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Common Ground Alliance Board of Directors 2010

Board Officers

Vic Weston, Chair
Director, Road Builder
CGA Board Member (2001-Present)

Vic Weston is the President and CEO of Tri-State Boring, Inc. (1975-2010) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Mr. Weston is an original member of the CGA Board of Directors and currently serves as the Board Chairman.  He previously held the positions of CGA Vice Chair and Treasurer.  Mr. Weston is also a long-time member of the Associated General Contractors of America and former Treasurer of the organization.  In 2007, he was recognized as a member of the CGA Hall of Fame.


Randy Barnard, Vice Chair
Director, Gas Transmission
CGA Board Member (2008-Present)

Randy is currently Senior Vice President of Technical Services and Operations at Williams Gas Pipeline.  Mr. Barnard has over 30 years of oil and gas industry experience including roles in Exploration, Production, Operations, Engineering, Project management, Business Development and Commercial activities.  In addition to his role on the Board, he has participated on the Data Reporting & Evaluation Committee and Regional Partner Committee.    Mr. Barnard was named CGA Vice Chair in January 2010.


Nate Clark, Treasurer
Director, Equipment Manufacturing
CGA Board Member (2008-Present)

Nate Clark is the Director of Public Affairs for John Deere’s Construction & Forestry Division and John Deere Power Systems.  In this position, Mr. Clark works closely with these divisions and his colleagues in John Deere Public Affairs Worldwide to develop and pursue public policies important to John Deere, its employees, dealers and customers.  One such policy is excavation safety.  Most recently, John Deere helped sponsor “National 811 Day” on August 11, 2009 by partnering with rental companies to distribute 811 materials. 

Patti Lama, Secretary
Director, Electric
CGA Board Member (2007-Present)

Patti Lama, Manager of Contract Construction and Program Management at Portland General Electric, has 30 years of diversified electrical utility experience.  Ms. Lama has been involved in the underground facility damage prevention arena for 15 years.  She was an active participant in the legislative committee that rewrote the dig law in the state of Oregon and served on the Oregon Utility Notification Center Board for nine years.  Ms. Lama was a participant in the original “Common Ground Study” and has been an active member since CGA’s inception. 

Board Directors

Jim Barron, Past Chair
Director, Excavator
CGA Board Member (2001-2005, 2007-Present)

Jim Barron is President and Owner of Ronkin Construction, an underground utility contractor in Joppa, Maryland.  He founded Ronkin Construction in 1978.  Mr. Barron was an original member of the Steering Committee of the “Common Ground Study” and served as the CGA’s first Chairman.  He has served 14 years on the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) Board of Directors and was a member of the NUCA Executive Board for 10 of those years.  Currently, Mr. Barron is chairing a Maryland Stakeholder group that is reviewing Maryland Damage Prevention law. 


Tim Felt, Past Chair
Director, At Large
CGA Board Member (2002-Present)

Tim Felt is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline.  Mr. Felt is an active industry leader having served as past chairman and Executive Committee member of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL), past chairman of the American’s Petroleum Institute’s (API) Pipeline Committee and is a current member of the API Board of Directors.  Prior to joining Colonial, he was President and CEO of Tulsa-based Explorer Pipeline for nine years.  Mr. Felt served as Chairman of the CGA Board from 2008-2009.


Robert Fronczak
Director, Railroad
CGA Board Member (January 2010)

Robert Fronczak is currently Assistant Vice President Environment and Hazardous Materials for the Association of American Railroads (AAR).  Prior to joining AAR, Mr. Fronczak worked for HNTB, an architecture and engineering consulting firm.  At AAR, his responsibilities include the development and coordination of industry policy related to risk management and environmental and hazardous materials issues.  Mr. Fronczak previously held positions with Milwaukee Road Railroad and Radian Corporation.


Abigail Fulton
Director, At Large
CGA Board Member (2008-Present)

Abigail Fulton is Vice President of the British Columbia Construction Association, an organization representing approximately 2,000 construction firms throughout B.C.  A lawyer by profession, Ms. Fulton works with industry and government on regulatory and policy issues impacting the construction industry.  Ms. Fulton serves as Vice-Chair of the Safety Standards Appeal Board of BC and was actively involved in the development of the current Safety Standards Act and regulations.  She was also a founding member of the British Columbia Common Ground Alliance and currently sits as past Chair of the organization.


Bill Johns
Director, Engineering/Design
CGA Board Member (2004-Present)

Bill Johns has over thirty years experience as a Civil Engineer working specifically with the design and construction of pipelines and energy transportation systems.  He is the currently the Manager of the Pipeline department at SPEC Services, Inc. and is actively involved with Subsurface Utility Engineering and pipeline relocation projects.  Mr. Johns has been an active participant with the CGA Best Practices committee and Board of Directors since 2004.


J
ohn Komidar
Director, Insurance
CGA Board Member (January 2010)

John Komidar is the head of Travelers Construction and Oil & Gas Risk Control.  His career has spanned the breadth of construction safety and construction risk management.  Mr. Komidar is responsible for leading and managing a group of 120 Travelers Construction/Oil & Gas risk control specialists throughout the United States who focus their safety/risk management services on large and small contractors by providing the construction and Oil & Gas industries with customized products and tailored services. 


Don Kopczynski
Director, Gas Distribution
CGA Board Member (2009-Present)

Don Kopczynski is Vice President for Avista Corp., and Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Operations for Avista Utilities.  He began his career with Avista in 1979 as an electrical engineer, and during his tenure, he has gained broad experience in utility and energy operations.  In addition to his role on the CGA Board, Mr. Kopczynski currently serves as Vice President of the Northwest Gas Association, holds a seat on the Board for the Gas Technology Institute-Operations, and serves as Vice Chairman of the American Gas Association Operations Committee. 


Mark Macy
Director, Public Works
CGA Board Member (2005-Present)

Mark Macy is currently the Director of Engineering for the Nashville-Davidson County Department of Public Works.  He is responsible for over 2,200 miles of roads, 350 bridges and 750 signalized intersections as well as the $60 M Capital Improvements Program.  Previously, Mr. Macy worked for a large, international engineering consulting company and managed construction of communication networks primarily.  He is past Chairman of American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Utility Right-of-Way Committee and is currently President-Elect for the Tennessee Chapter of the APWA. 


J.D. Maniscalco
Director, One Call
CGA Board Member (December 2005-Present)

J.D. Maniscalco is currently in his 15th year as the Executive Director for the Utility Notification Center of Colorado (UNCC).  Under his direction, UNCC developed the nation’s first damage reporting mechanism.  Prior to his current position, Maniscalco served as UNCC’s call center manager from 1991-1994.    He is very involved in the damage prevention community, having previously served as the One Call Systems International Chair from 2002-2005 and the One Calls of America President from 2002-2003. 


Jamal Masumi
Director, Locator
CGA Board Member (2006-Present)

Jamal Masumi is President and Chief Executive Officer of UtiliQuest, a national provider of facility locating and infrastructure protection services.  Mr. Masumi is Past President of the National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA) and currently serves on the NULCA Board of Directors.  Mr. Masumi joined the CGA Board in 2006.


Diane McCarthy
Director, Telecommunications
CGA Board Member (January 2010)

Diane McCarthy is Senior Vice President of Verizon’s Network Field Operations, leading central office and technical facility operations for Verizon’s wireline network, along with special service and CPE field operations for Verizon’s wholesale and enterprise customers worldwide including underground and aerial cable systems within those markets.  Prior to 2008, Ms. McCarthy led domestic special services operations as Senior Vice President of Customer Experience responsible for Verizon’s wholesale and enterprise markets and brings over 25 years’ experience in advocating the importance and managing the impact of commitment to damage prevention from the customer perspective.  She was recently appointed 2009 Corporate Woman of the Year by Garden State Woman magazine. 


Ron McClain
Director, Oil
CGA Board Member (2009-Present)

Ron McClain currently serves as Vice President, Engineering & Operations for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners.  Prior to this position, Ron served within Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline segments and has 35 years of experience within the disciplines of communications, automation and control, compression and product measurement.  Recently, Ron created a training program within KM called Right-Of-Way College, where damage prevention personnel from across the country are trained to protect the public, employees and the environment. 


Paul Preketes, Past Chair
Director, At Large
CGA Board Member (2001-Present)

Paul Preketes was a founding director of the CGA representing the Gas stakeholder group from 2001 to 2007.  During his time on the Board, Paul has served as Chairman of the Board and Treasurer.   Paul currently serves as Chair of the Governance Committee.  Mr. Preketes retired from Consumers Energy Company in January 2009 as Senior Vice President of Energy Delivery after 36 years of service.  He was responsible for strategic planning, asset management, budgeting and engineering for the utility’s Gas and Electric transmission and distribution systems.   


Jerry Rosendahl
Director, Emergency Services
CGA Board Member (January 2010)

Jerry is the Minnesota State Fire Marshal/Director of Pipeline Safety, a position he has held since June 2004.  Before his current position, he spent 2 years as Director of Emergency Management, also within the Department of Public Safety.  Prior to joining the Department of Public Safety, he spent 27 years in the fire service, the last 13 years as Fire Chief/Fire Marshal for the City of Owatonna.  Jerry is a member of the Board of Directors for several Minnesota fire service associations as well as the National Association of State Fire Marshals.


Massoud Tahamtani
Director, State Regulator
CGA Board Member (2007-Present)

Massoud Tahamtani has worked with the Virginia State Corporation Commission since 1980.  In his current position as Director of the Division of Utility and Railroad Safety, he administers the Commission’s Railroad Safety and Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Programs.   Mr. Tahamtani is past Chair of the National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives (NAPSR), represented the States on the Federal Government’s Damage Prevention Quality Action Team and served on the Linking Team of the original “Common Ground Study.” 


Corey Willson
Director, At Large
CGA Board Member (2008-Present)

Corey Willson has over 20 years of experience with the 3M Dynatel Locating and Marking business.  During his time at 3M, Mr. Willson has held leadership positions in Manufacturing, Marketing and Business Development.  He led the 3M initiative for GPS mapping in the locating field and was recently awarded a patent for a GPS interface to a locating device.  Mr. Willson has been a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences and has conducted training seminars in US, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe. 


Common Ground Alliance Staff 2010

Executives


Bob Kipp, CGA
President
bobk@commongroundalliance.com


Erika Lee, CGA
Vice President, Operations & Administration
erikaa@commongroundalliance.com


Khrysanne Kerr, CGA
Vice President, Communications & Program Development
kerr@commongroundalliance.com


Kathi Stevenson, CGA
Accountant/Office Manager
kathis@commongroundalliance.com

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