Association Excellence

Following headquarters and IT systems modernization in 2020, volunteer leaders and professional staff dedicated themselves in 2021 to modernizing association governance. Most notably, the Governance Task Force, convened in late 2020, blazed the path toward engaging the Board and members. Their efforts bore fruit when, in successive turns, the Board unanimously supported the task force’s recommendations, the membership overwhelmingly voted in favor of revised bylaws in October, and the Executive Committee formally approved them in November. The revised bylaws took effect January 1, 2022, establishing a roadmap for engagement at national and regional levels as the industry works to implement infrastructure legislation.

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Primarily, the revised bylaws modernize the association’s leadership structure in two distinct ways to generate more input and impact. These include:

Streamlining NAPA’s Board of Directors, capping it at 30 members (down from a high of 80 at times), which sets national strategy for the industry and performs oversight and fiduciary duties for the association.
Establishing an Advisory Council comprised of four geographic regions – Northeast, Southeast, North Central, and West – that will feed emerging and important issues to the national body, while supporting national efforts at the regional and local level.

These updates empower members and leaders through engagement opportunities and representation, generate greater focus through understanding of key initiatives and industry priorities, encourage grassroots execution through regional leadership, create alignment with State Asphalt Pavement Association (SAPA) partners, and reveal a transparent pathway to association leadership.

“The new Board is going to be able to move in a more nimble way and have more succinct conversations about challenges in our industry. I’m really excited about the two-way conversation between the Board and the four new regions, and their opportunity to influence and impact national issues on a regional level.”

Jim Mitchell, Governance Task Force Chair and 2022 Chairman of the Board

Get to know Jim in the January/February 2022 issue of Asphalt Pavement magazine.

STAFFING UPDATES

To align with the revised bylaws and further advance a national strategy, NAPA enacted several staffing updates:

Ester Magorka is now Senior Vice President, Industry Promotion & Membership
Amy Miller is now Vice President, Member & Industry Alliances and National Director, Asphalt Pavement Alliance
Ashley N. Jackson is now Senior Director, Government Affairs & Political Action Committee

Kelly Kanaras is now Director, Industry Promotion
Michelle Kirk is now Manager, Alliances & Awards
Ebony (Ealey) Curry is now Administrative Assistant & Diamond Coordinator

OUR MISSION

TO ADVOCATE, ADVANCE, AND SUPPORT THE
ASPHALT PAVEMENT INDUSTRY.

OUR VISION

ASPHALT PAVEMENT’S QUALITY AND VALUE PAVE THE
WAY FOR ENHANCED MOBILITY AND A SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

2021 NATIONAL OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN

James M. Winford,
Jr., PhD, PE
Prairie Contractors
LLC
FIRST VICE
CHAIRMAN

James A. Mitchell
Superior Paving Corp.
SECOND VICE
CHAIRMAN

Christian
Zimmermann
CRH Americas
Materials Inc.
(New Hampshire)
THIRD VICE
CHAIRMAN

Brady D. Meldrem
Norris Asphalt Paving
Co.
SECRETARY

Patrick L. Nelson
Lehman-Roberts Co.
TREASURER

Robert Doucet
Colas Inc.

2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Stanley G. Bass, Vulcan Materials Co.
Kurt Bechthold, Payne & Dolan Inc., a Walbec Group Co.
Jason C. Duininck, Duininck Inc. (Minnesota)
Brian Endres, Payne & Dolan Inc., a Walbec Group Co.
Dan Gallagher, Gallagher Asphalt Corp. (Illinois)
John L. Harper, Wiregrass Construction Co. Inc.
John J. Keating, CRH Americas Materials Inc.
Kevin Kelly, Walsh & Kelly Inc.
Jay Lemon, Haskell Lemon Construction Co.
Brad Oneglia, O&G Industries Inc. (Connecticut)
John Quade, Knife River Corp.
Ronald A. Sines, CRH Americas Materials Inc.
Steven M. Warren, Warren Paving Inc.
David White, Superior Paving Corp. (Virginia)
Peter A. Wilson, Barriere Construction, A CRH Co.
Audrey Copeland, NAPA President & CEO

