The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is proud to announce three new members to its executive committee and four new members to its board. Their collected experience and leadership will continue and expand MCA’s role and vision for the development in the metal construction industry.
Apr 13, 2020
CHICAGO, IL – April 13, 2020 – The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is proud to announce three new members to its executive committee and four new members to its board. Their collected experience and leadership will continue and expand MCA’s role and vision for the development in the metal construction industry. MCA is honored to be served by the following members.
James Bush will serve as chairman of the executive committee. He is the director of sales and marketing for ATAS International, Inc. Bush has previously served as the chairperson of the MCA retrofit council, MCA roofing certification committee and as the past organizer and leader of the demonstration area at METALCON, the industry's major trade show. He was inducted into the Metal Construction News Hall of Fame in 2014.
“We are facing new challenges in our industry from building codes to market development,” Bush says. “But with new challenges come new opportunities. MCA’s work in technical research, work on codes and standards and marketing, position the organization and its members at the forefront of the metal building industry.”
Joining Bush on the Executive Committee are new Chairman-Elect/Treasurer Bryan Partyka of Drexel Metals and new Secretary JB Wissman, with Dimensional Metals, Inc.
The three join current executive committee members: Past Chairman Ed Karper of Dura Coat, Technical Committee Chairman David Stermer of Metal Sales, Market Development Committee Chairman, Dave Durham of U.S. Steel, and Governance Committee Vice Chairman Dick Bus of ATAS International, Inc.
In addition, the board also welcomes new directors Michael Beck of Accurate Perforating CO, Chandler Barden of Cidan Machinery, Miguel Pena of GSSI Sealants, Inc., and Brian Jaks of Green Span Profiles.
They will join current directors Bill Hartford of Sherwin-Williams, John Paul Lawrence of Modern Trade Comm, Inc., Scott Moffat of PPG Industries, Inc., Zeke Miller of Miller Clapperton, and Cindy DeBellis of SFS Group USA, Inc..
MCA member companies benefit from participation in association activities and connections among suppliers and industry leaders in research, codes and standards, market development, and technical programs. The association works to increase the use of metal materials in construction by educating the building and design communities about the benefits of metal.
For more information about membership, email visit www.metalconstruction.org.
About the Metal Construction Association
The Metal Construction Association brings together a diverse industry for the purpose of expanding the use of metal in construction through marketing, research, technology and education. Companies involved in MCA gain tremendous benefit from association activities that focus on research, codes and standards, market development, and technical programs. MCA’s market development efforts increase the use of metal materials in construction through the education of the building and design communities about the benefits of metal.