EXECUTIVE BOARD

EXECUTIVE BOARD
2010 - 2012

JOE FREEMAN, PRESIDENT

JOE HAS BEEN WITH OUR LODGE FROM THE INCEPTION. JOE HAS HELD
THE OFFICE OF TREASURER, SECRETARY AND 1st. VICE PRESIDENT
AND PRESIDENT.

JOE HAS OVER 22 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. HE IS
EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. JOE
IS MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN.

WESLEY PORTER, IMMEDIATE PRESIDENT

WESLEY IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL LODGE'S ORIGINAL CHARTER MEMBERS.
HE HAS HELD THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT OF ARMS, LODGE TRUSTEE
AND SECRETARY SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE LODGE. WESLEY

WESLEY RETIRED FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
ON JULY 31, 2003. HE SERVED 30 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS WITH
THE DEPARTMENT. WESLEY HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE PAT FOR
24 YEARS. THEY HAVE TWO SONS AND THREE GRAND DAUGHTERS.
WESLEY AND PAT LOVE TO VACATION VIA CRUISE SHIPS AND TRAVEL.

MARK BROWN, VICE PRESIDENT
BIO PENDING

DEBORAH V. JONES, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

THIS IS DEBORAH'S THIRD TERM AS SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
SHE HAS BEEN A LOYAL MEMBER OF THE LODGE COOK-TEAM
AND DELEGATE TO THE CONFERENCES.

DEBORAH HAS SERVED AS OUR LODGE SECRETARY IN THE PAST.

DEBORAH IS MARRIED AND HAS A SON AND GRANDSON. SHE HAS
14 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND IS EMPLOYED
WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, PCT.#3, WHERE
SHE IS A SGT. OVER THE CIVIL DIVISION.

DEBORAH WANTED TO SAY: " I LOVE THE FOP #39"

TOM MOORE, SECRETARY

TOM HAS OVER 13 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF POLICE. THIS IS TOM'S FIRST TERM AS OUR SECRETARY.
TOM HAS ALSO HELD THE OFFICE OF SGT. AT ARMS,
VICE-PRESIDENT, RECORDING SECRETARY AND
CHAPLAIN WITH OUR LODGE.

HE HAS OVER 29 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND IS
EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. TOM IS
MARRIED TO HIS WIFE CINDY AND HAS TWO CHILDREN, MATT
AND JIMMY.

JOE HENNING, RECORDING SECRETARY
BIO PENDING

SIMON RAMIREZ, TREASURER

THIS IS SIMONS FIRST TERM AS OUR tREASURER.
HE HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF LODGE TRUSTEES.

SIMON HAS OVER 15 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND
IS EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PCT.#5.
SIMON IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE MICHELLE AND HAS TWO SONS, JUSTIN
AND LUKE.

JIM KERSHAW, SGT.-AT-ARMS

THIS IS JIM'S FIRST TERM AS OUR SGT.-AT-ARMS. JIM HAS OVER
11 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.
HE HAS HELD THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEE'S FOR
2 YEARS AND 8 AS TREASURER.

JIM HAS OVER 29 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND
IS EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
HE IS DIVORCED AND HAS TWO BOYS,
JAMES AND KYLE.

DR. J.D. BROWN, CHAPLAIN

THIS IS J.D.'S THIRD TERM AS CHAPLAIN. HE HAS OVER TWENTY
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
AS A MEMBER.

DR. BROWN IS ALSO THE TEXAS STATE F.O.P. CHAPLAIN.

DR. BROWN IS RETIRED FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE,
WHERE SERVED 2O YEARS AS A STATE TROOPER. J.D. IS MARRIED
AND HAS THREE CHILDREN.

PAUL RODELA, CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEE'S

THIS IS PAUL'S FIRST TERM AS OUR CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEE'S.
HE HAS SERVED AS A PAST LODGE TRUSTEE.

pAUL HAS OVER 14 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND
IS EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PCT.#5.
PAUL IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE LESLIE AND HAS FOUR SONS.

JOHN SOILEAU, PAST PRESIDENT

JOHN HAS OVER THIRTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF POLICE. HE HAS HELD THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. JOHN
SERVED TWO TERMS AS LODGE PRESIDENT.

JOHN HAS OVER 22 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE
AND IS EMPLOYED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE. HE IS MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN.

MICHAEL W. SIMPSON, PAST PRESIDENT

MICHAEL HAS OVER 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRATERNAL
ORDER OF POLICE. HE HAS HELD THE POSITION OF GUARD, TREASURER,
SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF OUR LODGE.

MICHAEL ALSO IS PAST NATIONAL STATE TRUSTEE.

HE HAS OVER 29 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. HE
IS RETIRED FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPARTMENT AND IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN.

DENNIS WARD, PAST PRESIDENT

DENNIS IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL LODGES’ ORIGINAL CHARTER MEMBERS.
HE HAS BEEN WITH LODGE #39 SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE LODGE. HE
HAS HELD THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, WITH
TERMS OF PRESIDENT IN 1998 AND 1999. DENNIS HAS SERVED
AS 0UR TEXAS STATE LODGE PRESIDENT
FORM 2004 TO 2008..

DENNIS HAS OVER 26 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND
IS RETIRED FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND
IS EMPLOYED WITH SMITH & WESSON AS A REGIONAL MANAGER
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.

DENNIS IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE KIMBERLY AND HAS
TWO CHILDREN, MARKUS AND MATTHEW.

DENNIS KOCH, PAST PRESIDENT

DENNIS HAS OVER 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH OUR LOCAL LODGE.
DENNIS HAS HELD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, SERVING A TERM FROM
1994 TO 1997.

DENNIS HAS ALSO HELD THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEES,
CONDUCTOR, SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT. ALL THESE OFFICES
WHERE AT THE STATE LODGE LEVEL.

DENNIS RETIRED FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. DENNIS IS
EMPLOYED WITH THE JERSEY VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DENNIS IS RE-MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN.