Happy new year and welcome to the first COVIDCalls of 2021!
Today I have on my father Steve Knowles, a fourth generation Texan, who was born and raised in Odessa, Texas, which is the hub of the oil industry in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Steve received his BBA degree in marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from the University of Texas at Permian Basin. He earned his Professional in Human Resources Management certification and was an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development. His career was essentially as a Human Resources professional that included stints with retail, manufacturing, health care, oil field services and banking over 40 plus years. Steve is a past president of the Austin Human Resource Management Association and a past vice chair of the Austin Human Rights Commission.
He retired from the Farm Credit Bank of Texas as the Vice President of Human Resource Management for this multi-billion dollar cooperative banking operation based in Austin, Texas with offices in Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Prior to retirement, Steve and his wife, Harriet, relocated to the Sun City community inside the city limits of Georgetown, Texas. He has five children, five grandchildren (and another one on the way). He plays golf, reads, walks, and focuses on staying linked with family and friends throughout the pandemic. He is an avid Texas Longhorns’ fan.