2016-2018 NCMCA Officers Elected

Words: Danks Burton, Doug Burton, Kent Huntley, Brandon Hartsell, Don Caldwell, Bob Gates, Ashlee MooreAt 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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