Leadership
President & CEO, Entergy Texas, Inc.
Joe Domino is president and chief executive officer of Entergy Texas, a
position he has held since 1998. He is responsible for Entergy Texas’ electric
distribution system, customer service, economic development, regulatory
affairs, and governmental affairs, as well as the company’s financial
performance.
A former Gulf States Utilities employee and Louisiana native, Domino has lived
in Beaumont for 39 years. In 1970, he joined Gulf States Utilities as a
planning engineer. During his tenure, he received a steady stream of
promotions, including plant manager at Sabine Plant, a 2000-megawatt power
generation facility in Bridge City, Texas and general manager-production,
responsible for oversight of all of Gulf States Utilities’ fossil-fueled power
plants.
Following the merger between Entergy and Gulf States Utilities in 1994, Domino
was appointed director, Southern region fossil plants. A year later, the
company assigned him to a similar post over the Eastern region plants. Just
prior to being named president, Domino served as director of Entergy’s
distribution operations in Texas and Southwest Louisiana.
Domino currently is secretary/treasurer of the Golden Triangle Business
Roundtable, chairman of the Lamar University College of Engineering Advisory
Council, and chairman of the Christus Health Southeast Texas Board of
Directors, Oversight Committee, Nominating Committee and Executive Committee.
Domino serves on many boards, including the Foundation for Southeast Texas,
Boy Scouts of America Three Rivers Council, Julie Rogers Gift of Life, the
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, the Christus
Health Foundation, Lamar University Foundation, the Southeast Texas Emergency
Relief Fund, the Golden Triangle Minority Business Council, the Symphony of
Southeast Texas, and the United Way of Beaumont and North Jefferson County.
In addition, Domino is a member of the Rotary Club of Beaumont, the Knights of
Columbus Council 951, and the LSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory
Council.
He has held leadership positions in numerous civic organizations such as the
Boy Scouts of America and Greater Houston Partnership, the Lamar University
College of Electrical Engineering, and the Texas A&M University Race & Ethnic
Studies Institute. He was a Board Member for 1999-2005 and President for 2006
of the Texas Energy Museum, Board President of the Symphony of Southeast Texas
for 2002-2003, was Chairman of the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce for
2003-2005 and has been honored by the Boy Scouts of America for many years of
dedicated service, including the Silver Beaver Award, the Silver Antelope
Award and the Distinguished Citizen Award in 2004. Lamar University named him
a Distinguished Alumnus in 2005. In 2006, the Press Club of Southeast Texas
named him Newsmaker of the Year. Domino and his wife, Linda, were 2007 winners
of the Jefferson Award, presented for their dedication to public service. In
2007, he was named the Neches River Festival’s Citizen of the year and in
2008, he was declared King of the Neches River Festival. Domino was honored as
2008 Executive of the Year by the Sales and Marketing Executive Club of
Southeast Texas. In 2009, Domino and his wife, Linda, were recipients of the
American Heart Association’s J.C. Crager Award.
Updated 8/09
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