2026 LACA Committees
Harold Lambert, Chair
Reynold Minsky
Walter Myers
Travis Vallee
Calvin Viator
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Rogers Leonard, Chair
Richard Costello
Rusty Elston
Hank Jones
Harold Lambert
Blaine Viator
Tim White
NOMINATING
Scooter LaCoste, Chair
Mark Smith
Jeremy Babin
Todd Knight
FINANCE AND AUDIT
Lance Rodriguez, Chair
Jimmy House
Harold Lambert
Ashley Peters
Blaine Viator
MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT /
RETENTION / RULES
Mark Smith, Chair
Scooter LaCoste
Cecil Parker
Justin Turner
SCHOLARSHIP
Ashley Peters, Chair
Jeremy Babin
Fred Collins
Justin Turner
Ryan Viator
Kyle Fontenot, Chair – Bayer
Rob Ferguson – Nutrien
Ethan Russell – Valent USA
Loren Stelly – Syngenta
Connie Ware – BASF
LATMC PROGRAM PLANNING
Rogers Leonard, Chair
Crop-Focused Sub-committees
Corn (Grain Sorghum)
Harold Lambert
Chris Ward
Sugarcane
John Beatty
Mark Smith
Blaine Viator
Cotton
Hank Jones
Rogers Leonard
Wheat
Noah DeWitt
Steve Harrison
Boyd Padgett
Rice
Richard Costello
BD Fontenot
Dennis Fontenot
Rustin Gilder
Andre Fabacher
Soybeans
Richard Griffing
Ashley Peters
LATMC PPC Additional Members
Bruce Cotton
Bryan Gueltig
Ashley Laborde
Lyndon Leonards
Derek Scroggs
Tim White
Denise Wright