Lonnie Smith: Officer-President and CEO, School Representative, Advisory Committee Member, MT, C.O.S.S., C.S.S.T., C.S.S.S. Lonnie is an NCCER certified Master Trainer and a Construction Site Safety Technician Master Instructor. Lonnie first got into the industry in 1998 making melt-blown “sorbents”, and quickly climbed to the position of ‘Operations Manager’. Lonnie has worked in the turnaround industry as a third party contractor and supervisory positions.

Kimberly Smith: Officer-Corporate Secretary and Treasurer, Administrative and School Director, School Representative, Advisory Committee Member. Kim has 17 years experience in Administration and Accounting. Kim manages all aspects of the administration office from student registration to accounting. Her attention to detail and organization is second to none. She has worked at DuPont, Cloeren, Brock Enterprises, Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED), and Gulf Coast Weld Spec.

Terry Messenger: Safety Instructor, MA, CHSM, OHST, N.C.C.E.R. Master Trainer, OSHA 500 Instructor in the Safety Department. Terry is the definitive Safety Man. After more than ten years teaching safety classes at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA, he joins us to teach the CSST initially and a vast array of other N.C.C.E.R. classes we will be offering soon.

Brian Babcock: Senior Welding Instructor, Advisory Committee Member, C.S.S.T. Brian brings with him "30 years plus "of Welding & Safety experience at refineries such as Exxon Mobil, Motiva, Invista, DuPont, and Valero. He is experienced in off shore rigs, Coast Guard Certified. He is also certified by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (N.C.C.E.R.) as a Master Trainer, as well as OSHA. Brian has the knowledge and understanding that makes a great craftsman a great teacher.

Jerry Smith: Welding Instructor, Advisory Committee Member. Jerry has 37 years in the Welding craft. His experience includes welding on boiler and heater tubes, high pressure gas and steam lines, towers and coke drums, stainless steel pipe, socket welds and all alloys. His structural welding experience includes welding of pipe racks, pipe shoes, handrails, walk ways, and hangers. His welding techniques include GTAW, SMAW, Arc gouging, MIG and gas cutting torch techniques. He has worked in refineries such as Gulf Oil, Chevron, DuPont, Huntsman, Exxon Mobil, Motiva, Fina, and Air Products.

Lawren Comer: Office Secretary, School Representative. Lawren handles student registration and is the editor of our monthly newsletter. She assists in administrative duties, including tracking student’s daily attendance and accounting. She is an integral part of our staff and handles her duties in a professional manner.