BOAT Board of Directors

 

President Michael Beard, CBO, CFM Building Official City of Harker Heights 305 Millers Crossing Harker Heights  TX 76548-0518 Work Phone: 254-953-5648 mbeard@harkerheights.gov	Vice President Kevin Robinson Chief Building Official Town of Little Elm 100 W. Eldorado Parkway Little Elm  TX  75068 Work Phone:  214-975-0458 krobinson@littleelm.org	Immediate Past President Brett King, CBO Chief Building Official City of Carrollton 1945 East Jackson Road Carrollton, TX 75006-1737 Work Phone: 972-466-3157 brett.king@cityofcarrollton.com
Second Past President Jeffrey Widmer, CBO Chief Building Official City of Rockwall 385 South Goliad Rockwall, TX 75087 Work Phone: 972-772-6453 jwidmer@rockwall.com	Secretary Wayne K. Snell Jr., MPA, CPM, CBO Director of Inspections City of Irving 825 W. Irving Blvd., 2nd Floor Irving, TX 75060 Work Phone: 972-721-4900 wsnell@cityofirving.org	TML Board Representative Jeffrey Widmer, CBO Chief Building Official City of Rockwall 385 South Goliad Rockwall, TX 75087 Work Phone: 972-772-6453 jwidmer@rockwall.com
Director at Large Gail Lux, CBO Building Official City of Cedar Hill 285 Uptown Blvd Bldg. 100 Cedar Hill, TX 75104-3526 Work Phone: 972-291-5100,  x1105 gail.lux@cedarhilltx.com	Director at Large Oscar Pedregon Electrical Inspector-Supervisor Planning & Inspections City of El Paso 801 Texas Ave. El Paso, TX 79901 Work Phone: 915-212-1557 PedregonOA@elpasotexas.gov	Director at Large Rick Ripley, MPA, MCP, CBO Chief Building Official City of Arlington 101 W Abram Street PO Box 90231 MS 01-0241 Arlington TX 76004-3231 Work Phone: 817-459-6521 rick.ripley@arlingtontx.gov
Director at Large Byron King Building Official City of Houston 1002 Washington Ave Houston, TX 77002 Work Phone: (832) 394-9291 byron.king@houstontx.gov	Associate Director at Large Ty Chapman Director of Operations – Texas Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. PO Box 581 Anna, TX 75409 Work Phone: (469) 853-9803 ty.chapman@bureauveritas.com

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BOAT Board of Director Bios

Michael Beard, CBO, CFM

Building Official
City of Harker Heights

Michael started his career in the inspections field in May of 2008 in Lampasas, Texas, as a code enforcement officer/building inspector. He was promoted to Building Official in early 2010 where he remained until November of 2012, when Michael was offered a position at the City of Harker Heights as the chief building inspector/assistant building official.  He is now the building official for the city.

Michael holds several ICC certifications, and is a Texas State Board plumbing inspector, registered code enforcement officer, and a registered certified floodplain manager (CFM). He is also a licensed real estate inspector.

Professional Activities:

• Bluebonnet ICC Chapter President and Past President
• 2016 recipient of BOAT’s 2016 Code Professional
• 2015 recipient of the Bluebonnet ICC Chapter member of the Year

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Brett L. King, CBO

Building Official
City of Carrollton

Brett joined the City of Carrollton in 1993, and has served in several positions with the city prior to becoming the chief building official in 2012. Before working for Carrollton, Brett spent time as a home builder, highway inspector, and sports facility manager. He is a longtime instructor and moderator at the Building Professionals Institute and serves on the UTA Construction Research Advisory Committee.

Brett holds a number of ICC certifications including Certified Building Official, and is a past president of the North Texas Chapter of ICC. Brett contributed to Chapter 7 of Building Department Administration, 3^rd ed., and updated chapters 6-9 of the 4^th edition. He proudly holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University.

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Jeffrey Widmer, CBO

Building Official
City of Rockwall

Jeffrey began his municipal career in 1990 and has served as chief building official for the City of Rockwall since 1998. Prior to that, he worked for the Town of Addison and the City of Rowlett.

Current responsibilities for the City of Rockwall include the Building Inspections, Neighborhood Improvement Services, and Health Departments. Past duties also included eight years of management responsibilities of the City’s Animal Services Department and Animal Adoption Center.

Jeffrey is a Certified Building Official, has earned a State of Texas Plumbing Inspector License, a State of Texas Code Enforcement Officer license, a State of Texas Animal Control certification, and holds several ICC certifications. In addition he is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Leading, Educating and Developing (LEAD) Program and also Leadership Rockwall.

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Wayne K. Snell Jr., MPA, CPM, CBO

Director of Inspections
City of Irving

Wayne joined the City of Irving in 2019 and has served in several positions with various cities before becoming Irving’s Director of Inspections in 2019.  Prior to his calling to the public sector, Wayne spent over a decade in the electrical construction industry.  Since 2006 he has served as a building official for a small town, assistant building official for a large city, and director of a medium-sized city before arriving in Irving.  Wayne has served with the North Texas Chapter of ICC and currently serves on the Regional Codes Coordinating Committee and the Energy and Green Advisory Board for the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

Wayne holds several ICC certifications, including Certified Building Official, is a Texas licensed master electrician, and a state-licensed plumbing Inspector.  He is the chair for the North Central Texas Council of Governments Energy and Green Advisory Board.  Wayne proudly holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas (GO MEAN GREEN!), is a Certified Public Manager through Texas State University, and holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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