Professional of the Year for 2013 in Nonprofit Services: Michael D. DeShazo

	Michael D. DeShazo
Industry	Nonprofit
Title	CEO/Chairman
Expertise	Experienced technical professional in product development and analysis for the polymer and petrochemical industries, known for ability to integrate electronics, mechanical and chemical skills to gather data on specialized processes and controlled experiments; experience in custom-built equipment and improving processes
Current Organization	Rexene Employee Association
Type of Organization	Association
Major Product	Develop a management team that will be focused on building a team that will be instrumental in building a new organization that is customer oriented; Assist in the providing assistance in the staffing process; Keep the lines communication flowing between all interested parties//// Providing an association of employees from the Chairman to the lowest paid employee, to facilitate employee ownership, to provide customer assurance, to provide a purchasing organization, to own stock, to act as trustee of the ESOP, to do community relations and charitable work in surrounding community, recreation opportunities, property ownership, grant seeking and child care for workers
Area of Distribution	National
Honors & Awards	Internal awards; Military service-Reservist USMCR (Active and Reserve, honorable discharged as EG Staff Sgt.), Heavy Junk Mechanic, Communications and Com Chief
Published Works	Proprietary internal
Affiliations	West Texas Astronomers; Elder, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Hobbies & Sports	Fishing, hunting
Career Accomplishments	Technical experience includes product development, technical support and research, pilot plant distillations, dimethyl succinyl succinate process operator, esterification process operator; Mechanical experience includes cross trained in the research division-the maintenance, pilot plant, analytical, polymer processing and R&D shift work; Analytical experience includes extensive knowledge in using lab equipment for measuring MFI, color, torque and physical properties of polymers
Work History	Mechanics Helper, Odessa Aero, TX; Parts Man, Ector Aircraft and Vroman Aviation, TX; Avionics Installer, Mooney Southwest/Aquila, TX; Senior Research Specialist, Flint Hills Resources, TX
Children	Matthew D., Lara Jean, Karri Lynn
Spouse	Leona Jean (Jeanie) Rybolt
Married	September 25, 1975
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