In 1996, the Hospitality Educators Association of Texas (HEAT) was formed to further professionalism for secondary educators who are teaching hospitality and tourism programs in the state of Texas.
HEAT is governed by a board of directors, consisting of high school and college hospitality educators and industry professionals.
If you are interested in serving on the HEAT board please fill out the Board Application for our Board to Review for the next slate of officers to be presented in November 2020. Please email the application to Bunny Denton by August 20, 2020 to bunny.heat@gmail.com
2020 HEAT Board and Officers
| President | Gina Causin | SFA | causingf@sfasu.edu |
| 1st Vice President | Sean Dunn | Pearland ISD | dunnse@pearlandisd.org |
| 2nd Vice President | Jennifer Eaglen | Waxahachie ISD | jeaglen@wisd.org |
| Sec/Treasurer | Cynthia Williams | Retired Hospitality Educator | cutterad@aol.com |
| Past President | Jill Lawson | Glen Rose ISD | lawsji@grisd.net |
| Directors: | |||
| Educator – West Texas | Melinda Castillo | Cantuillo ISD | mecastillo@canutillo-isd.org |
| Educator – Austin | Brian Sedatole | Pflugerville ISD | brian.sedatole@pfisd.net |
| Educator – Houston | Kathleen Roussel | Clear Creek ISD | kgroussel@gmail.com |
| Educator – San Antonio | Miriam George | East Central ISD | Miriam.george@ecisd.net |
| Educator – DFW | Beverly Clemmons | Dallas ISD | bandressclemmons@dallasisd.org |
| Hotel | Philett Carter | San Luis Resort and Spa | pcarter@ldry.com |
| Industry | Glenn Rierson | AceMart | Glenn@acemart.com |
| Restaurant | Traci Henson | Whataburger | thenson@wbhq.com |
| Texas Chefs Assoc. | Kelly Cook | TCA | kvcooktca@gmail.com |
| Post Secondary | Charlie Adams | Texas Tech University | Charlie.Adams@ttu.edu |
| Post Secondary | David Uminski | St. Philip's College | duminski@alamo.edu |
| Post Secondary | Allen Powell | Tarrant County College Southeast | frank.powell@tccd.edu |
| Educator At Large | Joel Skipper | Waxahachie ISD | jskipper@wisd.org |
| Educator At Large | Steve DeShazo | El Centro College | sdeshazo@dcccd.edu |
| Educator At Large | Lori Hohmann | Comfort ISD | lori.hohmann@comfortisd.net |
| At Large | Sherry Chaudhry | Chaudhry Consulting | sherry@chaudhryconsulting.com |
| At Large | Monica Gowda | Lark on the Parks | gowda.monica@gmail.com |
| At Large | Chelly Sturgell | Birdville ISD | chelly.sturgell@birdvilleschools.net |
| At Large | Lesly Bertrand | Cy Fair ISD | Lesly.bertrand@cfisd.net |
| Retired | Vicki Tramel | Retired Culinary Educator | teach4ware@aol.com |
| TRA EX Officio | Yvonne Loya | TRAEF | yloya@tramail.org |
| TH&LA EX Officio | Neil Patel | TH&LA | npatel@texaslodging.com |
| TTIA EX Officio | Erika Boyd | TTIA | eboyd@ttia.org |
| TEA EX Officio | Debbie Wieland | TEA | debbie.wieland@tea.texas.gov |
| Past President EX Officio | Elena Doerrie | Johnson & Wales University | Elena.Doerrie@jwu.edu |
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