams

Homeowner Services Director

Email: [email protected]

Beth Reeves

Mortgage Services Manager

Email: [email protected]

GraceAnn Carroll

Marketing and Communications

Email: [email protected]

CONSTRUCTION Team

Stew Bacque

Construction Director

Email: [email protected]

Jesse Gardner

General Superintendant

Email: [email protected]

Sam Sawvel

Construction Coordinator

Email: [email protected]

Kelly Colligan

Repair Program Manager

Email: [email protected]

Alicia Moten

Repair Program Coordinator

Email: [email protected]

RESTORE Team

India Phillips

ReStore Director

Email: [email protected]

Beau Lemoine

ReStore Procurement Manager

Email: [email protected]

Board Members

Chair

Jason Huffman, Ph.D.

Employee Benefits Advisor, Brown & Brown Gulf States
Development Committee; Nominating Committee

Secretary

Karen Hardy

Commercial Relationship Manager First Horizon Bank

Treasurer

Tina M. Thornton

Vice President, Business Banking – Lafayette
Development Committee

Pilar Eble

UL Lafayette; Office of Development
Senior Director of Donor and External Relations
Development Committee

R.J. Fonseca, Jr.

Attorney, Standard Law PPLC
Development Committee; Executive Committee; Nominating Committee

Anna Kojevnikov

Community Engagement Director, Acadiana Center for the Arts

Gwen Lewis

Women of Wisdom, Representative
Operations: Homeowner Services Committee

Terrica Lynn Smith

CEO, Cachet Real Estate, LLC/Terrica Lynn Smith, LLC, Managing Partner, Salt Capital Equity Group
Operations: Community Development Committee

Josh Edmond

Assistant Manager of Facilities Maintenance, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Operations: Community Development Committee

Denise Galatas

Grants Manager, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

Minister Lisa Anderson Lazard

Progressive Baptist Church Ministry Team/Owner, Tayhade Home Builder

Jalyn Plaisance

Realtor/Broker, REAL Broker, LLC

Kristen Trahan

Vice President, Commercial Banking 

Dr. Karen Wyble

VP Regional Community Affairs, Ochsner Lafayette General