Board of Directors

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

Selso Mata
Chief Building Official
City of Plano
1520 K Avenue, Ste. 150
Plano, TX 75074
Work Phone: 972-941-7212
Selsom@plano.gov 

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


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, 3rd ed., and updated chapters 6-9 of the 4th edition. He proudly holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University.

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BOAT_Photo_Jeffrey Widmer-2015 websiteJeffrey 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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