All committee and task force appointments are made by NRCA’s chairman of the board. Committees and task forces are at the heart of NRCA activity and typically meet twice per year during NRCA’s Midyear and Fall Committee meetings.
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Committee Members
Alison LaValley, Staff Liaison
Objective
Select an individual who has given distinguished service to the association and/or industry for NRCA’s J.A. Piper Award. A suitably inscribed plaque will be presented to the individual during NRCA’s annual convention.
Committee Members
McKay Daniels, Staff Liaison
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See that NRCA’s financial records are properly maintained and an annual audit of the records is performed. Develop and maintain a sound fiscal position for the association. Work with staff to develop an operational budget for the fiscal year. Meet at least twice annually to ensure budget objectives are being met.
Committee Members
McKay Daniels and Vesna Nikolic, Staff Liaisons
Objective
Provide oversight for and direction to NRCA’s operation of the CERTA program. Review and continue to monitor the CERTA program to assure it is current and up to date. Periodically meet with MRCA to assure the CERTA program is being conducted consistent with the current MRCA/NRCA CERTA agreement.
Committee Members
Amy Staska, Staff Liaison
Objective
Engage and collaborate with national workforce development partners to expand the roofing industry’s footprint in the career and technical education community by establishing roofing as a core curriculum. Assist members in addressing workforce shortages by developing industry-specific worker recruitment tools and grow the roofing industry’s future workforce by promoting roofing as a desirable career path to young adults, parents, educators and other key influencers.
Committee Members
John Esbenshade, Staff Liaison
Objective
Create and promote a community within NRCA’s membership focused on diversity + inclusion topics; help identify and implement ideas to better engage underrepresented groups; and work to increase NRCA membership and involvement with them.
Committee Members
Judy Perez and Jorge Rivera, Staff Liaisons
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Oversee all aspects of the execution and future development of the Future Executives Institute and related program offerings, ensuring support of NRCA University’s brand.
Committee Members
Janice Davis, Jared Ribble, and Tom Shanahan, Staff Liaisons
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Advise NRCA leadership on global opportunities and challenges in alignment with NRCA's strategic plan.
Committee Members
Jessica Priske, Staff Liaison
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Monitor the activities of the federal government, particularly proposed and enacted legislation and regulations. Assess the resulting effect on the roofing industry and regularly communicate with NRCA members and affiliates about issues of importance. Adopt positions regarding government activities having a national effect on the roofing industry and, with final approval of the NRCA chairman of the board, present the positions to the appropriate governmental bodies. Investigate and implement methods to increase member awareness and interest in the legislative process and assist in the activities of regulatory task forces.
Committee Members
Duane Musser, Staff Liaison
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To assist the industry in the development of a culture of safety fostered by management leadership and embraced by workers with the goal of keeping roofing workers safe from the moment they leave home until they return from work. The committee’s focus is to provide members with tools to proactively resolve safety issues and engrain in company workers the principle that the safe approach to work must always be the only approach.
Committee Members
Cheryl Ambrose and Rich Trewyn, Staff Liaisons
Objective
To develop a membership structure to attract and engage those in the roofing industry who speak Spanish. The effort would include a new membership category (or categories) featuring lower-dues amounts, Spanish-language outreach, engagement and resources - along with potentially unique offerings (such as, local councils or meet-ups) to increase engagement and camaraderie. The members could be individuals, and/or companies.
Committee Members
Jeff Jarvis, Staff Liaison
Objective
Provide a vehicle for input to the NRCA leadership from representatives from the roofing manufacturing and distributing communities and provide NRCA leaders the opportunity to report about NRCA’s current programs and priorities. Make recommendations about pertinent and appropriate issues as may be requested by NRCA’s chairman of the board and Executive Committee.
Committee Members
McKay Daniels, Staff Liaison
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Develop, implement and provide oversight and direction to all NRCA- sponsored insurance programs. Continually evaluate these and other potential programs, products and services to meet the insurance-related needs of roofing contractor members. Ensure the NRCA/CNA general business insurance program is the program of choice for roofing contractors, following the strategic plan as developed by the program’s steering committee.
Committee Members
Cheryl Ambrose and Johny Hayden, Staff Liaisons
Objective
Meet with international counterparts and international affiliate organizations to develop contacts and relationships to explore opportunities for information exchanges with international delegations during the International Roofing Expo.
Committee Members
Jessica Priske, Staff Liaison
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Develop and participate in the annual roundtable event at the International Roofing Expo.® Also, create topics for attendees to discuss during the roundtable event, as well as serve as facilitators and/or panelists.
