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NCCER Announces 2009 Board of Trustees

January 29, 2009 – The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), Gainesville, Fla., has elected Rick Graves, senior vice president of operations of Fluor Enterprises Inc., Dallas, Texas, as its 2009 board of trustees chairman. Graves will succeed Steve Halverson, president of The Haskell Company, Jacksonville, Fla. Carole Bionda, vice president of legal and personnel, NOVA Group, Napa, Calif., will serve as the 2009 NCCER vice chairman.

NCCER’s board of trustees consists of representatives from contributing contractors, owners, and NCCER partnering associations. All trustees are recognized for their expertise in construction or construction-related issues and serve a one- to three-year term.

Additional 2009 board of trustees members include the following: Alan Burton, Cianbro Corporation; Keith Byrom, Precision Resources; Ed Cassady, BE&K; Wayne Crew, Construction Industry Institute; Ivan Crossland, Crossland Construction; Tim Ely, Beacon Electric Company; John Gaylor, Gaylor
Inc.; Jerry Gorski, Gorski Engineering; Ray Issa, University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction; Andy Johnson, KBR; Andy Jones, Shell Downstream Inc.; James Jordan, MEDCO; Walter Lisiewski, Jacobs Field Services North America Inc.; Carl McColey, DuPont; David Mielke, M.W. Mielke Inc.; Chip Reid, Current Builders; Gerry Sprentall, Intel; and Jonathan Yarbrough, ExxonMobil.



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