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RCI announces 2012-2013 Board of Directors

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The 2012-2013 RCI, Inc. Board of Directors. Seated, left to right: Immediate Past President Rick Cook, 2nd Vice President Sidney Hankins, President Chip Ward, Executive Vice President & CEO James Birdsong, 1st Vice President Tom Gernetzke, and Secretary/Treasurer Jean-Guy Levaque. Standing, same order: Region I Director Peter Brooks, Region II Director Robért Hinojosa, Region V Director Jon Peat, Region IV Director David Pierce, and Region III Director Ron Erdman.
RCI elected its 2012-2013 Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of Members during the RCI 27th International Convention and Trade Show in Dallas, TX, on March 19, 2012. Board contact information may be accessed by going online at www.rci-online.org/board-of-directors.html. The following are members of the board:
  • President: Arthur P. “Chip” Ward III, AP Ward Consulting Inc.
  • First VP: Thomas M. Gernetzke, Facility Engineering Inc.
  • Second VP: Sidney I. Hankins III, Roof Design and Consulting Services Inc.
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Jean-Guy Levaque, LVM Inc.
  • Immediate Past-president: Richard L. Cook Jr., ADC Engineering Inc.
  • Executive VP & CEO: James R. Birdsong, RCI
  • Region I Director: G. Peter Brooks, Infra-red Analyzers Inc.
  • Region II Director: Robért Hinojosa, Building Engineering-Consultants Inc.
  • Region III Director: Ron Erdman, Infinity Roof Management
  • Region IV Director: David Pierce, Foothills Roof Services Inc.
  • Region V Director: Jon Peat, IRC Building Sciences Group Alberta Inc.
For more information about RCI, contact 800-828-1902 or visit the RCI Web site at: www.rci-online.org.
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