Meet the Board Members

Lauren Evans

Earning her Bachelor’s at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Public Relations, Lauren Evans quickly learned her passion was digitally connecting brands with their target audience. As a socially conscious extrovert with a natural love for customer service, she approaches each client intending to make their goals her own.

Now, as an Account Manager at FSC Interactive, Lauren pairs her dedication to helping others with her love for the ever-changing landscape of the internet to maintain clients’ presence online. With over six years of account service experience at digital marketing agencies, Lauren is well versed in Search, Social, Content, and Email marketing for various industries.

Robert Baer

With over 40 years of banking experience Robert works with companies creating innovative solutions that drive improvement across people, processes, and technology. These solutions break down barriers between functions to execute programs and projects that align growing organizations with shifts in regulatory compliance, the economic landscape and market conditions while focusing on continuous improvement, innovation, and business process optimization. He is an engaging and influential leader, coach, and business partner.

Reyna Rivera

Reyna V. Rivera brings over a decade of marketing experience to her role, with a robust foundation in photography and graphic design complemented by a formal education in Public Relations and Marketing from Tulane University. Her career is marked by a strong focus on photography, videography, and organic SEO, where she excels in creating engaging brand storytelling through diverse media.

As the Marketing Manager at Mullin, a high-end landscape company, Reyna applies her creativity and strategic insight to lead the marketing division. She skillfully manages and integrates a range of marketing activities including dynamic social media campaigns, comprehensive content development, and targeted digital advertising. This ensures Mullin’s brand message is consistently and effectively conveyed across all platforms. Reyna’s passion for leveraging innovative video and photography techniques to showcase businesses has been instrumental in driving Mullin’s success.

Reyna also plays a vital role in the American Marketing Association New Orleans, where she manages communications, and she is an active member of the SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services) communications committee, further enhancing her impact within the regional marketing community.

Charique Richardson

Charique L. Richardson, MBA is the founder of Digital Innovation Media Group. Her company helps small business owners and organizations stand out online, generate more leads, and increase traffic to their websites without sitting on the computer all day. her company specializes in web design, website redesign, search engine optimization, and social media management.

Charique works primarily with small business owners, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions. Her clients rave about getting booked for interviews, being noticed online, and converting more clients to their businesses. They especially love the personal attention, coaching, and encouragement they receive from Charique and her team.

She started her company after 25 years of working in marketing and sales with leading companies like Pfizer and Duke Hospital. Charique also speaks to professional associations and loves sharing her knowledge with her audience.

Charique has been an advocate for workforce diversity during her time working in the corporate setting. She’s a former member of the Duke School of Medicine Council on Diversity and the Duke Cancer Institute Diversity Council.

Charique is currently serving on the American Marketing Association’s New Orleans Chapter’s Board of Directors as the Diversity and Inclusion Chair. She is also a member of the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce, the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Fidelity P.O.W.E.R., and Business Network International. She resides in New Orleans, LA with her husband and 3 sons.

Charique received her Bachelor in Business Administration and her Master of Business Administration in Marketing from Florida A&M University’s School of Business and Industry.

Bente van der Made

Bente van der Made has been in the IT industry since the late 90’s, starting out working at a software lab and finally getting caught by the internet. Bente believes the internet is one of the greater inventions of our times, allowing people to connect and to share information all over the world.

In her younger years she went to college to study Biology and became a Tropical Ecologist with a minor in Communications. Even though she didn’t work as a biologist for long, she still values the great education and the way it made her think.

Bente’s passion is to share her knowledge and to make people successful on the web. She works mainly with small and medium businesses and likes to keep things affordable and practical.

Santilla Victorian

Santilla is a performance driven marketing professional with over 15 years of related experience. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Orleans and embarked upon a career in public relations before transitioning to marketing & communications.

In her present role with The Louisiana Restaurant Association, Santilla helps to maintain and strengthen the company’s brand as part of a broader strategy to drive membership and growth. She helps to manage LRA’s communication platforms, including the website and various communication channels on social media. In addition, she has extensive experience in affiliate marketing, event coordination and call center management.

Prior to returning to New Orleans, Santilla was very active with the American Marketing Association’s Houston Chapter where she helped coordinate monthly member luncheons.

Santilla’s passions include fitness and learning to prepare gourmet vegetarian cuisine.

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The AMA Board is looking for new members.
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This can be you!

The AMA Board is looking for new members.
Contact us to learn more.