Cindy Thyfault

Cindy Thyfault has over 20 years business experience in development, management and funding  of agricultural value-added manufacturing projects, bioenergy projects, residential and industrial construction, building products, and consumer goods. 

She organized Westar Trade Resources in 1994 to develop new businesses, both domestically and internationally, and provide consulting services to companies from start-up through expansion.  She has assisted companies with obtaining over $37 million in grants, including a $33 million DOE award to Alico, Inc, of LaBelle Florida for a cellulosic ethanol plant.  She also has assisted her clients to obtain millions in financing through the use of USDA loan guarantees.

Westar Trade Resources has broadened resources and research work internationally to other countries and cultures and has arranged and hosted agricultural trade missions for delegates from Mexico, Mongolia, Korea, France and China.

Ms. Thyfault received her bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis on international business and marketing from West Texas A & M University, Canyon, Texas and has completed course work toward an MBA degree.

Ms. Thyfault has served as a member of the Business Council of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce from 1996-2001, and served on the Global Business Sub-Committee from 2001-2004.  She also served on the West Texas District Export Council, a volunteer organization assisting development of international trade as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, as well as serving as Vice President for the West Texas Small Business Center Advisory Committee, from 2005-2007.  She has also served as a member of the Application Vetting Committee, West Texas Coalition for Innovation and Commercialization, Lubbock, Texas, from 2006-2007.

She currently serves on the North Texas District Export Council, a volunteer organization assisting development of international trade as part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, as well as serving as a member of the Texas Governor’s Bio-Energy Strategy Committee, the Application Vetting Committee, North Texas Coalition for Innovation and Commercialization, Dallas, Texas, as Chairman of the Sustainable Technologies Committee for the Greater Dallas Chamber, and as a member of the 25 x ’25 Texas Steering Committee.  Other board member positions currently include the American Society for Preservation of Affordable Housing, Jackson, MS; Walking in Freedom Ministries, Lubbock, TX; and Life Purpose Coaching Centers International, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.

Ms. Thyfault is also an accomplished speaker and has given presentations on value-added agricultural development and bio-energy topics at the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Conference, 2007; West Texas District Export Council Seminar, Midland, TX, 2006; Texas Tech University Center for Public Service Conference, Lubbock, TX, 2006; Bi-energy Texas Conference, 2006; and the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association Conference, 2006.  She is also the author of “Responsibility of the Reign:  Kings and Queens in the Body of Christ,” 2006.