CCTC Foundation Board Members 2023

Josephine Allen retired from Caddo Parish Public Schools in 1989 after serving 15 years as a classroom teacher of Biology and Mathematics (Algebra I, II, & Business Math) at Fair Park and Woodlawn High Schools followed by 12 years as a counselor at Lakeshore Jr. High, Union Jr.-Sr. High, Fair Park, and Caddo Career Center (later renamed Caddo Career & Technology Center). Her final educational position was 9 years as Assistant Principal of Instruction at Fair Park High School. After her retirement, she was elected to the Caddo Parish School Board and served from 1991-1995. It was during this service that Ron Adams became interested in establishing a scholarship fund for graduates of the Caddo Career & Technology Center. It was a chance for Mrs. Allen to help further the training and skills of seniors who wished to pursue their chosen profession.

David Barr retired from Caddo Public Schools after serving as Supervisor of Loss and Security Control and, later, as Director of Classified Personnel. He has worked for Goodwill Industries as Vice President of Human Resources. David has served in the U.S. Army in the branches of Air Defense, Military Intelligence, and Military Police. He has also served as a Reserve Deputy with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Susan Heun retired from Caddo Parish Public Schools in June of 2007 with over 33 years of service; twenty-eight of those years she worked at the Caddo Career & Technology Center as a member of the office staff. Susan joined the CCTC Foundation as its secretary in August of 2008. She was employed, part-time, for nine years in the office of the Caddo Adult Education Center on North Market.  Fully retired now, Susan enjoys spending time at her home in Shreveport and visiting family and friends in Arkansas. The Heun family includes son, Chris; daughter-in-law, Tara; grandchildren, Meredith and Jacob, and Susan’s late husband, Clyde. 

Spring is a native of Shreveport. She is a graduate of Grambling State University. She has a Master’s Plus 30 Degree and also has a Reading Specialist Degree. She attended Southern University in Shreveport, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, and La Tech in Ruston, Louisiana.

Her experiences include teaching at Woodlawn High School for 23 years and Caddo Career & Technology Center for 13 years as an Inclusion and Literacy Teacher. She also taught Adult Literacy for several years.

Spring is a member of Christ Temple Missionary Baptist Church. She is very active in the mission work of the church. She is an active member of the North Shreveport Kiwanis Club and serves as the current treasurer. She is actively involved in the Bethane High School Alumni Association and serves as treasurer, and a member of the Legends Committee; that helps with decision making and activities of the association.

Spring recently retired from the Caddo Public Schools after 36 years of service.

Travis is a Certified Public Accountant who holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Central Arkansas. Travis is the managing partner for Cook and Morehart Certified Public Accountants. Travis has approximately 30 years experience in public accounting. He is licensed to practice in louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.

Travis has served on a number of boards including the Louisiana Baptist Foundation Board, Linwood Public Charter School, Treasurer of Northwest Louisiana Baptist Association and is a member of Barksdale Baptist Church.

Travis is married to Sandra Morehart. They have two sons, Daniel and Stephen and six grandchildren.

Chuck Penn joined the Foundation Board in 2007. He was elected as a Vice-President of the Board in 2012. When he joined the Board, Chuck was the Executive Director of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Shreveport. In the past, he has held leadership positions in charitable and civic organizations in the area. Currently, he is happily retired and plans to stay that way. Chuck and his wife, Jessica, have been blessed with three children and two grandchildren.

Terry has been a Shreveport resident for 43 years. He moved to Shreveport from Detroit, Michigan in 1978 with General Motors and worked on the construction of the new General Motors Assembly Plant. Terry worked for General Motors for 34 years, retiring in 2006. He held numerous positions in production, engineering, and maintenance. At his retirement, he was the Director of Manufacturing Engineering, having responsibility for all facility engineering and maintenance activities, industrial engineering activities, and environmental engineering activities.

Terry is married, has three children, and eight grandchildren.

Terry is a board member of the CCTC Foundation, taught a Jobs for America’s Graduates class at CCTC for a year, has taught Junior Achievement classes, and is an active member of First United Methodist Church.

Elaine B. White is a retired educator with 37 years dedicated to working with young people. Her professional experience included teaching at high school and college levels and working with teachers and administrators as a manager and coordinator of both Tech Prep and School-to-Work Consortia. She continues as an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society of Key Women Educators, Keithville United Methodist Church, as well as the CCTC Foundation. Mrs. White is a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

I am originally from Shreveport, LA. I have been married for 14 years to my wife Stefanie. We have two daughters; Haley (11) & Charlie (4). We have lived in Stonewall, LA for almost 9 years.

I’ve been in the advertising field for 20 years. I am currently the Marketing Director for Johnny’s Pizza House. I am extremely diverse in multiple areas of design, software, & hardware. I am constantly learning about new technologies and staying up to date with modern trends in web, social media, video, & print design. I enjoy learning about new technologies and how they will affect the world around us. I typically try to take what I learn and figure out a way of how I can use it in my field.

I have mentored at Caddo Career & Technology Center, spoken at colleges and high schools throughout my career. My goal is, and will always be, to better prepare students for real world situations. I find it’s important for graduating students to understand that college isn’t for everyone and you do not have to have a degree to become successful in life. It’s OK to not go to college. Go to a trade school, learn a trade, & be out in the workforce, earning high dollar income, in two years!

