2009-2010 Executive Board

Latarsha Brazle
President
president@nabahouston.org

Latarsha Brazle holds a Bachelor of Administration degree in accounting from Le Tourneau University in Longview, Texas and a Master of Accounting and Financial Management degree. She is preparing to sit for the CPA exam. 

Latarsha began her career as a member of the accounting team at Morgan Stanley. She then quickly advanced to lead the technical Accounting department from 2000 to 2004.  She has held various leadership and management positions in which she was responsible for leading all aspects of global finance services, including accounting, treasury, audit, and financial planning and analysis, and risk management.

In Latarsha’s current role with Chevron, she is responsible for managing operational, financial, and technology processes to ensure minimized business exposure, strengthen the internal control environment, and enhance the reliability of financial reporting.

Latarsha is an active member of the community, a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and a member of the Association of Women in Computing.

LaTarsha has been married for thirteen years and is the proud parent of three children.  Most of her evening and weekend time is spent with her children during their extracurricular activities and studying.

Dimitri Pierce
Vice President of Administration
executivevp@nabahouston.org

Stephanie Erwin, CPA
Treasurer
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Stephanie Erwin is a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, TX where she received her B.B.A. and M.S. in Accounting in 1998 and 1999, respectively. She is currently an Audit Senior within the Audit and Enterprise Risk Services practice of Deloitte & Touche, LLP where she has served clients in the oil & gas, oilfield services, manufacturing and retail sectors.  She has participated in Deloitte's recruiting efforts at Texas A&M University and served as a national facilitator for the firm during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Her previous positions include Financial Secretary and immediate past Treasurer.  Stephanie became a Certified Public Accountant in 2004 in the state of Texas. She is also a member of Texas Society of CPA’s, Houston Society of CPA’s, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

She is actively involved in the Houston Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. by serving as chair of the chapter's Audit Committee. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the undergraduate chapter at Prairie View A&M University.  Additionally, she attends church at Brookhollow - The Church Without Walls.

Billy Williams, CPA
Director of Website Communication
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Billy Williams is currently a Sr. Manager with KPMG LLP in Houston where he has spent 8 years in the Audit practice. During his time at KPMG, Billy has mainly worked within the firm’s consumer and industrial markets practice with focus on manufacturing and software development companies. Billy is a National Instructor for KPMG as well as a member of their Training and Methodology Team. Billy is currently a board member of the KPMG-Houston Diversity Council.

Billy has been an active member of the NABA professional chapter since 2003. He is serving his first term as an officer as the webmaster for the Houston Chapter. He has actively participated in the past National Conventions as well as conducted sessions as a presenter or co-presenter since 2003.

Billy is a graduate of Sam Houston State University and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice accountancy in the state of Texas. Billy is also a member of Texas Society of CPA’s, Houston Society of CPA’s, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.

Felicia Waldon, CPA
Recording Secretary
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Felicia Waldon is currently a Contract Accountant at Hewlett Packard (HP) (fka Compaq).  In that role, she fulfills the responsibilities of a controller, financial analyst and business consultant on large complex programs.  Prior to joining HP, Felicia worked for the Big 4 accounting firm, KPMG in San Francisco and Houston before accepting a position as Financial Analyst with Compaq (now Hewlett Packard).

Felicia currently serves as the Executive Director of ACAP Houston, as well as serving her fourth term as Recording Secretary for the Houston Professional Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants.  She has been a professional member of the Organization for fourteen years.  Prior to joining the Houston chapter, Felicia was a member of the San Francisco chapter serving in Executive Board roles.  She is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Felicia is a 1995 graduate of California State University Hayward; she is married to John Waldon, and is a proud parent of three children Sydnee, Hunter and Madison.  Felicia additionally serves as the Treasurer of Hunter’s elementary school PTO and the Secretary of Sydnee’s middle school booster club.

