Meet Our Board

Board of Directors 2022-2023

 Emily Hall

Chair

Emily Hall Pilates
Owner

 John T McElyea 

Vice Chair

Amarillo National Bank
Senior Vice President

 Mark Shaffer

Secretary

RoH
Owner

 Chris Sharp

Treasurer

Amarillo College
Vice President of Business Affairs

 Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart

President

President of Amarillo College

 Regan Caviness

Caviness Beef Packers
Vice President

 Nicki Crump

Community Volunteer
 

Eric Darnell

Bell Manager,
Production Engineering

 Paula Gibson

Gibson Farms
Partner

 Greg Graham

FirstBank Southwest
Vice President Commercial Lender

 Lesley Ingham

Amarillo College
Honors Program Chair

Sally Jennings

AC Regent Representative
 

 Chris Jensen

Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC
Attorney

 Bowden Jones Jr.

FirstBank Southwest
Executive Vice President

Patrick Lovelady 

Financial Advisor
 

 Robin Malone

Amarillo College
Legal Studies Program Coordinator

 Bekah McWhorter

Community Volunteer
 

Johnny Mize

AC Regent Representative
Independent Business Consultant

 Alicia Raffkind 

Community Volunteer
 

 Sheila Sims

Sims + Architects
President & Architect

 Wendi Swope

Double U Marketing
President - Creative Director

 Joan Urban 

Community Volunteer
 

Jentry Williams

Re-Form
Founder

 Connie Wootton

Community Volunteer
 

 Alfonso Zambrano

Brown & Fortunato
Attorney

Amarillo College Foundation Staff

 Joe Bill Sherrod

Vice President Institutional Advancement
Executive Director of the Amarillo College Foundation

 Tracy Dougherty

Chief Operating Officer
 

 Peyton Sidwell

Development and Campaign Director
 

 Katie Niegos

Grants Specialist & Events Coordinator

  Linda Dominguez

Corporate Relations Manager

 Kay Campbell

Scholarship Coordinator

 Stephanie Leuthen

Institutional Advancement Coordinator