Executive Committee

• Jerry Vandervoort - President
• David Thornhill - Vice President
• Mary Ann Reid - Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair
• Eva Geer - Secretary
• Chief Rod Carroll - Audit Committee Chair
• Hershel Stagner Jr. - Committee on Directors Chair
• Zach Johnson - Development Committee Chair
• Gary Parsley - Investment Committee

Board Members

• Commissioner Eddie Arnold - Retired Jefferson County Commissioner
• Slate Babineaux - Air Comfort Inc. Vice President
• A. B. Bernard - BGI Contractors
• John Bilbo - City of Orange – Fire Chief
• Paul Blackburn - Entergy Customer Service Manager
• Eddie Burleigh - Acadian Ambulance Southeast Texas Division Operations Manager
• Jason Bussell - BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC Training Coordinator
• Chief Rod Carroll - Vidor Police Department Chief of Police
• 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 Kunst - 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
• Gary Parsley - Chevron Phillips Plant Manager
• J. Hoke Peacock II - Orgain Bell & Tucker LLP
• Raymond Polk - Port Arthur Independent School District Retired
• Jessica Pollard - Business Loan Manager Education First FCU
• Mary Ann Reid - Golden Pass LNG Community Affairs Advisor
• Scott Schwartz - Director of Principals and Leadership Silsbee ISD
• 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
• Jake Tortorice - Rao’s Bakery Owner
• Jessica Tubbs - Specialty Solutions Manager Kelly BPO
• Anthony Toups - General Manager Classic Acura
• Jerry Vandervoort - G & G Enterprises VP of Operations
• Ryan Vick - ExxonMobil Process Manager-Beaumont Polyethylene Plant

Honorary Board Member

• 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