B.
Michael Adams
President
Current President of the Texas
Pecan Board. He is also the managing partner at Royalty Pecan Farms, Ltd. in
Henderson, Texas. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Argent Petroleum
Corporation and Capstone Energy Corporation. He has a Master of Science in
Agricultural Economics from Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas with
a concentration in Finance and Resource and Production Economics.
Rodney
Myers
Secretary / Treasurer
He is the Board representative
for Sorrells Pecan Company, which includes approximately 700 acres of pecans in
Comanche County. Rodney lives in Brownwood, Texas and has 30 yrs. experience in
all phases of pecan industry.
Larry
Don Womack
Board
Member
Larry Don Womack is a third
generation nurseryman, from DeLeon, Texas. Larry Don and his dad, Larry Jim, own
and operate Womack Nursery Co., a mail order business. This business was started
in 1937 by James H. Womack. Larry D. is a member of the Texas Fruit Growers,
Texas Pecan Growers, and the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Assns. In past years, Larry
Don has served as director of Texas Fruit Growers, Member of Comanche County
Horticulture Field and Drop and Peanut Committees. Larry Don is currently Vice
President of the Texas Peanut Producers Board.
Craig
Ivey
Board
Member
Craig has a BA in English
Lit/FineArt from LeTourneau University. He began managing the family farm in
1988, which is split almost evenly between cotton and pecan acres. He is very
excited to be at work promoting a great, healthy product, and says he is
optimistic about the pecan industry's future.
Leroy
Olsak
Board
Member
He owns and operates a 40-acre
pecan orchard he and his wife started planting in 1971 located near Eldorado,
Texas. He also leases an additional 545 acres of farmland. Leroy Served as
Director of the TPGA, and presently is in his 7th year as a Board Member of The
Texas Pecan Board. He has a B.S. from Texas Tech University and for the past 55
years has been a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
In 1985 retired from Texas Electric Service Company after 38 years.
Lance Lampman
Board
Member
Lance has been a board member
of the Texas Pecan Board since his swearing in during the summer of 2007. He and
his faimly have been in the pecan business for many years. They live and
work in North Central Texas near DeLeon.
Glenn
Honaker
Vice
President
Vice President of the Texas
Pecan Board and also current President of the Texas Pecan Growers Association.
Glenn is the manager of Belding Farms, located in Pecos County in West Texas. He
has been very active in trying to promote Texas Pecans and to improve the
varieties he grows on the orchard, which is over 2,200 acres.
Errol
John Dietze
Board
Member
Errol John is a practicing
attorney in addition to being an active pecan grower. He brings a lot of insight
from the legal profession to the table as a member of the Texas Pecan Board. He
owns an orchard located in DeWitt County in West Texas, where he grows both
native and improved varieties of pecans.
