Joe L. Williams was appointed a director of Friedman Industries in 2000.
Mr. Williams has been a partner since 2007 in Pozmantier, Williams & Stone Insurance Consultants, LLC. Prior to this he was President and CEO of Wisenberg Insurance + Risk Management, a large Houston insurance broker which was sold to a subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank in 2003. He was with that firm for 38 years. Mr. Williams received a Bachelor of Science degree in Government with a minor in Business Administration from Lamar University in 1968 and an MBA from the University of Houston in 1975.