Donnie grew up in Tallulah, LA. He graduated with a BS in
Construction Management from the University of Louisiana – Monroe in
1983 when it was still known as Northeast LA University. He went to
work for Stolte after graduating. He purchased Panel Truss in May 1988.
He has been married to Kathy Powers since 1993. He is the proud
father of two children. Daughter, Hillary, was married in 2017 and is
at Texas Tech Medical School. Son, Lawson, graduated from LSU and is
now a Structural Engineering Graduate Student at LSU.
Donnie’s primary interest is manufacturing outstanding truss
products, but outside of that he enjoys racing dirt track cars,
hunting, fishing, “geauxing” for the LSU Tigers and charitable endeavors.