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NRCA-National Roofing Contractors Association, Chairman of the Board
About

NRCA Chairman of the Board
Alex Hernandez

Alex Hernandez is president of Clark Roofing Co. Inc., Broadview, Ill.

Hernandez was first elected to NRCA’s board of directors in 2003 and has served multiple terms: 2007-10, 2012-15 and 2016-19. He was elected to the Executive Committee in 2010 and also served from 2012-15 and 2023-24. From 2024-25, he served as chairman of the board-elect.

Additionally, he has served on numerous NRCA committees and task forces, including contractor management, safety regulatory, rooftop PV, safety manual, residential contractor and technical operations.

Former Chairmen of the Board

  • 2024  |  Doug Duncan  |  Villa Park, Ill.
  • 2023  |  Lisa Sprick  |  Corvallis, Ore.
  • 2022  |  Kyle Thomas  |  Mobile, Ala.
  • 2020-21  |  Rod Petrick  |  Frankfort, Ill.
  • 2019  |  Nick Sabino  |  Cincinnati
  • 2018  |  Kent Schwickert  |  Mankato, Minn.
  • 2017  |  Jim Barr  |  Abilene, Texas
  • 2016  |  Dennis Conway  |  Las Vegas
  • 2015  |  Lindy Ryan  |  Sanford, Fla.
  • 2014  |  Rich Nugent  |  Lithia Springs, Ga.
  • 2013  |  Nelson Braddy  |  Grand Prairie, Texas
  • 2012  |  Bruce McCrory  |  Mobile, Ala.
  • 2011  |  Kent Tolley  |  Boise, Idaho
  • 2010  |  Allen Lancaster  |  Savannah, Ga.
  • 2009  |  Rob McNamara  |  Milwaukee
  • 2008  |  Rob Therrien  |  Keene, N.H.
  • 2007  |  Bob Daly  |  Kansas City, Kan.
  • 2006  |  Mark Gaulin  |  Jessup, Md.
  • 2005  |  Reid Ribble  |  Kaukauna, Wis.
  • 2004  |  Dane Bradford  |  Billings, Mont.
  • 2003  |  John Gooding  |  Ephrata, Pa
  • 2002  |  W. Don McCrory  |  Mobile, Ala.
  • 2001  |  Mike Promen  |  Broadview, Ill.
  • 2000  |  John Miller  |  San Francisco
  • 1999  |  James McAdam  |  New Haven, Conn.
  • 1998  |  Steven Kruger  |  Macon, Ga.
  • 1997  |  Conrad Kawulok  |  Boulder, Colo.
  • 1996  |  Robert M. Dalsin  |  Minneapolis
  • 1995  |  Bennett Hutchison III  |  Atlanta
  • 1994  |  Charles Bechtel  |  Dayton, Ohio
  • 1993  |  Frank E. Lawson Jr.  |  San Francisco
  • 1992  |  J. Dudley Miles III  |  Chesapeake, Va.
  • 1991  |  Richard Rosenow  |  Elk Grove, Ill.
  • 1990  |  Charles N. Griffiths Jr.  |  Binghamton, N.Y.
  • 1989  |  William T. Fort Jr.  |  Sumter, S.C.
  • 1988  |  Marlin Potteiger  |  York, Pa.
  • 1987  |  Michael Beldon  |  San Antonio, Texas
  • 1986  |  Donald McNamara  |  Milwaukee
  • 1985  |  Robert T. