Advisory Committee

Texas State Technical College was created by the Texas Legislature and mandated to carry out technical and vocational training for which there is a demand in the state. In order to carry out this mandate, the College identifies technical and vocational needs and designs and develops educational programs to meet these needs. Only a combined effort by educators and industrial representatives on a continuing basis can ensure that training needs are properly identified, and training is updated in conjunction with changing developments and requirements.

To assure that these needs are correctly identified, it is imperative that representatives of the industries who employ trained personnel assist in their identification. In order to accomplish this goal, technology Advisory Committees are formed to determine these needs. Committee members serve for two-year terms and meet at least once a year.

The main function of the Advisory Committee is to identify the knowledge and skills required for Construction Safety technicians. The input of the Advisory Committee enables the department to identify training requirements, and is mandated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

• Steve Carden, OHST; OSHCON - Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Tyler
• Leah Cooper; Lone Star Steel Company, Lone Star
• F. R.(Ron) Withers, Jr., PhD, CSP, REM; Priefert Ranch Equipment, Mt. Pleasant
• Phillip Sage, PSS; Safety Administrative Services, Inc., Bullard
• Richard Bure. CIH; Eastman Chemical Co., Longview
• Jimmy Jennings; Carrier Corp., Tyler
• Charles Murray; Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, Tyler
• Joseph Hudson; Marshall Fire Department, Marshall
• Ruth Ann Russell; Russell & Sons Construction Co., Longview
• James Harbaugh, PhD; University of Texas - Tyler, Tyler
• Curtis Miles; Norit Americas, Marshall
• Rick Wall; Safety Council of East Texas, Inc., Longview
• Roy White, MS; Ana-Lab Corp., Kilgore
• Frank Johnson, CSP, PE; SEAL Corporation, Tyler
• Dawn Bentley; Johnson Controls, Berg Mechanical Division, Shreveport, LA
• Carl Nix, Northeast Texas Fire/EMS Training Academy, Sulphur Springs, TX