Associated Builders and Contractors’ board of directors elected Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., to serve as the 2020 ABC national chair during the association’s annual Leadership Institute. Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., was elected chair-elect and Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, was elected secretary.
Members of ABC’s 2020 executive committee, who will take office Jan. 1:
- Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., Winter Garden, Florida, chair
- Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., Kaukauna, Wisconsin, chair-elect
- Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, State College, Pennsylvania, secretary and Northeast region vice chair
- Larry May, CPA, CVA, partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Jackson, Mississippi, treasurer
- Tony Rader, telecom vice president, National Roofing Partners, Coppell, Texas, immediate past chair
- Milton Graugnard, executive vice president, Cajun Industries LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, South Central region vice chair
- Robert “Buddy” C. Henley, president, Henley Construction Co. Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic region vice chair
- Diane Koester-Byron, founder and owner, I.E.-Pacific Inc., Escondido, California, Pacific region vice chair
- Brendan McAndrews, chief operations officer and co-owner, Rivercity Glass, dba McAndrews Glass, Cincinnati, Mid-America region vice chair
- David Pugh, partner, Bradley, Birmingham, Alabama, Southeast region vice chair
- Sandra Roche, vice president and general counsel, Roche Constructors Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Mountain West region vice chair
- Calvin Williams, president and CEO, Construction Contracting Services Inc., Lansing, Illinois, Midwest region vice chair
- Brian Sampson, president, ABC Empire State Chapter, chapter presidents’ liaison
- Michael Bellaman, ABC National, president and CEO
May, Pugh, Williams and Sampson are new members of the ABC executive committee.