2025 Ambassadors

Shelly Fontenot is the Business Development Manager at St. Landry Bank and Trust Company, a full-service community bank with 7 locations across Lafayette and St. Landry Parishes.  Shelly loves sowing into the community and is very active within the communities they serve.  She is the current President of the Kiwanis Club of Opelousas and serves on the St. Landry Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as well as the Better Business Bureau Board of Directors.  Shelly is a founding member of the St. Landry Chamber Ambassadors and was recognized as Ambassador of the Year for three consecutive years.  Shelly is a graduate of the Inaugural Leadership St. Landry Class of 2021.  She is an Ambassador for One Acadiana and a Krewe member (Ambassador) for the Acadian Homebuilders Association.  Through her work, Shelly is also affiliated with the Carencro Business Association, Eunice Chamber of Commerce, and Scott Business Association.  Shelly is passionate about connecting people and resources; such partnerships move our community forward.

Shelly has been married since 2000; she has a son who attends LSU and a daughter that is a sophomore in high school.  Shelly enjoys listening to audiobooks on her commute to and from work.  In her spare time, she enjoys exercising, spending time with friends, and spoiling her feline fur babies.

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