Executive Director, Southeast Texas Nonprofit Development Center
Kayla White (she/her), BBA, is a Southeast Texas native with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lamar University. She has been honored as one of the Southeast Texas Top 40 Professionals Under 40 by the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce and as one of Southeast Texas’ Top 30 Professionals Under 30 by the Beaumont Enterprise. Kayla has been working in nonprofit business development and finance over the last fifteen years. During this time, she’s secured millions of dollars in grant funds, organized and managed countless fundraising initiatives, and cultivated sustainable strategies for programmatic success. Now, Kayla leads the Southeast Texas Nonprofit Development Center, the area’s only nonprofit agency providing quality management support services to nonprofits and funders, enabling them to effectively serve the community. Through education, training, consulting and more, the Center is SETX’s go-to resource for vital development resources that ultimately ensure the continuity of the area’s most critical public charities.