Board of Trustees
Front row: Fred Skinner, Becky Tice, George Barrera, Clint Pipes; Back row: Eric Davis, Benny May, Mark Wilson
School Board Members
Mark Wilson was elected in 2022 to serve on the Barbers Hill Board of Trustees. He has served
as secretary and vice president and is now the president.
Mark graduated from Barbers Hill in 2002 and earned a dual Masters of Accountancy and Public Administration from Rutgers University. His children, Cammile, Shelbie, and Elizabeth are currently attending Barbers Hill.
Mark is employed as a Director of Operations with the Texas Military Department at Ellington
Field Joint Reserve Base. He is also an Air Force officer in the Texas National Guard.
Mark's hobbies are aviation, astronomy, travel, sports, reading books about leadership,
mentoring youth, and spending quality time with his wife and kids.
Becky Tice has served on the Barbers Hill Board of Trustees since 2009. She served as president, vice president, and secretary and is now the vice president.
Becky moved to Barbers Hill in 1999 along with her husband, Mark, and two sons. Both sons are graduates of Barbers Hill.
An employee with Baker Hughes for more than 30 years, Becky currently works as their Finance Manager. She earned her Associate degree in Fashion Merchandising.
Becky’s hobbies are shopping, traveling, watching Astros baseball, Texas Longhorn and Dallas
Cowboy football, and spending time with family and friends. She is active in her church and
community, having served as the president of the West Chambers County Pilot Club and as a
member of the GPISD Alumni Association.
George Barrera has served on the Barbers Hill Board of Trustees since 2002. He has held the position of vice-president for the Board and is now the secretary.
George graduated from Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, TX. He is retired from Chevron-Philips Cedar Bayou Plant near Mont Belvieu.
He and his wife, Kelly, have two children, who are both Barbers Hill graduates. George and Kelly also have twin grandsons, who are already learning to be little Eagles at regular sporting events.
George’s favorite hobbies are golf and baseball. He spent many years coaching his son’s teams before watching him play for Barbers Hill and then at the collegiate level. George and Kelly are active members of their church in Mont Belvieu.
Eric Davis was elected to Position 6 on the Barbers Hill Board of Trustees in May, 2018. He has held the position of vice-president and president.
Eric is a graduate of North Shore Senior High School. He attended the University Of Houston, where he graduated in 1991 and received a Bachelor of Science in Hotel/Restaurant Management.
Eric began his career as a waiter in 1987 at Pappa’s Seafood House and was promoted to Pappadeaux General Manager in June, 1995. In September 2001, he transferred to warehouse operations where he currently holds the title of General Manager of Distribution and Logistics for Pappas Restaurants, Inc. of Houston.
Eric and his wife Ami moved to Barbers Hill in 1997 and have two children, Tyler and Taylor, who attended Barbers Hill K-12 and graduated in the Classes of 2015 and 2016. Eric’s wife, Ami, is the Coordinator of Bus Safety for Safe Schools.
Eric’s hobbies include waterfowl hunting, cooking, spending time with his family, and enjoying many different outdoor activities.
Benny May has served on the Barbers Hill School Board since 1996. He has held the positions of president, vice president, and secretary. Benny currently serves as president for the Board. In 2009, Benny was selected to represent Region 4 on the statewide TASB Board of Directors, where he continues to serve.
Benny is a graduate of Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from McNeese State University. He is employed at ExxonMobil Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant as a first-line supervisor.
Benny and his wife Lori have two children, both graduates of Barbers Hill High School.
Benny’s hobbies include hunting, fishing, raising cattle, spending quality time with his family, and attending as many BHISD functions as he possibly can. Benny and his family are very active in their community, school, and church.
Clint Pipes began serving as Position 4 board member in May 2019. He has held the position of president, vice president, and secretary.
Clint is a Barbers Hill graduate, class of 1987. He graduated from University of Houston - Clear Lake with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He has worked for LWL, Inc. for 31 years and has served as the VP/Controller for the past 15 years. LWL, Inc. is a general contracting firm that performs work in the petrochemical industry.
Clint's wife, Stacey, is a part-time substitute at Barbers Hill. They have two children (Chason, currently attending BH) and Paige (currently attending UT in Austin). Their oldest daughter (Payton) is a graduate of Barbers Hill. They also have a grandchild (Presley) who attends BH.
Clint's hobbies include golfing, deer hunting, coaching youth sports, and watching all his children's activities.
Fred Skinner has served on the Barbers Hill Board of Trustees since 2007. He has held the positions of president and vice-president.
A graduate of Hull-Daisetta ISD, Fred earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is employed at NASA with Barrios Technology Corporation, where he tracks the Balance of Contributions between NASA and the international partners who participate in the International Space Station Project.
Fred and his wife Lana reside in Barbers Hill and both their children are Barbers Hill graduates. Fred’s hobbies are hunting, fishing, backpacking, flint knapping and teaching a Bible study class at his church.
School Board Links
Team of Eight Goals
Academics
- To maintain our tradition of excellence by strategically utilizing all necessary resources to ensure student and staff safety.
- 100% seniors graduate via State Accountability Program.
- 100% of eighth grade students will pass the STAAR Reading and STAAR Math tests to advance to ninth grade.
- Continue to evaluate and implement dress code and cell phone policy.
- Every Barbers Hill graduate will be college, career or military ready.
Finance
- To maintain our tradition of excellence by strategically utilizing all necessary resources to ensure student and staff safety.
- Diversify revenue by creating new revenue streams and/or finding more efficient ways to manage such resources that new revenue streams are created.
- Formulate a long range strategic plan regarding decision making involving tax compression.
- Strengthen and foster financial relationships with the City of Mont Belvieu, Cove, Beach City, Old River, Lee College, Chambers County and the legislature and help develop safety initiatives involving all parties.
Community
- To maintain our tradition of excellence by strategically utilizing all necessary resources to ensure student and staff safety.
- Strengthen and foster financial relationships with the City of Mont Belvieu, Cove, Beach City, Old River, Lee College, Chambers County and the legislature and help develop safety initiatives involving all parties.