Terry Backhaus, CFP, a resident of Sulphur and has served on the BECi Board in District Eight since 2004.  Mr. Backhaus is a financial professional with his firm, Backhaus Financial Group LLC.  Mr. Backhaus holds a bachelor degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a master degree in chemical engineering from McNeese State University.  Mr. Backhaus is a member of Henning Methodist Church, Chamber Southwest and the Calcasieu Parish Crime Stoppers Board.  He serves as the vice president of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital Foundation Board and was appointed to the Louisiana Ethics Board by Governor Bobby Jindal. Mr. Backhaus is a NRECA Credentialed Cooperative Director.