Nell Shehee is co-owner and vice-president of Kilpatrick Life Insurance Companies and Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, and Flower Shop and a licensed funeral director.  In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of both family-owned companies, and being involved in management roles at both companies, including directing the Kilpatrick Cares Wellness Program, Nell is currently serving on several not-for-profit boards and service organizations including Caddo Career and Technology Center, One Great River, YWCA, Red River Radio, and is Chairman of the board of Louisiana State Exhibit Museum.  She is also a long time member of the Downtown Shreveport Rotary Club, and serves on the LSU Alexandria Foundation Board.  Previous board memberships include the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria Art Museum, and Rapides Symphony Orchestra of Alexandria, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and Downtown Development Association of Plattsburg, New York.

As director of the Kilpatrick Cares corporate wellness program, Nell is a nutrition, wellness and healthy-eating advocate. She devotes much of her time educating her coworkers, as a group and one on one, about the benefits of following a healthy lifestyle.  She and her company coworkers have been featured in The Times and KTBS, and she has partnered with community health advocates and leaders to bring awareness about the connection between lifestyle and chronic disease, including the obesity crisis, to the public sector.  Nell has also been a requested featured speaker about community service at the Virginia K. Shehee Most Influential Women Awards annual fundraiser for Holy Angels where she has shared insights into the legacy and example of her late mother, community leader Virginia Shehee.

Brent Moreland became the Business Manager of IBEW local 194 September of 2018.

Brent graduated from the Shreveport JATC in May of 2007. He has been in the electrical field for 16 years and is a member of IBEW Local 194 in Shreveport, LA. Prior to becoming Business Manager, Brent was the Training Director for the Shreveport Area Electrical JATC for 5 years. Brent also worked as a foreman for HMR Electric and Bossier Electric. He was on the JATC Committee from 2007 through 2013. Brent holds many other responsibilities with the registered apprenticeship. He sits on the Louisiana State Apprenticeship Council, two different occupational advisory committees for the Northwest Louisiana Technical College System, two different Workforce Development Boards, and is on the Workforce Investment Council for Louisiana. Along with his IBEW duties, Brent is a Vice President at the Shreveport AFL-CIO.

When Brent isn’t working at the IBEW, he enjoys hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family. Brent has been married five years to his wife, Ashley. They have one daughter, Amy Grace, who is one year old. Brent and his family currently live in Elm Grove, LA.

Jarrett Lofton is the owner of Legal Weapon LLC, which is an online business consulting firm
that helps start-up entrepreneurs with their business ventures. The company provides services
such as formation, structuring and developing business models, website design, and other
helpful services.
During law school he and two other students were selected as interns in 2019 on a project with
the Centers for Disease Control and the Louisiana Department of Health Core Violence & Injury
Prevention program. The team was responsible for researching legislation nationwide to
determine which of the 50 states were successful at having the least amount of injuries in the
categories including: motor vehicles, child abuse, traumatic brain injuries in adolescent, and
domestic violence. This research ultimately led to the team drafting legislative proposals to the
Louisiana legislature.
After graduating from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2021, Jarrett clerked for
the Honorable Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett. Throughout his clerkship, he learned the vital role
judges and several others play in helping the community. He performed certain duties such as
drafting court orders, memos, and performing legal research. Later he clerked for Bradley
Murchison Kelly & Shea law firm, Hargrove Smelly & Strickland law firm, and SouthEast
Louisiana Legal Services.
Jarrett is also a graduate of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce’s Shreveport
Leadership program. He is also a former volunteer for the Shreveport Bossier Rescue Mission,
the Red Cross, and a board member of a nonprofit called Hope4youth which helps the youth to
strive for the next level in their skills and offer encouragement as they face day to day
challenges.

A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Trey Giglio graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, where he was awarded the Turner Engineering Award which recognizes the top overall graduating engineer. Trey has served on numerous boards of Texas A&M including the University Rules and Regulations Committee, the Vision 2020 Master Plan Commission, and the Academic Appeals Panel, where he oversaw final grades, suspensions, and expulsions from the university.

Professionally, Trey is the vice-president of Universal Mechanical and Universal Plumbing Company. He holds master licenses in plumbing, mechanical, electrical, general construction, and municipal and public works construction along with numerous specialty certifications. The firm serves residential and commercial clients in north Louisiana and east Texas. In 2010, his firm was recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the 100 fastest growing inner-city based companies in the United States. In 2011, his firm was named Louisiana’s Business of the Year.

Giglio was the 2018 Chairman of the Independence Bowl Foundation which was the culmination of a six- year Executive Committee term. He served as the youngest bowl chairman in the history of college football. He remains responsible for numerous committees and advises the Foundation on major negotiations.

Trey was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to the State Plumbing Board of Louisiana in 2019 and serves as the Building Committee Chairman. He serves as Vice-President Louisiana Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association and is Chairman of the convention committee. Trey has served on the board of directors for the Rotary Club of Shreveport where he is the past chairman of membership. He currently serves as President of the Petroleum Club of Shreveport and on the board of directors for the Military Affairs Council, Junior Achievement, and Caddo Career and Technology Center Foundation. He is a member of numerous civic organizations including the Committee of 100, Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors and Cotillion Club. In 2015, he was recognized in the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce’s 40 under 40 class. In 2020, Trey was appointed Honorary Commander of the U.S. Air Force 2nd Mission Support Group at Barksdale Air Force Base.

In his spare time, Trey is a NCAA football official and serves as Vice-President and Treasurer of the Shreveport Football Association. He is married to Sarah Giglio, a local attorney, and they reside in Shreveport.