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CASI Committees
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Board Executive Committee - 2026
James Burns - Chair / President
Jeff Bauer - Vice President
Mike Whitten - Treasurer
Harry Brittan - Secretary
Steve Herries - Executive Director
 
Finance Committee - 2026
Mike Whitten – Chair/Treasurer
Steve Herries - Executive Director
​Cindy Noe - Great Pepper-at-large
Richard Knight - Member-at-large
Donna Foley - Member-at-large

Governance Committee - 2026
Rick Neely, Chair /Director
Aaron Larson, Co-Chair / Director
Dick DeiTos - Great Pepper-at-large
Brandy Reed Rather - Great Pepper-at-large
April McDonald - Member-at-large
Nancy Draper - Great Pepper-at-large
Kevin Stovall - Member-at-large
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Sponsorship / Public Relations Committee - 2026
Rick Neely - Chair/Director
James Burns- Co-Chair/President
Macy Brooks - CASI Public Relations/Marketing
Kathryn Cavender - Member-at-large
 
Championship Events Committee - 2026
Melissa Pate- Chair
Jeff Bauer- Co-Chair
Bill Pierson - Chief Referee/Board Support
Brandy Reed Rather - Great Pepper- at-large
Cecilia Rivera - Great Pepper-at-large
Cindy Noe - Great Pepper-at-large

Pioneer Award Committee - 2026
Richard Knight – Chair
Pat Krenek
Kris Hudspeth
Renee Moore

Membership Committee - 2026
 Jessie Waguespack- 
Chair/Director
Mike Whitten - Co-Chair / Director
Kathryn Cavender - Member-at-Large



​​FOC Committee - 2026
Betty Ramirez- Chair / Director
Rick Neely - Co-Chair/Director
Tiffany Messer - Great-Pepper-at-large
Melissa Pate - Director
 
Rules Committee - 2026
Bill Pierson – Chair / CASI Senior Referee
James Burns - CASI President
Mike Whitten - At Large - CASI Director
Greg Lindsey - Great Pepper-at-large
Larry "Doc" Kinnison, At Large member (RR)
Brian Spencer - Member-at-Large
Kent Cavender - Member-at-Large

​TICC Champion’s Travel Committee-202
Aaron Larson - Chair/Director
Steve Herries - Executive Director
Kris Stewart - Member-at-large
Kathryn Cavender - Member-at-Large
 
IT Committee - 2026
Terry Perkins - Chair/Director

James Burns - co-Chair/President
Rolland Pate - Programming Chair 
Richard Knight - Weebly Webmaster

Scholarship Committee - 2026
Sherrie Davis- Chair/Program Administrator
Dianne Stimson - 2020-2026
​John Gray - 2021-2026
Dusty Hudspeth - 2022-2026
Georgia Head - 2022 - 2026
​Sunny Fichtl - 2023 - 2026
Linda McDonald - 2024-2026

TICC Entertainment Committee - 2026
James Burns - 
Chair
Harry Brittan - Co-Chair
Robert Delashaw
​Keith Karaff

​Great Pepper Meeting Committee - 2026
James Burns - President
​Steve Herries - Executive Director


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