FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Janet L. Stoner was born in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 1948.
She graduated from Florida State University with a
Bachelor of Science in physical education in 1970 and a
Master of Science in mathematics in 1972.
Before joining Texaco Inc. in 1974 as an engineer’s
assistant in New Orleans, she was a classroom teacher in
Virginia and Florida. While at Texaco, she was named
petroleum engineer in 1977.
Janet L. Stoner
Donor Stewardship
Trusteeship
Tallahassee, Fla.
She progressed through operations management with
responsibilities in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea,
Latin America and West Africa. Stoner was elected vice
president of Texaco Inc. in 1997, with responsibility for
worldwide human resources policies and programs.
After being the first woman appointed to the Executive
Committee of Texaco Inc. in 1998, she continued to
serve the corporation through the Chevron-Texaco
merger in 2001. After the merger, she retired to
Tallahassee, where she currently lives.
Stoner has reconnected with Florida State through the
Arts and Sciences Council, Heritage Protocol, The
Women for FSU initiative and women’s athletics. She
also has served on the board of the Refuge House, an
organization dedicated to the prevention of and education
about domestic and sexual violence.