President And CEO Of Goodwill Houston Named To Goodwill Industries International Board Of Directors

Steve Lufburrow to Serve Three-Year Board Term

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Sep 01, 2015, 08:00 ET

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Goodwill Industries International board of directors has named Steve Lufburrow, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Houston, to serve a three-year term on the Goodwill Industries International board. The appointment was announced at Goodwill's recent Delegate Assembly held in San Diego, CA.

In addition to serving as president and CEO of Goodwill Houston, Lufburrow also serves as executive director of the Goodwill Industries of Houston Foundation. He has been with Goodwill since 1981.

Lufburrow has also served as a board member of the Galleria Chamber of Commerce, a vice president of the Houston Club board of directors, president of the Rotary Club of Houston, president of the Texas Association of Goodwills, and president of the Rotary Club of Houston Foundation. He is a current member of the executive committee of the board of directors for the Better Business Bureau and is a member of the Houston Club board of governors.

"In addition to lengthy experience serving on the boards of some impressive organizations, Steve is also a longtime Goodwill executive. He knows the Goodwill mission and I look forward to him being an influential and active member of the board for the next several years," said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International.

Among the many awards and recognitions he has received for his work are the Paul Harris Fellow award from the Rotary Club and the Citation of Merit award from his alma mater, Southwestern University. In 2014, he received the highest honor given to a Goodwill CEO, the Kenneth K. King Management Award for Executive Excellence.

Lufburrow and his wife, Joan, have been married for 34 years and have two sons and two granddaughters. He is also a singer and drummer in a classic rock and Motown band, Twist & Shout, as well as a performer in the Christian Praise Band, Encounter. His hobbies include motorcycle cross-country touring.

About Goodwill Industries International
Goodwill Industries International is a network of 165 community-based agencies in the United States and Canada with a presence in 14 other countries. Goodwill is one of America's top 20 most inspiring companies (Forbes, 2014). Goodwill agencies are innovative and sustainable social enterprises that fund job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs by selling donated clothing and household items in more than 3,000 stores and online at shopgoodwill.com^®. Local Goodwill agencies also build revenue and create jobs by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including packaging and assembly, food services preparation, and document imaging and shredding. In 2014, more than 426,000 people in the United States and Canada used Goodwill's intensive one-on-one career services to prepare for employment. In addition, more than 24 million people used computers and mobile devices to access Goodwill education, training, mentoring and online learning services to strengthen their skills. To learn more, visit goodwill.org.

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