Brett Armstrong, Wiregrass Construction Co. Inc., a Construction Partners Inc. Co. (Alabama)
Bruce Barkevich, Chair, State Asphalt Pavement Associations
Ralph Barnes, Adcamp Inc. (Mississippi)
Mike Barry, Palmer Paving Corp. (Massachusetts)
Jason Bowes, Bowes Construction Inc. (South Dakota)
Jeromy Castro, Grace Pacific LLC (Hawaii)
Glenn Chambers, Vulcan Materials Co. (Tennessee)
Willie Crane, West Virginia Paving, A CRH Co. (West Virginia)
Scott Davis, Schmidt Construction (Colorado)
Chris Doan, Knife River Corp., Central Oregon Division (Oregon)
Dustin Everson, Narragansett Improvement Co. (Rhode Island)
Craig Fabrizio, Staker Parson Cos., A CRH Co. (Utah)
Scott Fant, Sloan Construction (South Carolina)
David Gent, Washington Asphalt Pavement Association
Brent Gerken, Gerken Materials Inc. (Ohio)
Tim Gorman, Rogers Group Inc. (Arkansas)
Steve Hackworth, D&J Construction Co. Inc. (Louisiana)
Vince Hafeli, Ajax Paving Industries of Florida LLC (Florida)
Curtis Hall, Allan Myers (Delaware)
Allen Hendricks, Blythe Construction, a division of Eurovia USA (North Carolina)
Chris Hobby, Hanson Aggregates West Region
Jerrold Johnson, Hawaiian Rock Products (Guam)
Stephen Kennedy, Rock Road Cos. Inc. (Wisconsin)
Bryce Kidd, K. Barnett & Sons Inc. (New Mexico)
James Klett, Klett Construction, A CRH Co. (Michigan)
Peter Kochek, Weldon Materials Inc., Weldon Asphalt Division (New Jersey)
Rodney Lane, Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC
Andrea Latham, Vice Chair, Associate Member Council
Rob Lauer, Hall Brothers Inc. (Kansas)
Mike Law, Scotty’s Contracting and Stone LLC (Kentucky)
Mike Lee, Lakeside Industries Inc. (Washington)
Tony Limas, Granite Construction Co. (California)
Owen McCormick, Joseph McCormick Construction Co. Inc. (Pennsylvania)
Kevin Monaco, Vice Chair, State Asphalt Pavement Associations
Craig Parker, Silver Star Construction Co.
CJ Potts, Milestone Contractors LP (Indiana)
Jordan Reed, George Reed, Inc. (California)
James Richards, Granite Construction Co.
John Romanowski, Jas. W. Glover Ltd. (Hawaii)
Albert Schlather, Colorado Materials Ltd. (Texas)
William Schmitz, Gernatt Asphalt Products Inc. (New York)
Rob Scrivener, Reliable Contracting Co. Inc. (Maryland)
Garrett Sharp, Cummins Construction (Oklahoma)
Paula Shuford, Chair, Associate Member Council
Dan Thompson, Border States Paving Inc. (North Dakota)
Marty Thurman, Granite Construction Co. (Alaska)
Pat Weaver, Solterra Materials (Arizona)
Chip Whitcomb, Vermont Blacktop Corp. (Vermont)
Tim Wilson, JOB Construction Co. (Oklahoma)
Ryan Yoch, Martin Marietta

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STAFF HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS

In February, Ester Magorka earned ASAE’s Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential, furthering her education and signifying her commitment to association management.

In May, Richard Willis was elected Chair of the newly formed Consortium for Asphalt Pavement Research and Implementation (CAPRI) at NCAT. As Chair of CAPRI, he will seek input from stakeholder groups (contractors, associations, agencies, suppliers, consultants, academia) to set priorities for future research needs and develop consensus recommendations on technical issues related to asphalt pavement materials test methods and construction specifications. CAPRI will also identify national priority research and implementation needs for tomorrow’s asphalt pavements.

In June, Audrey Copeland was appointed to the Advisory Council for Engineering at her alma mater, Tennessee Tech, where students are eligible for the Wayne Evans Asphalt Industry Scholarship administered by NAPAREF. Audrey said she was motivated to “give back and further contribute to Tech.” Her appointment was one of five women joining the council, aiming to strengthen its expertise and diversity.

In August, Stephanie Millard completed a bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Also in August, Kasey Witt completed SHRM’s Veterans at Work Certificate program and was selected as one of 250 USAA/SHRM Foundation Veteran Ambassadors.

MEDIA HIGHLIGHT Episode 17

LOOKING BEYOND THE PAVEMENT

Audrey Copeland joined the Illinois Center for Transportation in October to talk about industry priorities and innovation on The Drive Forward Podcast.

The Drive Forward Podcast