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Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Executive Board and Committee Directors

President Catrese Kilgore, CPA Catrese Kilgore is the Controller for The Sterling Group, a private equity firm in Houston. Prior to joining The Sterling Group in April 2014, Catrese spent three years as a Senior Manager in EY’s Transaction Advisory Services practice in both Houston and Chicago. She specialized in financial due diligence, consulted with both corporate and private equity investors, focusing on the financial implications of complex transactions, mergers and acquisitions. s Prior to joining EY, Catrese spent eight years with PwC, six years in their St. Louis audit practice and two years in their Chicago transaction services practice. In her years at PwC she served in multiple industries including manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, healthcare, higher education, and retail and consumer products. Her experiences included public and private company audits, initial public offerings, financial due diligence engagements, employee benefit plan audits, joint venture formations, and process improvement projects s Catrese is also very active in her local community. Catrese is currently the Co-Director of Professional Development for NABA Houston, and a member of the Houston United Way Women’s Leadership Council. In the past Catrese served as the Director of Public Relations and the Director of Professional Development for NABA Chicago, served on the advisory board for Chicago Children’s Home & Aid, sat on the Leadership Board of Chicago’s Big Brothers and Big Sisters. She was also an Ambassador for the March of Dimes in both Chicago and St. Louis. In addition, she was a leader for both PwC and EY's diversity initiatives, is a frequent speaker on professional development and diversity topics, and has served as a continued education instructor for numerous accounting and auditing courses. s
k VP of Administration Billy Williams Billy is a Partner in Audit practice in the Houston office. He has more than 13 years of experience and recently returned from a three-year rotation in KPMG’s Professional Practice Group in New York City. He has extensive experience performing financial statement audits and audits of internal controls over financial reporting for public and private entities. Billy is also a KPMG national instructor. As a Partner in KPMG Houston Energy and Industrial Products Groups, Billy has substantial experience leading and coordinating financial statement audits and audits of internal control over financial reporting. Billy is a member of KPMG’s Revenue Recognition Network which is focused on the interpretation of and transition to the new revenue recognition standard. He is a frequent speaker on revenue recognition at KPMG internal and external programs and webcasts, such as KPMG’s Executive Education courses and CFO Financial Forum Webcasts. While in the Professional Practice Group, Billy served as a team member of the Revenue, Lease, Income tax and IFRS technical topic groups. Some of the awards and accolades Billy has received include KPMG Mentor of the Year reward recipient, NABA Accounting Achievement Award recipient and was selected as a member of Who’s Who in Black Houston. Billy also serves on the leadership team of the Accounting Careers Awareness Program (ACAP). He is a graduate of Sam Houston State University and is a certified public accountant licensed Texas and New York. He is an lifetime member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated. Billy is married to Ancernetta and is the proud parent of daughters Ava and Alyssa.
Vice President of Community Affairs Lesli Kecskemety Bio coming soon
j Vice President of Community Affairs Francis Snelgro Bio coming soon
j Vice President of Student Affairs Tyler Cooks Tyler Cooks is a Staff within Ernst & Young’s Assurance / Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) Commodities Markets practice in Houston. As a participant in the EY “FAAS Forward Commodities Markets” rotational program, Tyler spends a strong majority of his time in external audit serving large SEC public clients with trading operations, while also having the opportunity to serve on Financial Accounting Advisory projects within the Oil & Gas / Commodities industry. Prior to his career in public accounting, Tyler worked for Invesco, an Investment Management Company, as a Fund Accountant. Tyler graduated Cum Laude from the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting. Tyler was first introduced to NABA at the University of Houston. As a student, he became very active and ultimately served three years as an officer, with two of those years being the President for the NABA UH Student Chapter. He is actively pursuing the Unified Certified Public Accountant Examination (CPA), with the goal of having all four portions passed by January 2016. Additionally, Tyler aims to obtain the Energy Risk Professional (ERP) Certification by October 2016.
h Vice President of Student Affairs Amy Earle Bio coming soon
j Vice President of Student Affairs LaRonnda Berry Bio coming soon
j Treasurer James Alexander d James received his B.S. in Finance from The University of Southern Mississippi and obtained his M.S. in Finance from LSU. He’s been an active member since grad school, where he helped charter a student chapter at LSU. He is currently a senior analyst with Cameron, where he has spent the past three years in their Corporate FP&A group. His previous experience was within the consumer finance industry. Since moving to Houston he’s been an active member of the professional chapter as well as various non-profit organizations.
j Recording Secretary Kimelah McKinley Bio coming soon
Corresponding Secretary Felicia Waldon, CPA d Felicia Waldon is currently a Senior Financial Analyst at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) supporting the HPE Pointnext WW Business Controls & Compliance Finance team. In that role, she fulfills the responsibilities of a controller, financial analyst and business consultant for the company’s Operational Services and Advisory, Professional Services organizations. Prior to joining HPE, Felicia worked for the Big 4 accounting firm, KPMG in San Francisco and Houston. While at KPMG, Felicia planned, supervised and completed financial audits and reviews of varying size and complexity with Pixar Studios being one of her most memorable clients. Felicia currently serves as the Corresponding Secretary for the Houston Professional Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), as well as serving her tenth term as the Executive Director of the NABA Houston Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP). Felicia has had a huge passion for ACAP since serving as a San Francisco ACAP counselor for two years while in college. She has been a professional member of NABA for twenty-one 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 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 Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Omicron Tau Omega ASCEND co-chair.
Parliamentarian/Historian Charles D. Carter d Charles D. Carter is a 37-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 who participate in Houston chapter, Western Region as well as National events. As the Houston Chapter celebrates its 43rd year of existence in 2014, Charles pledges to concentrate his efforts on recruiting past “seasoned” members to enhance membership and to comprise an effective local Advisory Board, as well assisting in establishing a Corporate Advisory Board. Charles is a 16year alumnus of Shell Oil Co. and currently is the Vice President for Administration & Comptroller at A-Rocket Relocation Services, a full service moving and storage company in the Houston area and one of the largest minority-owned 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 and recently attended the FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
Immediate Past President Gene Padgett, CPA Eugene (“Gene”) Padgett, CPA, is a former President of the Houston Chapter. Gene, a native of Rochester, NY, is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University (Texas) following a brief stint in the United States Navy. Prior to joining his current company, 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. k Gene joined Duke Energy Corporation in the summer of 1999, and was responsible for leading the SEC Reporting team and Technical Accounting function. In September 2002, Gene relocated to Houston and transferred with Duke to head up the accounting research function and International Controller. k In January 2007, the Gas Transmission segment of Duke Energy was spun-off and made public as Spectra Energy Corp. As a result of this IPO, Gene assumed the role as General Manager of Corporate Accounting and Research for Spectra after serving as Canadian Controller for three years. In January 2011, Gene assumed the role of Director of US Operations Accounting. In this capacity, Gene and his departments were responsible for the day to day management of the flow of natural gas, revenue billing and capital spending management in excess of $1B annually. Finally, in August 2014, Gene was promoted to General Manager of Tax. In this role he is responsible for all of the US and Canada Tax Compliance and Reporting for Spectra Energy Corp. k 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, The Black Professionals Alliance, Spectra Energy’s Leadership Development Network and the Duke Energy Volunteer Council.
Director of ACAP Candice Elliott, CIA Candice Elliott, a native of Mobile, AL, graduated from Jackson State University in Jackson, MS with a B.B.A. in Accounting in 2004. She is currently a Senior Associate at Stinnett & Associates. She has over 9 years of experience in auditing within the natural gas and industrial products industries. Previously she worked as a Risk and Control Specialist for Williams and a Staff Auditor for KPMG in Houston. A lifetime member of NABA, Candice began her student affiliation with NABA as a member at large. After graduation, she joined the Houston professional chapter where she has served in various positions including Corresponding Secretary, Vice President of Community Affairs, Gala Chair, and Director for the Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP). Candice was first introduced to ACAP as a counselor for the Jackson State ACAP in 2004. She has also served on the Student Affairs Committee and assisted with the Regional Student Conferences and the National Convention held in Houston in 2010. Outside of NABA, Candice is involved with the Institute of Internal Auditors, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Financial Empowerment Committee and Delta G.E.M.S Committee, the Houston Area Alumni Chapter of the Jackson State University National Alumni Association, and The Fort Bend Church Children’s Ministry.
k Director of Membership Dimitri Kennedy, MBA Dimitri Kennedy is currently a Project Cost Analyst at Williams. In that role, she is responsible for analyzing variances in cost and schedule performances against baseline estimates and schedules for large to mega-projects. She has over 19 years of professional experience in auditing, compliance, finance and internal controls. Dimitri has been an active member of the NABA professional chapter since 2009 where she served as the Student Affairs Co-chair for the past five years. She has also served as the Participant Selection Committee Chair for the Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP) for the last six years and served as the 2012 and 2013 Co-chair for the Southwest Western Regional Student Conference. Dimitri holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance from Texas Southern University, and a Master of Business Administration. She is currently serving as the Co-Director of Membership and the Participant Selection Committee Chair for ACAP. Outside of NABA, Dimitri is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Project Management Institute, and Windsor Village United Methodist Church Married Life and Children’s Ministries.
k Director of Membership Fred Guilbeaux, CIA Fred Guilbeaux is currently in the Internal Audit group at Live Nation Entertainment. In this role he is responsible for managing SOX and Operational audits and liaisons with external auditors on special engagements. Prior to joining Live Nation Entertainment, he has had various positions within the accounting and the financial services industry. 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.Fred Guilbeaux is a graduate of University of Louisiana - Lafayette, with a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting. Outside of NABA, Fred is also a member of the Houston Institute of Internal Auditors.
Director of Corporate Relations Charles Adi *Bio coming soon*
k Director of Professional Development Brian Glaude *Bio coming soon*