2023 Texas Rice Festival President

Justin Devillier

2023 Texas Rice Festival President, Justin Devillier

The 2023 Texas Rice Festival President is Justin Devillier. He is a lifelong Winnie resident and a 2008 graduate of East Chambers High School. During his senior year of high school is when he became a member of the Stage Crew committee of the Texas Rice Festival. Being involved with the festival is a passion Justin has held from a young age, and once he became a committee member he always had the goal of working his way up the ranks to eventually become the President. 

Justin’s family has been farming rice in Winnie since the 1920s so naturally he grew up as a young boy running around the farm with his pawpaw Larry, spending many days riding around in the tractor preparing the fields and in the combine harvesting rice. Throughout high school he spent the summers working in the rice fields for his family. After graduating college, he accepted a job with Kinder Morgan Pipeline where he has worked for the past 13 years. But if you know Justin, then you know his true passion lies in the outdoors where he spends countless hours every single year hunting and fishing.

Justin considers it an honor to be able to serve as the 2023 President. He would like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers that spend countless hours to make the festival a success, without you none of this would be possible.  Please come out and enjoy the 2023 Texas Rice Festival!