Committee Members
Paul Gerwen and Ambika Reid, Staff Liaisons
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In conjunction with NRCA’s Technical Operations Committee, carry out a plan for revising and updating The NRCA Roofing Manual, maintaining its position as an up-to-date, authoritative technical resource for the roofing industry. Revise and update as necessary The NRCA Roofing Manual: Architectural Metal Flashing and Condensation and Air Leakage Control—2022 for publication as a new edition in January 2026. Develop interim updates to the 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions as needed as new technical information and guidelines become available.
Committee Members
Nicholas Gallagher and Maciek Rupar, Staff Liaisons
Objective
Develop, implement and support targeted membership programs and initiatives aimed at fostering increased membership growth, diversity and inclusion within the NRCA's membership community. Additionally, play a role in strategically guiding recruitment and retention efforts to ensure the representation and engagement of underrepresented groups within NRCA.
Committee Members
Jeff Jarvis, Staff Liaison
Objective
In accordance with the bylaws, recommend to the membership a list of individuals to serve the association as its officers and directors.
Committee Members
McKay Daniels, Staff Liaison
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Working with NRCA’s investment advisors, ensure that the investment policy for NRCA’s long-term investment fund is appropriate and recommend changes as necessary. Also, monitor and evaluate the performance of the NRCA-sponsored retirement program for member companies, and recommend ways to improve the program’s growth. At least annually, assess the performance of NRCA’s financial advisors and report that assessment to the NRCA Executive Committee.
Committee Members
McKay Daniels and Vesna Nikolic, Staff Liaisons
Objective
Advocate for and oversee the development and delivery of unique legal products and services to educate and foster relationships that enable roofing contractor members to successfully manage and respond effectively to legal, risk management and business issues, including contract language, employment law, regulatory compliance, insurance, safety, and codes and standards.
Committee Members
Amy Staska and Crystal Wukovits, Staff Liaisons
Objective
Provide oversight and direction to NRCA University, its vision, mission and brand. Monitor the progress of existing NRCA University program offerings and explore opportunities for new programs. Provide guidance, input and feedback on Training for Roof Application Careers program development.
Committee Members
Amy Staska, Staff Liaison
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Raise funds, establish fundraising goals and oversee fundraising programs for NRCA’s political action committee, ROOFPAC. Also, assist in raising “soft dollar” contributions from corporate members to help support ROOFPAC’s fundraising activities. Adjust fundraising goals and programs each election cycle (every two years) to account for current NRCA membership and the profitability of NRCA member companies. Provide oversight of ROOFPAC’s contributions to members of Congress and other candidates for federal office. Fundamentally, ROOFPAC was created to build relationships with and sustain the attention of Congress on behalf of the roofing industry.
Committee Members
Teri Dorn, Staff Liaison
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Develop policies and procedures that ensure industry certifications are sensible, defensible, consensus-based, maintain high value to all industry stakeholders, and implement strategies to drive ProCertification into the marketplace.
Committee Members
Jared Ribble, Staff Liaison
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Identify and consider issues affecting residential roofing contractors. Develop recommendations for the Executive Committee for new programs, as appropriate, to be of assistance to those contractors. Develop strategies for recruiting new residential contractors as NRCA members.
Committee Members
Bradley Martz, Staff Liaison
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Oversee the activities for Roofing Day in D.C. Work to develop position papers with affiliates and other industry groups for the members to take to the appropriate governmental bodies during Roofing Day.
Committee Members
Deborah Mazol, Staff Liaison
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In conjunction with NRCA’s Technical Operations Committee, review NRCA’s existing materials and guidance on rooftop PV installations and develop a white paper or other suitable communication piece for roofing contractors to use in explaining NRCA’s best practice guidelines for the installation of, and general consideration for, rooftop PV installations on low and steep-slope roof assemblies.
Committee Members
Glen Clapper and Nicholas Gallagher, Staff Liaisons
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Consider and determine roofing contractors’ roles in sustainability. Develop a plan on how NRCA will communicate sustainability-related information to NRCA members, the roofing industry at large and consumers.
Committee Members
Glen Clapper and Kurt Fester, Staff Liaisons
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Direct and manage NRCA’s technical activities, including NRCA technical committees and task forces. Determine contractor members’ technical needs and establish technical priorities. Recommend to NRCA’s chairman of the board the establishment of appropriate committees and task forces to meet those needs. Recommend to NRCA’s Executive Committee actions necessary to carry out NRCA’s technical programs. Oversee NRCA’s technical research projects and, where appropriate, provide reports about these projects to NRCA members. Report about significant technical developments using special reports and technical bulletins.
Committee Members
Mark Graham, Staff Liaison