C. Jim Stewart, III
C. Jim "Jimmy" Stewart, III was appointed to the METRO Board of Directors by the mayors of the 14 Multi-Cities in the METRO service area in April 2004.
A fourth-generation native Houstonian, Stewart's great-grandfather was C. Jim Stewart, who co-founded in 1902 C. Jim Stewart & Stevenson. The company began as a blacksmith shop on the site of Minute Maid Park and has grown into a billion-dollar international concern.
Stewart joined the company in 1972 after graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Christian University. He has considerable experience in the manufacturing of buses, starting and managing the Bus Manufacturing Division. He retired in 2003 as executive vice president of marketing, and was a treasurer of its board of directors.
A member and chair of numerous not-for-profit boards, he also served his community in public office. He was founder and first chairman of the Strake Jesuit Alumni Association, and founder and first chairman of the Spring Branch Independent School District Education Foundation, which named its annual golf tournament benefit in his honor.
Stewart served as police commissioner in his local community of Piney Point Village and worked closely with the Memorial Villages Police Department. He later served two terms as mayor of Piney Point Village.
He has been involved with the local chapter of the March of Dimes, for nearly 20 years as chair of the local board of directors and founding chair of the State of Texas board. In 2002, he was honored as the National Volunteer of the Year in Washington D. C.
He chaired the Advisory Board of the local Houston Can Academy and is an active member of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, serving on the Corporate Development Committee, which is committed to raising scholarship funds.
He has served on the Arthritis Board and the National Kidney Foundation Board, the Board of Directors of Interfaith Charities. He and his wife Marti have two married sons and four grandchildren.
Stewart came out of retirement in September 2006 when he purchased an existing oilfield electric service company, Supreme Electrical Services Inc., where he serves as its president.
