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 38 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. Domino serves on many boards, including the LSU Electrical and
Computer Engineering Advisory Council, the Beaumont Economic Development
Foundation, the Foundation for Southeast Texas, Partnership of Southeast
Texas, Boy Scouts of America Three Rivers Council, Julie Rogers Gift of Life,
Lamar University College of Engineering Advisory Council, the Rotary Club of
Beaumont, the Knights of Columbus Council, the Christus Health Foundation,
Lamar University Foundation, Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, the Southeast
Texas Emergency Relief Fund, the Golden Triangle Minority Business Council,
and the Symphony of Southeast Texas.
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, the United Way of Beaumont and North
Jefferson County 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.
Domino was named 2008 Executive of the Year by the Sales and Marketing
Executive Club of Southeast Texas.
Updated 7/08
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