John Kessler for Conroe City Council Place 4

Director, Conroe Industrial Development Corporation

Conroe, TX, Dec 2025 - present

Vice President, Montgomery County Municipal Utility District 94,

Dec 2020- Dec 2024

President & Owner, Vanward Solutions, LLC, Spring, TX, 2014-2021

Executive Director, Lone Star Veterans Association, Houston, TX, July 2013 - June 2014

Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army, 1984-2013

Texas A&M University - Mays Business School

Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA)

Cum Laude - Class of 2016

Signa Engineering - Houston, Texas

Graduate of the "Fundamentals of Petroleum for Gas and Oil Executives" course

Excelsior College - Albany, NY, Bachelor of Science Degree - Magna Cum Laude

U. S. Army Executive Leader Courses

Capstone Course - U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, TX, Magna Cum Laude

Pre-Command Course for Battalion and Brigade Leaders - Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

Citizens Academy Alumni Association - Conroe, Texas 2025 - Present

Aggies Helping Others - Houston, Texas

2016 - Present

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston Texas 2014 - Present

Graduation Commencement Speaker

Texas A&M University, Mays Business School

Reed Stadium, 2016

Speaker of the Year

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

2016

Kentucky Colonel

2009

National Leadership Award

Association of the United States Army (AUSA)

1996 and 2008

Glenn E. Morrell Award for Superior Recruiting Excellence

U.S. Army, 2007

Reserve Deputy of the Year with Meritorious Achievement Award for Bravery

Wasco County, OR, 1996