We built from the ground up. Now we build with others.

Britany owns and runs Tomè, named Best of Lufkin twelve years in a row. That takes more than good food. It takes margins, hiring, systems, reputation, and the discipline to do the unglamorous work every single day.

She’s a builder of people first. Leadership development, staffing and culture, operations and cost control, brand and community, and she is never afraid to get her hands dirty, in the kitchen or out of it.

“Pull up a chair. There’s always room for one more.”

Ashley founded East Texas Alliance of Hope and started Encounter Church, where she pastors today. For more than twelve years she has coached youth and young adults through the seasons that shape everything after.

Her work is equal parts strategy and belief: nonprofit formation, program design, funding strategy, team building and retreats, and coaching that helps someone carry the thing they started.

“I wish I had a me when I was growing up.”