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Common Ground Alliance Board of Directors 2010
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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.
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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
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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
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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John 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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