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
Eddie Burleigh
Acadian Ambulance Southeast Texas Division, Operations Manager
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
Judy Honeycutt
Retired, Silsbee ISD
Gisela Houseman
Houseman Development Company, Inc.
Kathleen Jackson
Texas Water Development Board
Zach Johnson
Sabine River Authority
Mike Kuntz
City of Orange, City Manager
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, Process Manager
Gary Parsley
Chevron Phillips, 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
Mary Ann Reid
Golden Pass LNG, Community Affairs Advisor
Rickey Simmons
Triple S Industrial, Vice President
Mark Skobel
Valero, Plant Manager
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
G & G Enterprises, VP of Operations
Honorary Board Member
Micki Carpenter Platt
Endowment Scholarship Donor
Dennis Isaacs
Retired, Golden Triangle Business Roundtable
Jim Rich
Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation, Executive Director
Chief Pete Shelton
Beaumont Fire & Rescue Chief Emeritus
Ex-Officio
Lamar Institute of Technology President, Dr. Sidney Valentine
Lamar Institute of Technology Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations, Mary Wickland