California dealers return to Vegas
The West Coast Lumber & Building Material Assocation made its way back to Las Vegas for another year of golf, networking and industry insight. From Oct. 14-15, industry professionals gathered to hear from well-respected keynoters such as the incoming chair of NLBMDA Scott Yates and sales coach Ken Wilbanks. Sean Fogarty, Osborne Lumber, Newark, Ca., was elected president. Victor Fresca, ProBuild, is 1st VP; Mark Boone, Champion Lumber, 2nd VP; Vic Hausmaninger,
CPA, treasurer; Ken Dunham, WCLBMA, corporate secretary; and Mark Ganahl, Ganahl Lumber, past president. New directors are Matt Endriss, Central Valley, St. Helena; Frank Addiego, All Bay Mill & Lumber; Brenda Radmacher, Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP; Glenda DeFrange, Straight Line Transport; and Barry Schneider, Bear Forest Products. Augie Venezia, Fairfax Lumber, is government affairs chair, and Chris Huntington, Jones Wholesale Lumber, 2nd Growth president.
WCLBMA FALL conference: [1] Brian Hurdle, Brett Bleichrodt, Kevin Paldino, Tom Von Moos. [2] Jerry Dunn, Alicia Landi. [3] Daniel Hines. [4] Adam Doss. [5] Maria Burt. [6] Barrett Burt. [7] Sean Fogarty. [8] Denise Bough. [9] Frank Addiego, Tim Dickison, Marty O’Hara. [10] Eric Johnson, Joe Morin. [11] Brian Bunt, Tom McNally. [12] Grant Pearsall.
[13] John Assman, Eric Krauter, Randy Simmons. [14] Marv Askey, Tom Couch. [15] Mike Russell. [16] Sheldon Doss. [17] Karston Vardas, Pam & Matt Petersen. [18] Jeff Tweten. [19] Danny Sosa, Kristen Lockhart. [20] Bob Levesque. [21] Mark Martinez. (More photos on next page)
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The Merchant Magazine
November 2015
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