STAFF
Here to Serve you.
The staff at the First West Thrift Store is here for you! We want to help you with your needs. Our staff works hard to make sure your experience at the store is wonderful. The next time you are at the store, give a “hello” to one of our staff team.
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Phillip Thigpen
Transform Center / Thrift Store Director -
Rick McPhearson
Compassionate Ministries Coordinator -
Misty Taylor
Processing Manager -
Debbie Taylor
Furniture Manager -
Denise Coleman
Sorting Manager -
Valerie Middleton
Brand & Theme Manager -
Hannah Freeman
Retail Manager -
Daniel Yates
Lead Laborer -
Chip Swearingen
Donations Leader / Laborer
Phillip Thigpen
Transform Center / Thrift Store Director
Phillip joined First West as the Thrift Store Director on January 1, 2015 and has led businesses in North Louisiana for 18 years. He graduated from Ruston High School in 1990 and then from Louisiana Tech in 1995. Phillip has been a member of First West since 2008 and was ordained as a deacon in 2014. He is married to Bonnie Nell Prewitt and they have one daughter, Faith.
- pthigpen@firstwest.cc
- 318.410.0999
Rick McPhearson
Compassionate Ministries Coordinator
- rmcphearson@firstwest.cc
- 318.366.7404
Misty Taylor
Processing Manager
- 318.410.0999
Debbie Taylor
Furniture Manager
- 318.410.0999
Denise Coleman
Sorting Manager
- 318.410.0999
Valerie Middleton
Brand & Theme Manager
Hannah Freeman
Retail Manager
Daniel Yates
Lead Laborer
- 318.410.0999