Barbara Tompkins-Brown – Board Member

Barbara Tompkins-Brown graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 1980 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. She currently works part-time as a consultant after retiring from a distinguished 40-year career in Corporate America. 

Barbara began her career with Atlantic Richfield Company (Oil & Gas) in Houston as a maintenance engineer for onshore oil and gas operations.  She left ARCO in 1981 and joined E. I. Dupont where she spent the next 26 years in LaPorte, Texas and Wilmington Delaware.  Barbara held various positions with DuPont including Reliability Maintenance Engineer, Technical Service Consultant, Technical, Maintenance and Operations Managers, Supply Chain Manager, and Plant Manager. 

Barbara joined Shell Oil Company in 2007 as a Production Manager at the Deer Park, Texas facility. She accepted a Project Manager position in 2009 and transferred to Shell’s downtown Houston office.

In 2010, Barbara joined the Tagos Group as Managing Director, focused on leading process improvement projects with major corporations. She accepted a position in 2014 as Senior Vice President of Manufacturing with Corrosion Prevention Technologies/Corrosion Innovations (Owned by Tagos) where she worked until retirement in 2021.