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Published on: 2/1/2009
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"We are in challenging times economically, but we know the networking and services that NCMA provides - along with our extensive partnering with other concrete industry associations - will help our members and association ride out the storm," affirms 2009 National Concrete Masonry Association Chairman Mike Finch, who is president of Lemon Grove, Calif.-based RCP Block & Brick, Inc.
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Finch will be working with new leadership at the association's helm, since the board in 2008 elected long-time NCMA staffer - and former vice president of engineering - Bob Thomas to the post of president.
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Thomas' stint as interim president, which began June 1, culminated in his selection by the search committee led by Finch.
"Bob provides the necessary leadership to address both future challenges and opportunities for the association and the concrete masonry and hardscapes industry," Finch asserts.
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Finch sees partnering with other concrete associations as a way of optimizing NCMA's influence to obtain long-standing goals.
"Whether we are partnering on trade shows or legislative conferences, we can create synergies with other associations to leverage our limited resources to their full potential," he tells Concrete Products.
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"The sustainability issue has been very important to masonry," Mike Finch observes.
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Following Marvin Finch's death in 1998, company management fell to his sons, Mike and Tom Finch; daughters Kathy Finch Olsen and Sharon Finch Regano; brothers Chuck Dick Finch; and, partner, Gene Chubb.
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MIKE FINCH
President
RCP Block & Brick, Inc.
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"We will be putting on a good event that will showcase the industry," 2009 NCMA Chairman Mike Finch affirms.