Results announced for District 6 and Colleges/Universities elections

December 2, 2022

Baton Rouge, La. - At its December meeting, the TRSL Board of Trustees received final voting results for the special District 6 election and the Colleges/Universities’ run-off election.  

District 6
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Marcella Fisher (St. Landry Parish School Board) will serve as the District 6 Board of Trustees representative after receiving the most votes in a special election against Lea Ann Hawkins-Fisher (Rapides Parish School Board). Fisher received 53.77% of the vote, while Hawkins-Fisher received 46.23%. 
 
Fisher has worked for the St. Landry Parish School Board for 16 years and currently serves as risk manager for the school district. She’s worked as a teacher, a literacy instructional coach, assistant principal, and principal. 
 
Fisher will fill the remainder of the current District 6 term, which ends on Dec. 31, 2024. District 6 includes actively working TRSL members in Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Grant, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, and Winn parishes.

Colleges/Universities
 
Tom Stafford (Louisiana Tech University College of Business) was re-elected to serve as the representative for active members employed in a college or university after receiving the most votes in a run-off election against Jennifer Cook, M.Ed. (Louisiana State University). Stafford received 63.59% of the vote, while Cook received 36.41%.


Stafford joined the Louisiana Tech University College of Business as the J.E. Barnes Eminent Scholar Chair of Computer Information Systems in 2016. He holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Richmond, an M.A. in journalism and communications from the University of Florida, a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Texas Arlington.

Stafford’s new four-year term begins January 2023.