2016-2018 NCMCA Officers Elected

Words: Lynn NashAt the NCMCA Annual Business Meeting at the Omni Homestead Resort Convention, delegates elected new Association officers for the 2016-2018 term.

Pictured left to right, Kent Huntley, CME, Huntley Brothers Company, Monroe, President-Elect; Bob Gates, CME, Gates Construction Company, Mooresville, President; Ashlee K. Moore, CMP, Koontz Masonry, Lexington, NC, Chairman; and Danks Burton, CME, Pinnacle Masonry, Cary, Secretary-Treasurer.

Not pictured, Eastern Regional Vice President Doug Burton, CME, Whitman Masonry, Raleigh; Central Region Vice President Brandon Hartsell, CMP, Gates Construction Company, Mooresville; and Don Caldwell, C & R Masonry, Candler.
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