Charles D. Carter
Parliamentarian/Historian
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Charles D. Carter is a 30-year member of the Houston Chapter and a Lifetime Member of the Association. He considers himself the link between the “new” and the “seasoned” members of the Houston Chapter. Charles served as the Houston Chapter president from 1997 – 1999 when the chapter was recognized as a Division I winner for chapter evaluations in successive fiscal years. Charles was appointed as the Western Region’s first Parliamentarian and is noted for ensuring southern hospitality is a mainstay of the
chapter to all visitors.

As the Houston Chapter celebrates its 36th year of existence in 2007, Charles pledges to concentrate his efforts on recruiting current and past “seasoned” members to comprise an effective Advisory Board, as well as to issuing the first archive publication for the Houston chapter.

Charles is a 16 year financial alumnus of Shell Oil Co. and currently is the Vice President for Administration & Comptroller at ARocket Relocation Services, a full service moving and storage company in the Houston area and one of the largest minorityowned companies in the Houston area. Charles is a 1974 summa cum laude accounting graduate of Southern (Mighty Jaguars) University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In his spare time he loves to travel.

Eugene "Gene" Padgett
Immediate Past President
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Eugene (“Gene”) Padgett, a native of Rochester, NY, is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University (Texas) following a brief stint in the United States Navy. Recently, Mr. Padgett was the Controller for Westcoast Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation. Prior to joining Duke, Gene was an Audit Services Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Gene worked in the Rochester, NY office of the Firm for five years and in the Charlotte, NC office for an additional year.

Gene joined Duke Energy Corporation in the summer of 1999, and was responsible for the research of several accounting issues on a reactive basis (responding to internal questions or concerns); as well as on a proactive basis, by monitoring and implementing standard setter  changes. In this role Gene implemented several accounting standards for the Company, drafted exposure draft comment letters, and even made presentations to the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Norwalk, CT. In August 2002, Gene and his family relocated to Houston and transferred with Duke to head up the accounting research function at that location. Gene has also led the SEC reporting and Parent company accounting groups for Duke Energy, and was responsible for all accounting functions and reporting as Controller for Westcoast Energy, from 2004 - 2006.

In January 2007, the Gas Transmission segment of Duke Energy was spun-off and made public as Spectra Energy. As a result of this IPO, Gene assumed the role as GM of Corporate Accounting and Research for Spectra. The departments under Gene’s direction include the accounting functions of the corporate and parent companies, stock compensation, pension and benefits accounting, allocations of governance costs, central treasury accounting functions, captive insurance and technical accounting.

Gene has held Board positions with the American Red Cross of Greater Rochester (NY), the Black Scholars Association through the Urban League of Rochester, J.J. Christian Ministries, and the Duke Energy Volunteer Council and local chapters of the National Association of Black  Accountants.

Donzella McCall
Co-Vice President of Community Affairs
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Donzella McCall is a Manager in the Systems and Process Assurance group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, with 4+ years of IT audit experience.

Donzella has been an active student member of NABA since 2001 and a professional member since 2005. In her current role, she serves as the VP of Community Affairs for the Houston Chapter and previously served as the Co-Director of Student Affairs (2008) and Corresponding Secretary (2007). Donzella also served as a representative of PwC on the Board of Directors for Houston's ACAP program. Prior to joining the Executive Board, Donzella was a member of the Student Affairs and Community Affairs committee and participated in the planning and facilitating of various chapter events and functions.

Donzella is 2004 graduate of Grambling State University where she majored in Accounting and Computer Information Systems. While at Grambling she served as the VP of Marketing for the student chapter of NABA as well as the President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Donzella is also a member of Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA).Beta Sorority, Inc. Donzella is also a member of Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA).

Michael "Mike" Hoyt
Co-Vice President of Community Affairs
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Michael Hoyt is a Manager in the Transaction Services group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.  Michael has over 10 years experience performing business valuations and providing corporate finance consulting.  Michael performs valuations of international and domestic business entities, business interests and intangible assets for tax and financial reporting purposes.  His primary focus is in the energy, utility and mining sectors.

Michael has been a professional member of NABA since 2005.  In his current role, he serves as a Co-VP of Community Affairs for the Houston Chapter.  Prior to joining the Executive Board, Michael participated in the planning and facilitating of various chapter events and functions.

