of Directors Incoming President — Jason Gordon is President and CEO of Heartland Acoustics & Interiors, Inc. headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. Heartland services the entire Rocky Mountain region and has a second office in San Diego that services the Southern California region. Jason has been around the ceiling business his entire life and grew up with, his dad, Jim Gordon, who had been hanging ceilings for more than 50 years. He worked for North County Acoustics in San Diego in the early 90s and then returned to Kansas State University in 1997 to finish his degree in Construction Science and Management. After graduating from KSU in 1998 Jason started Heartland Acoustics & Interiors in the Denver area. He is a long time member of CISCA and has been active with AWCI for over 15 years. He is excited to serve on the CISCA board and looks forward to giving back to our industry. Jason and his wife Christi have a teenage daughter and a teenage son and live in Parker, Colorado. He enjoys spending time at home with his family, working on cars and projects in his garage and going camping in the mountains.
Immediate Past President— Eric Mau is President of Mau, Inc. in Mount Prospect, IL. Eric “Doc” has been in the ceiling and interiors business since 1985. After graduating from the University of Iowa in 1985 he went to work for USG in their ceiling tile division as a sales representative. He was transferred to Kansas City where he called on several current CISCA members. After moving on from USG in 1988, he went to work for a Chicago distributor, Central Acoustical Supply House. He sold specialty interior products for CASH until 1994 when he started Mau, Inc. He currently has two employees and covers the Chicagoland and Midwest region with several different specialty vendors as an Independent Manufacturers Representative. Eric and his wife Laura have two boys, their youngest, Carter attends the University of Iowa. Their oldest Charlie graduated from Iowa and is currently working in the industry. Eric and his family enjoy summers at their lake house, golf, water skiing and traveling.
Secretary-Treasurer— Patrick Oates Executive Vice President of Operations for Jacobson & Company, Inc., a contractor located in the New York metropolitan area. He is responsible for the staffing and performance of all projects as well as the company’s safety program. The son of a carpenter, Pat was always familiar with the construction world and he worked for a number of summers as an apprentice carpenter and assistant
estimator for Jacobson & Company. After graduating from Manhattan College in 1994, he began his career there as a Superintendent. Hobbies include skiing and golf. He is also an amateur musician and avid music lover. Pat lives in River Vale, New Jersey with his wife, Erin, and their three young children: Connor, Jack, and Katherine.
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