Executive Committee

  • Liz Wilhite

    Liz Wilhite

    President

  • Luis Araujo

    Luis Araujo

    VP/Administration

  • Micaela Sheffield

    Micaela Sheffield

    VP/Development

    Micaela Sheffield is a Senior Interior Designer at LEO A DALY in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from the University of Kansas (…

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  • Tara Schellhorn

    Tara Schellhorn

    Secretary

  • Shannon McGary

    Shannon McGary

    Treasurer

  • April Geter

    April Geter

    Past President/Parliamentarian

  • Courtney Herzog

    Courtney Herzog

    Executive Advisor

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Board of Directors

  • Anna McArthur

    Anna McArthur

    Scholarship

  • Kody Herzog

    Membership

  • Gayle Valenzuela

    Gayle Valenzuela

    Student Relations

  • Nick  Cimms

    Nick Cimms

    Programming

  • Angelle Dumond Bevier

    Angelle Dumond Bevier

    Fundraising

  • Jill Matsumoto

    Jill Matsumoto

    Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity

    Jill is the owner of Wabi Sabi Hospitality LLC, a multi-line sales company representing the state of Texas and Oklahoma. She…

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  • Amber Singleton

    Amber Singleton

    Marketing

  • Luis Araujo

    Luis Araujo

    NEWH, Inc. Delegate

  • April Geter

    April Geter

    NEWH, Inc. Delegate

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Committee Chair

  • Lindsey Seboldt

    Lindsey Seboldt

    Scholarship

  • Elizabeth Jones

    Elizabeth Jones

    Membership

  • Traci Reed

    Traci Reed

    Student Relations

    Traci joined the hospitality industry 9 years ago. In early 2022 she brought her experience to Exxir Capital. Exxir Capital i…

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  • LeAnn Oxley

    LeAnn Oxley

    Programming

  • Alexis Gillum

    Alexis Gillum

    Fundraising

  • Sophia Ragusa

    Sophia Ragusa

    Marketing

  • Quinn Valentine

    Quinn Valentine

    Social Media

  • Jayne Backstrom

    Jayne Backstrom

    Public Relations

Micaela Sheffield

Micaela Sheffield

VP/Development

Micaela Sheffield is a Senior Interior Designer at LEO A DALY in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from the University of Kansas (Rock Chalk!) with a BFA in Environmental Interior Design and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship. Micaela has over 7 years of experience in the hospitality industry, beginning her career as a design intern at Flick Mars in 2015. After graduation, Micaela moved from Philadelphia to Dallas, TX to accept an interior designer position at LEO A DALY. Her favorite things include: her family dog, Harper, summer vacations to Lake Tahoe, and frozen margaritas. 2023 is her fifth year on the NEWH board.

Jill Matsumoto

Jill Matsumoto

Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity

Jill is the owner of Wabi Sabi Hospitality LLC, a multi-line sales company representing the state of Texas and Oklahoma. She has 20 years of combined experience as an interior designer, hospitality purchasing agent, and FF&E program developer for Cushman & Wakefield client services. In her free time, she supports her sons’ with their extracurricular activities, volunteering at their schools and enjoying walks with her dog, Kelsey. Her hobbies include soccer, running 5k races with her son, occasional skateboarding, yoga and traveling to visit family and friends in Hawaii, Minnesota, Texas and Toronto.

Traci Reed

Traci Reed

Student Relations

Traci joined the hospitality industry 9 years ago. In early 2022 she brought her experience to Exxir Capital. Exxir Capital is a development group in Dallas, Texas that focuses primarily on mixed use development within the Bishop Arts District.

Traci’s passion for design began at an early age, creating her first furniture set at 11. While a collegiate basketball scholarship led to her first degree in Professional Studies, her love for design brought her back to school to obtain her second degree in Interior Design.

She married her husband two years ago and recently welcomed a baby girl in September of 2022. She enjoys traveling and loves spending time with her new family. In her down time, she prefers reading and completing jigsaw puzzles.

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