COMMITTEES 2025-2026
STANDING COMMITTEES
APPEALS and GRIEVANCES
J. Keith Gates*
Billy E. Barnes
Woody Bilyeu
​CHARTERS and DISPENSATIONS
Larry J. Plaisance, PGIM*
M. Cash Melville
Lloyd Hennigan
CORRESPONDANCE
F. Deas Dempsey*
Joe Dan Gibbs
Joseph A. Giroir, III
DISTRIBUTION
Joseph A. Giroir, III*
V. "Gene" Dawson
Steve L. Jennings
FINANCE
Mark A. St. John*
M. David Stephens
Albert Simms
JURISPRUDENCE
Adam C. Patrick*
Richard Morgan
Mark O. Melder
MEMBERSHIP
C. Ken Dorhauer*
Scotty Adams
Otey "Marty" Dear, III
Joseph A. Giroir, III
James "Rusty" Russell
NECROLOGY
Rev. Troy Dennard*
Rev. Billy Taylor
Stuart Averitt, PGIM
REGISTRATION & CREDENTIALS
J. Keith Gates *
M. Cash Melville
Al G. Simms Jr.
Scotty Adams
WORK
Eddie LeBeouf, III
Dexter Downs
Marcus Moseley
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
ARRANGEMENTS
F. Deas Dempsey*
M. Cash Melville
Albert Simms
Brad Williams
EDUCATION
Dexter Downs*
V. Eugene Dawson
Eddie LeBoeuf, III
CONSTITUTION and GENERAL REGULATIONS
Wilson O. Cook, PGIM*
Earl J. “Mickey” Durand, PGIM
Sturt R. Averitt, PGIM
HOSPITALITY and BANQUET
Caroline Edgar*
Michelle Dempsey
Sharon Powell
Janet Reinschmidt
Marleen Snoddy
PERPETUAL MEMBERSHIP
Allan K. Bean*
Wm. Glen Girard
John Knox, Jr.
PHILANTHROPIES
Otey "Marty" Dear, III*
Scotty Adams
Joseph A. Giroir, III
STATE of the ORDER
Rev. Dennis F. Snoddy*
Anthony Radosti
Albert Simms
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Wilson O. Cook, PGIM*
Stuart R. Averitt, PGIM
Frank N. du Treil, Jr.
M. Darin West