Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Jerry Vandervoort, President
David Thornhill, Vice President
Gisela Houseman, Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair
Mary Ann Reid, Secretary
Chief Rod Carroll, Audit Committee Chair
Hershel Stagner, Jr., Committee on Directors Chair
Eva Geer, Development Committee Chair
Tim Sudela, Investment Committee
Vernon Pierce, Scholarship Committee Chair
Commissioner Eddie Arnold
Retired, Jefferson County, Commissioner
Pat Avery
Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO
Slate Babineaux
Air Comfort, Inc., Vice President
A. B. Bernard
BGI Contractors
John Bilbo
City of Orange – Fire Chief
Nakisha Burns
ExxonMobil, Public and Government Affairs Manager
Jason Bussell
BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC, Training Coordinator
Chief Rod Carroll
Vidor Police Department, Chief of Police
Ron Fletcher
Entergy, Customer Service Manager
Eva Geer
Attorney, Geer and Associates, PC
Daryl Gilbert, Sr.
Simons Memorial COGIC, Pastor
Bill Harrington
President, Gulfspan Industrial LLC
Brandon Hebert
Acadian Ambulance Southeast Texas Division, Director of Operations
Judy Honeycutt
Silsbee ISD, Career & Technical Coordinator
Gisela Houseman
Houseman Development Company, Inc.
Dennis Isaacs
Retired, Golden Triangle Business Roundtable
Kathleen Jackson
Texas Water Development Board
Zach Johnson
Sabine River Authority
Dr. Joe Keneson
Dental Practice Owner
Jeremy Little
Scallon Controls, Vice President of Sales
Scott McCauley
Coastal Automation Services
Jean McFaddin
Plum Nearly Ranch
Barry Mitchael
Kountze Economic Development Corp., President
Michael Mustian
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Chemical Plant, Manager
J. Hoke Peacock II
Orgain, Bell & Tucker LLP
Vernon Pierce
Jefferson County, Commissioner Precinct 1
Raymond Polk
Port Arthur Independent School District, Retired
Jack Provost
City of Sour Lake, City Manager
Mary Ann Reid
Golden Pass LNG, Community Affairs Advisor
Jim Rich
Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation, Executive Director
Dean Robinson
Retired, State Farm Insurance
Todd Senters
Baptist Hospitals of SETX, Associated Vice-President, Operations
Rickey Simmons
Triple S Industrial, Vice President
Mark Skobel
Valero, Plant Manager
Larry Spears
City of Orange, Mayor
Hershel Stagner, Jr.
Orange County Texas, Precinct 1, Justice of the Peace
Tim Sudela
American Valve and Hydrant, President
David Thornhill
Southwest Building Systems; LIT Alumni Association President
Jerry Vandervoort
SpawGlass, Project Executive
Honorary Board Members
Chief Pete Shelton
Beaumont Fire & Rescue Chief Emeritus
Micki Carpenter Platt
Endowment Scholarship Donor
Ex-Officio
Lamar Institute of Technology President, Dr. Sidney Valentine
Lamar Institute of Technology Vice President of Finance and Operations, Rudy Gonzales