Staff & Board


Meet Our Staff

  • Debra Howell serves as President/CEO of the Credit Union. Before joining Cabot Community Credit Union in December 2021, she served as CEO and Operations Manager at other fine Credit Unions.

    Debra was originally from Aztec, NM, where she grew up and graduated. After school, she worked for BP for 15 years in many different areas like Planning & Scheduling, Data Entry, Accounts Payable, Materials Management, and IT.

    Debra and her Husband Nick moved to Pampa when the Lord opened doors for both of them to pursue their careers in the jobs they have passion for. Together they have four children and two grandchildren.

    Debra is a member of and has served as Treasurer for the local Altrusa Club. She enjoys crocheting, sewing, gardening, and learning new things like the piano.

    Debra loves the Credit Union movement and welcomes anyone living, working, worshiping or attending School in Gray County or Roberts County to come join our great credit union!

  • Carrie is the Assistant Manager at the Credit Union. She will help to ensure the credit union follows policy and procedure to serve our members. She joined the Credit Union in August of 2009.

    She is a graduate of Perryton High School and lived in Perryton until she moved to Pampa in 2007. Carrie worked in the optical field for 12 years, she loves working with people and helping them with their needs.

    Carrie has been married to Jeff Kirkland happily since 2007. They have a son Daniel Kirkland, daughter and Son in Law Laura & Zach Fenter, daughter and son-in-law MaKayla and Evan Sloan Treat, and four Grandkids.

    Carrie and her family love to have cookouts with family and friends, going to the lake, and just being together. Most of all, they love to keep their grandbabies.

  • Robin is the manager of operations at the Credit Union. She is the data processor and assists in some of the bookkeeping. She also processes the loan files and handles the transfer of titles for vehicle loans.

    She is a graduate of Pampa High School and attended Clarendon College. She has been employed at the Credit Union since 2001.

    Robin is married to Jimmy Keough and they have five children and five grandchildren.

    Her hobbies consist of painting, traveling, and spending time with the kids and grandkids.

  • Lanisa came to the Credit Union in December of 2013. She has worked in the financial industry since 1995. She serves as the Credit Unions Senior Loan Officer and Mortgage Lending Officer.

    She is a Pampa High School Graduate and has lived in Pampa all her life.

    Lanisa has a daughter and son-in-law, Caylee and Jaten Moore, a son, Cayson Steward and a grandson, Calvin Moore, and a granddaughter, Jovie Moore.

    Family First. She loves to spend her time cooking and being outside with her family, especially Calvin and Jovie.

  • Tammy is a teller at the credit union. She strives to provide our members with exceptional customer service. She also does marketing for the credit union.

    Tammy has worked in the financial industry in the past before having the opportunity to stay home with her children. After nine years of being a stay-at-home mom, she had decided to get back into the workforce. She has been with the Credit Union since 2019.

    She is a 2003 graduate of Pampa High School and has lived in Pampa all her life.

    Tammy has been married to Michael McCormick since 2005. They have two children: a son, Evan, and a daughter, Kaelyn.

    Her favorite things are being a mom and watching her kids do what they love, spending time with family and friends and enjoying the little things.

  • Lidia handles the collections for the credit union. She works daily with members facing struggles. She gets payment plans set up and finds alternative payment schedules for members.

    Lidia worked for 15 years at Continental Credit as the manager and briefly at Smile Zone at the front desk. She loves to serve members and help them with their needs.

    She is married to Jesus Garcia and they have three boys, Ismael, Luis, and Jesus. Her oldest son, Jesus Hernandez, joined the Army and she is extremely proud of his dedication to this country.

    Lidia enjoys going to the lake where she goes camping and fishing and watching movies. Most importantly is spending quality time with her family.

  • Lupita (Lupi) Juarez is a Loan Officer at the Credit Union. Lupi joined the credit union March of 2024.

  • Priscilla Venzor is a teller at the Credit Union. Her duties are greeting members as they come in the lobby. Priscilla also handles debit cards, withdrawals, deposits, Certificate of Deposits, and loan payments. Priscilla joined the credit union July 2022.

    Priscilla is a native of Pampa, she graduated from PHS in 1998. She worked for EZ Pawn for 16 years forming many relationships with the people of Pampa. She enjoys spending time with family and friends while she's not at work.

  • Diamond Chavez is a teller at the Credit Union. She joined the Credit Union in August of 2023. Diamonds duties are greeting the members at the drive thru handling deposits, withdrawals, loan payments, and debit cards. She was born and raised in Pampa, Texas. Graduated from PHS in 2021. Diamond was a stay-at-home mom to her daughter Yanae. She has been with her high school sweetheart Martin Rios since 2020. Her favorite things are being a mommy to her sweet little girl, watching tv shows/movies, going to her boyfriends soccer games, and spending time with her family.

  • Joselyn Colin is a teller at the Credit Union. Joselyn joined the credit union March of 2024.

  • Karen is a Part-time teller at the Credit Union. Karen’s duties are greeting members as they come in the lobby. She also handles debit cards, withdrawals, deposits, and loan payments.

    Karen was raised in Florida, graduated in 1976. Karen is a proud Veteran. She married in 1998 to Wilbur Hapeman. Karen loves canning, baking and reading. She is proud to be a Christian.


Meet Our Board

  • Chairman of the Board: Kurt Hirschler

  • Vice-Chairman: Denise Locknane

  • Secretary: Melody Oliphant

  • Board Member: James “Buddy” Allen

  • Board Member: Susan Ferguson

  • Board Member: James “Jimmye” Cole

  • Board Member: Joel Palmateer