Starla is an East Texas Native and has been the Marketing Director for Hospitality Health ER-Tyler since 2019. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Texas in Tyler with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with a major in Management. Her career background consists of Retail Management, Manufacturing Marketing and Advertising Sales Management. Starla is active in the community with the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce membership committee called the Contact Club since 2019 and has served on the For the Silent: Women of Hope since 2021 and the American Heart Association Go Red Executive Leadership team (2020-21).  She has served on various community boards in various cities around East Texas including Lufkin Rotary Club Board of Directors, Winnie Berry Humane Society in Lufkin, Texas and the Lufkin Chamber of Commerce Executive Board. She enjoys reading, watching movies and listening to music.  She is married to her husband Paul and has 1 daughter.