ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2004 2006

Vena Adams,
Dow Chemical,
Freeport

David Anderson,
Certes Environmental Labs,
Dallas

Kirsten Baqdounes,
Equistar Chemicals,
Channelview

Sally Davilla,
Sterling Chemical,
Texas City

George Delong,
GE Water and
Processing Technology,
The Woodlands

Walter Dunlap,
Huntsman R&D,
Austin

Deborah Farnsworth,
TXU-Comanch Peak,
Glen Rose

Texas State Technical College was created by the Texas Legislature and mandated to carry out technical and vocational training. If the college is to carry out this mandate, it must identify technical and vocational needs, then design and develop educational programs to meet these needs. Only a combined effort by educators and industrial representatives on a continuing basis can insure that training needs are properly identified, and training is updated in conjunction with changing developments and requirements.

To insure 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, an Advisory Committee is formed to determine these needs. Committee members serve for two year terms. Advisory committees meet once a year at TSTC in Waco.

The main function of the Advisory Committee is to identify the knowledge and skills required for entry-level employees. The input of the advisory committee enables the Chemical Technology department to identify training requirements and is mandated by the Coordinating Board of the State of Texas.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2004- 2006

Ruben Gonzalez,
Conoco Phillips,
Sweeny

Gary Gruber,
Abacus Engineering,
Hewitt

Steve J. Hawkes,
Albemarle Corporation,
Pasadena

Carolyn Kane-Kraus,
Consultant,
Irving

Derek Kyzar,
MEMC Southwest,
Sherman

Beth Poole,
Shell,
Houston

David Singleton,
Consultant,
Houston