Leadership

Empowering Growth, Cultivating Expertise:

Your Path to Excellence in Vegetation Management
We are grateful to those who have led TVMA in the past, including our founding members and past presidents listed below. Also listed are the TVMA Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Beginning in 2003, the TVMA Board of Directors authorized the Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the vegetation management industry in Texas.
See Attached Officer List
We are grateful to those who have led TVMA in the past, including our founding members and past presidents listed below. Also listed are the TVMA Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Beginning in 2003, the TVMA Board of Directors authorized the Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the vegetation management industry in Texas.

TVMA 2024 Board Members

Officers

  • Jeff Simpson, President, Opterra Solutions
  • Brandon Freeman, Vice President, Davey
  • Justin Pfeiffer, Secretary / Treasurer, Kop-Coat Protection Products
  • Travis Jez, Past President, TxDOT

Utility

  • Janay Jones, Sam Houston Electric
  • Douglas Dube, LCRA
  • Amanda Fowler, Pedernales Electric Coop

At Large

  • Troy Goodson, Corteva
  • Myron Rabalais, ENVU
  • Rick Bennett, Helena Agri Enterprise

Presidents

  • 1991-1992 | Rich Hendler, DowElanco
  • 1992-1993 | Greg Walker, Harris County Flood Control
  • 1993-1994 | Ron Held, Houston Spraying & Supply Company
  • 1994-1995 | Mike Standish, American Cyanamid
  • 1995-1996 | Dennis Markwardt, Tx Dept of Hwys & Public Transportation
  • 1996-1997 | Tom Leverentz, Asplundh Tree Experts
  • 1997-1998 | Bruce Moore, TU Electric
  • 1998-1999 | Mark Wildman, Monsanto
  • 1999-2000 | Jim Crosby, American Cyanamid
  • 2000-2001 | Bob Magee, DuPont
  • 2001-2002 | Anne Beard, AEP/CPL
  • 2002-2003 | Anne Beard, AEP/CPL
  • 2003-2004 | Steve White, Davey Tree
  • 2004-2005 | David Wall, Xcel Energy
  • 2005-2006 | Ray Erwin, BASF
  • 2006-2007 | Jim Cruser, AEP Texas
  • 2007-2008 | Rick Bennett, Helena Chemical Co.
  • 2008-2009 | Rob Brooks, Dow AgroSciences
  • 2009-2010 | John Mason, TxDOT
  • 2010-2011 | Scott Dunham, BASF
  • 2011-2012 | Larry Mauldin, Red River Specialties
  • 2012-2013 | Walter Hambrick, TXDot
  • 2013-2014 | Layne Fields, Chemical Weed control
  • 2014-2015 | Chris Smith, Winfield Solutions
  • 2015-2016 | Chris Pritchett, Dow AgroSciences
  • 2016-2017 | Myron Rabalais, Bayer
  • 2017-2018 | Amanda Sexton, Chemical Weed Control
  • 2018-2019 | Kedrick Bryant, Center Point Energy
  • 2019-2021 | Oracio Molina, Corteva
  • 2021-2022 | Nick Canales, Sequoias Tree Expert LLC
  • 2022-2023 | Travis Jez, TXDOT

Winners

  • 2003 | Jim Thrash, DuPont Vegetation Management, Lewisville, TX
  • 2004 | Bill Held, Houston Spraying and Supply Co
  • 2005 | Don Telge, Telge Northcutt Training LLC
  • 2006 | Max Edwards, SPRAYMAX
  • 2007 | Don Wilson, Chemical Weed Control
  • 2008 | Paul Northcutt, Northcutt Communications
  • 2009 | Rich Hendler, Dow AgroSciences
  • 2010 | A.J. Thibodeaux
  • 2010 | Bill Owens
  • 2011 | Ed Strnadel
  • 2012 | No Winner
  • 2013 | Howard Pierson
  • 2014 | Guy Blancherd
  • 2015 | Steve Crosby
  • 2016 | David Wall