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Rick L. Allen Chairman of the Board
A resident of Leesville, Louisiana, he is currently serving his third term as the city’s mayor. In addition, he is a member of the Governor’s Military Advisory Committee, and is presently serving as the First Vice-President of the Louisiana Municipal Association. |
Ed Williams Vice-President Mr. Williams previously served on the Military Affairs Committee at the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce. A soldier for life, he served 27 years in the US Army and continues to give back to the Army as a coach, trainer and mentor for the Leader Training Program at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. |
Clarence Beebe Mr. Beebe has served as the Mayor of Hornbeck since 2000. Before that he served as an alderman from 1987 to 1991 and from 1997 to 2000. He’s been a member of the Louisiana Municipal Association since 1987, serving as an executive board member from 2011-2015 and the District “D” Vice President from 2012-2015. |
Leroy D. Cooley Mr. Cooley has been in the banking industry for 40 years and is currently serving as Executive Vice President for Merchants & Farmers Bank. He is a graduate of Northwestern State University and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.
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Keith Lewing Mr. Lewing is a lifelong resident of Anacoco, Louisiana. From 2000 to 2012 he served as a councilman for the Village of Anacoco, serving from 2001 to 2012 as mayor pro tempore. In 2012 he was elected Mayor of Anacoco. He is currently serving as the District D Vice-President of the Louisiana Municipal Association. |
James B. “Jim” Tuck Mr. Tuck has been President of the Vernon Parish Police Jury since 2007. He served as Vice-President of the jury from 2004 to 2006, having first been elected to the jury in 1992.
Misty Clanton Ms. Clanton has served the city of DeRidder since 2009 and was recently elected to serve as Mayor.
She was born and raised in DeRidder. Clanton is a graduate of DeRidder High School and has a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from McNeese State University. |
.jpg) Jerry Shirley
Mr. Shirley, life-long resident of Beauregard Parish, has always believed and lived the work ethic his parents taught him from childhood. His experience in the political, economic, and military aspects of Southwest Louisiana make him about serving on the LAFA Board of Directors. After graduating from DeRidder High School and McNeese in Business Education during the Vietnam era, Mr. Shirley served the Army Infantry by walking point with a scout dog in the jungles for the 1st Cav. Division. After his stint in the Army, he returned to SWLA where, in the intervening years, he has owned several businesses, worked in sales and life insurance, taught high school business education, driven a school bus, and role-played to train soldiers at Fort Johnson. His greatest exposure in public management, personnel, budgets and finance, legal matters, economic growth, and public policy has been his eight-term tenure as an elected Beauregard Parish Police juror, a position he currently serves. He is a team player who understands the roles of listening, cooperation, and compromise which being in group management requires. |
Vickie Standifer Mayor Vickie Standifer has been serving the residents of Simpson Community since 2016. She, along with her husband of 43 years, Jesse, reside in the Simpson Community. They have three children, Jas, Courtney, Carleigh and seven grandchildren. Mayor Standifer is involved in the Louisiana Municipal Association and is a great supporter of Ft. Johnson soldiers and their families and veterans. In her spare time, Vickie loves to shop, travel and spend time with her grandbabies, family and friends. |