Michael is a member of the American Society of Appraisers and is a candidate for Accredited Senior Appraiser.  Michael is also a member of the Gulf Coast Power Association and the National Black MBA Association.

Lastly, Michael holds a MBA in Finance from the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston and a BA in Economics from Morehouse College.

Open
Co-Vice President of Student Affairs
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Richelle Brewster
Co-Vice President of Student Affairs
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Richelle Brewster is a graduate of the University of Houston-Downtown where she received a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a B.A. in Accounting in 1996 and 2005, respectively.  Richelle is currently studying for the CPA exam.

Richelle is an Auditor with the Internal Revenue Service, with over 5 years of experience in tax and employee plans. She actively serves in many IRS related events.

Richelle has been a member of NABA, Inc. since 2003 and a professional member since 2006.  Richelle served on the Accounting Careers Awareness Program (ACAP) committee and as the Silent Auction Committee Chair for the Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala.  Richelle looks forward to serving as Co - V.P. of Student Affairs.

Richelle is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Mu Kappa Omega Chapter, serving on the Ways and Means Committee. She is also an active member of the Hospitality Committee serving as a Greeter, at The Fountain of Praise.

Fred Guilbeaux
Director of Membership
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Fred Guilbeaux, native of Lafayette, LA, is a graduate of University of Louisiana with a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting.

Currently, Fred works in the Internal Audit group at Live Nation. Prior to working for Live Nation, Fred worked for RSM McGladrey in the financial reporting group and The Rand Group as an ERP Consultant.

Fred has been an active member of the NABA professional chapter since 2001 serving as the Corresponding Secretary and VP of Community Affairs. In his current position as Director of Membership, Fred plans to work with the president and the other board members to develop a strategic plan for membership. Fred will be responsible for implementing a plan for membership recruitment and a retention program that will address the professional needs of its members.

Outside of NABA, Fred is also a member of the Houston Institute of Internal Auditors and he volunteers his time to the American Red Cross.

Candice Elliott, CIA
Director of ACAP
acap@nabahouston.org

Candice Elliott is a Risk and Control Specialist at Williams. She has over 6 years of experience in auditing within the non-profit, consumer and industrial products and natural gas industries.

Candice began her student affiliation with NABA as a member at large. After graduation from Jackson State University in 2004, she joined the professional chapter where she served in various positions including Corresponding Secretary, VP of Community Affairs (2 terms), Gala Chair (2 terms), and ACAP Director. She has also served on the Student Affairs Committee and assisted with the Regional Student Conferences.

Outside of NABA, Candice is involved with the Institute of Internal Auditors, Williams Young Professionals Business Resource Group, Williams Women’s Business Resource Group, the Houston Area Alumni Chapter of the Jackson State University National Alumni Association, and Young Professionals in Energy.

Amy Earle
Co-Director of Professional Development
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Ronnie Alexander, CPA
Co-Director of Professional Development
nabahouston@nabahouston.org

Ronnie Alexander is the proprietor of Ronnie R. Alexander, CPA, a firm that provides accounting, tax and business advisory services to individuals and small businesses.  Before starting his own practice, Mr. Alexander worked in industry for more than 25 years as an accountant in higher education, internal auditor in the financial services industry and a manager of advisory services in public accounting.

He is also a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the National Black MBA Association, and the Fiduciary & Investment Risk Management Association.  Ronnie is also a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Trust Auditor, and he is certified as a Professional Bookkeeper and QuickBooks® Specialist.

A graduate of Texas Southern University (TSU), Houston, Texas, former member of the university’s Ocean of Soul marching band and drum line, and life member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Ronnie serves on the TSU President’s Alumni Task Force, and he is a lifetime member of the TSU National Alumni Association.  In addition, he has established the Geneva Alexander Waters Memorial Scholarship Fund at TSU, in honor of his late mother.  Ronnie also holds an MBA in General Business from Amberton University, Garland, Texas.