CSDA elects 2015 officers and board of directors

The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) has announced new 2015 officers and board members, who were elected at the 43rd Annual CSDA Convention & Tech Fair, held March 31 – April 2, 2015.

Elected to serve a two-year term as President was Kevin Baron, Western Saw, Oxnard, California. Jack Sondergard, Central Concrete Cutting Inc., Edgar, Wisconsin, was elected as Vice President, and Mike Orzechowski, DITEQ Corporation, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is Secretary/Treasurer. Judith O’Day, Terra Diamond Industrial, Salt Lake City, Utah, now serves as Past President while Patrick O’Brien continues as Executive Director.

“Working with Judith as vice president for the past two years has been an honor and truly my pleasure. During this time I have seen CSDA make many exciting and significant gains. As the new President, I’m excited about the future of CSDA and I’m looking forward to working with the Board, committee chairs and the wider membership to continue growing and improving the association,” says Baron.

Six board members, whose terms expire in 2017, were elected. They are Tim Beckman, Cutting Edge Services Corp., Batavia, Ohio; Matthew Finnigan, National Concrete Cutting Inc., Milton, Washington; Dan Foley, Cobra Concrete Cutting Services Co., Arlington Heights, Illinois; Greg Lipscomb, Diamond Products Limited, Elyria, Ohio; Mike Nelson, K2 Diamond, Torrance, California and Doug Walker, Atlantic Concrete Cutting, Inc., Mount Holly, New Jersey.

Returning for the second year of their term are Paul DeAndrea, DeAndrea Coring & Sawing Inc., Henderson, Colorado; Matt Dragon, Hilti Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma; Patrick Harris, Concrete Renovation, San Antonio, Texas; Kellie Vazquez, Holes Incorporated, Houston, Texas; Kevin Warnecke, ICS Blount Inc., Portland, Oregon, and Ryan Wesselschmidt, Husqvarna Construction Products, Olathe, Kansas.

The remainder of the CSDA 2015 Board and committee meeting schedule is as follows: