ARTBA Elects 2007-2008 Officers. 10/16/07

ARTBA Elects 2007-2008 Officers

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Washington, D.C. [Oct. 16, 2007]—The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced today the election of its 2007-2008 officers and directors. The following individuals were elected at the association’s national convention, held Oct. 9-12 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as ARTBA officers:

Chairman

Leo Vecellio, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Vecellio Group, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Senior Vice Chairman

Charles Potts, chief executive officer, Heritage Construction & Materials, Indianapolis, Ind.

First Vice Chairman

Larry Tate, product manager, Caterpillar Inc., Decatur, Ill.

Northeastern Region Vice Chairman

Bill Cox, president, Corman Construction, Annapolis Junction, Md.

Southern Region Vice Chairman

Steve Wright, vice president, Wright Brothers Construction Co., Charleston, Tenn.

Central Region Vice Chairman

Ken Aldridge, chief executive officer, Aldridge Electric, Libertyville, Ill.

Western Region Vice Chairman

Jack Belvedere, vice president and director of highways and bridges, CH2M HILL, Oakland, Calif.

Vice Chairman At-Large

Ron DeFeo, chairman and chief executive officer, Terex Corporation, Westport, Conn.

Vice Chairman At-Large

Robert Heitmann, vice president, Zachry American Infrastructure, San Antonio, Texas

Vice Chairman At-Large

Larry Lair, vice president of Traffic Safety Systems Division, 3M, St. Paul, Minn.

Vice Chairman At-Large

Paul Yarossi, president of HNTB Holdings, Ltd., New York, N.Y.

Vice Chairman At-Large

Jim Connell, group president, Energy Absorption Systems, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

Vice Chairman At-Large

Nick Ivanoff, president and chief executive officer, Ammann and Whitney, New York, N.Y.

Treasurer

Tom Hill, chief executive, Oldcastle, Inc., Washington, D.C.

The following individuals were elected for a three-year term as ARTBA directors:

Michael Agee, government affairs and market development vice president, Rogers Group Inc., Nashville, Tenn.
Jim Ahern, president, Ahern & Associates, South Charleston, W.Va.
Foster Beach, III, executive vice president and director of marketing, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Inc., Rockville, Md.
David C. Bramble, president, David A. Bramble, Inc., Chestertown, Md.
Jack D. Bryant, president, Bryant Associates, Inc., Boston, Mass.
James D. Crowley, vice president, Quixote Transportation Safety, Chicago, Ill.
Thomas S. Elmore, president, Eutaw Construction Co., Inc., Aberdeen, Miss.
Gregory G. Henk, strategic programs manager, Carter & Burgess, Inc., Santa Ana, Calif.
Kathleen Holst, president, NES Traffic Safety, Romeoville, Ill.
Clarence LaBar, president, Empco-Lite, Elgin, Ill.
Robert C. Lanham, vice president, Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc., Houston, Texas
Robert H. Luffy, vice president, American Bridge Co., Coraopolis, Pa.
Robert L. Mabardy, executive vice president, The Middlesex Corp., Littleton, Mass.
Kent Marshall, vice president, Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif.
Richard Markwith, vice president, DMJM Harris, Atlanta, Ga.
Jan L. Menuez, president, V.O. Menuez & Sons, Inc., Millersburg, Ohio
Charles R. Norton, vice president of marketing, Trinity Industries, Inc., Centerville, Utah
Phil Oglesby, III, president, Sandusky Bay Construction Company, Inc., Norwalk, Ohio
James R. Peterson, chairman, James Peterson & Sons, Inc., Medford, Wis.
Scott W. Peterson, president, Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., Plain, Wis.
Phillip E. Russell, Texas Turnpike division director, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas
Matthew Shorb, vice president, Elderlee, Inc., and L.S. Lee., York, Pa.
Dennis J. Slater, president, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee, Wis.
W. Mark Sterling, president, The Beaver Excavating Co., Canton, Ohio
Robert D. Stevens, Ph.D., executive vice president, ARCADIS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.
R.T. Summers, president, Summers-Taylor, Inc., Elizabethton, Tenn.
Terrell W. Temple, president, Engineering Plus, Inc., Meridian, Miss.
Melissa Tooley, director, Texas Transportation Institute-University Transportation Center for Mobility, College Station, Texas.

ARTBA is the consensus voice for the U.S. transportation improvement industry in the Nation’s Capital.

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