After forty years with the Port of Beaumont, Deputy Port Director Bill Carpenter will retire in January 2019. Bill was hired in September 1978 as the office manager for the Operations Department. Soon after, he was promoted to dock superintendent, followed by operations manager and later to director of operations before being named deputy port director in 2002.
Bill has played an integral role in the success the Port has realized over the last four decades and many of the economically significant, job-creating projects the Port has completed over the years were spearheaded by his efforts.
