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.

Darrell Posey – Welding Instructor, Operations Manager; N.C.C.E.R. Certified Industrial Welding Instructor and Core Curricula Instructor; Advisory Committee Member; Darrell is a Certified Welding Inspector, Welding Educator, and Member through the American Welding Society. He is also a Certified Welding Instructor through the Texas Education Agency. He is experienced with preparation and maintenance of various quality control standards, maintenance of quality assurance manuals, qualification of welding procedure specifications, preparation of procedure qualification records, subcontractor surveys, preview of customer contracts and final visual inspections.

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.