Jerry Gantt of Houston, Texas, is currently serving his seventh year as a member of the Boards of Directors for Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children®. Gantt was elected Imperial Assistant Rabban, part of the 13-member body that helps govern the Shriners fraternity, during the Shriners’ 2012 Imperial Council Session – held in Charlotte July 1-5.
 

Born in Gastonia, N.C., Gantt attended Wingate College in Wingate, N.C. He then joined the United States Marine Corps., where he became an air traffic controller. He is now President of Piedmont Contractors, Inc., a commercial general contractor in Houston, Texas.
 

Raised a Master Mason at Cherryville Lodge #505, Gantt joined Oasis Shriners in Charlotte, N.C., in 1972. He is a member of the York Rite, Grotto and was honored with the 33rd Degree of the Scottish Rite. Gantt joined Arabia Shriners in 1980, where he held numerous offices, including chairman of the Five-year Planning Committee and Potentate in 2002. He is an honorary member of the DeMolay Legion of Honor. Gantt is a chairman emeritus of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Houston Board of Governors and has served at the Imperial level as Outer Guard Aide, Captain of the Guard Aide, Imperial Marshal Aide and member of the Imperial Dispensations and
Charters Committee. During his years as a member of the Boards of Directors, he has served on a number of committees, including Building and Equipment, Information Systems, Public Relations, Salary, Personnel and Retirement, Corporate Compliance, Education Seminars and Budget. In addition, he has served as Liaison Officer to the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia, Houston, Cincinnati, Montreal and Galveston.
 

Gantt is a past chairman of the board of deacons at Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church. In his community, Gantt and his wife, Lisa, enjoy the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, in which they are life-members and Gantt is an active committeeman.