Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its monthly meeting on July 20, 2021 at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza. Our guest speakers were Jennifer Gordy, Executive Director Associated General Contractors; Cody Williford, Present Associated General Contractors SETX; and Bob Dickinson, Director of Transportation & Environmental SETX Regional Planning Commission. Topics included: Recent 2021 Texas Legislation that
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its monthly meeting on June 15, 2021 at the LIT Multi-purpose Bldg. Our guest speakers were Dr. Angela Hill with LIT who welcomed everyone to the meeting; County Judge Jeff Branick who spoke about Jefferson County Business and Job Creation; Roger Erickson Lake Charles, LA NWS Meteorologist and Port Arthur
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its monthly meeting on May 18, 2021 at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza. Our guest speaker was Brian Craig, PhD; Dean - College of Engineering Lamar University. The Program: Golden Triangle Industries and Lamar Engineering Partnership. GTBR appreciates Dean Craig speaking at our May membership meeting.
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its monthly meeting on April 20, 2021 at Lamar Institute of Technology Multi-Purpose Building in Beaumont. Our guest speakers included Dr. Lonnie Howard, Dr. Miranda Phillips, Dr. Donna Prudhomme, Maris Peno, Eva LeBlanc, Mary Hammond, and Jennifer Gordy. The Program: Workforce Development and Support Roles in Preparing a Sustainable Workforce
GTBR held it's monthly meeting on March 9, 2021 which was a virtual video conference. This conference was a joint session with the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. Topic: "Golden Triangle Days in Austin". If you missed the Golden Triangle Days in Austin Virtual Program on March 9, 2021, you still have access
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its monthly meeting on February 24, 2021 at the Pompano in Port Neches, Texas. Our guest speaker was Hector Rivero, President and CEO of TCC and ACIT. Hector's topic was "The State of Industry in Texas with a Legislative Perspective". GTBR appreciates Hector rescheduling his speaking engagement, due to last
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its first monthly meeting for the year on January 19, 2021 at the LIT Multipurpose Building Beaumont, Texas. Our guest speaker was Natalie Thompson, ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery Mechanical Manager and GTBR Chair. Natalie's topic was "Building the Workforce Pipeline" with GTBR's mission refocusing on addressing the issues regarding a
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its final monthly meeting for the year on November 17, 2020 at the Carl Parker Event Center at LSCPA. Our Guest Speaker was Jeff Darby, President; Sabine Area Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Also speaking on behalf of Lamar State College Port Arthur was Ben Stafford, PhD; Dean Workforce and Continuing
Golden Triangle Business Roundtable held its 2nd Semiannual Plant Managers Meeting at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Beaumont on October 20, 2020. Guest speaker featured Chad Anderson, Vice-President - Manufacturing for Indorama Ventures (IVL). IVL's Port Neches manufacturing facility is recognized as a major international producer of chemical intermediates and surfactants across a diverse range
On September 15, 2020 GTBR held it’s monthly membership meeting at the LIT Multipurpose Center. Guest Speakers were Dr. Miranda Phillips; Dean of Strategic and Workforce Initiatives, and Melvin White; Founder of Golden Triangle Empowerment Center. The Program Topic was SETX Regional Education Opportunities and Resources to Support a Sustainable Workforce.
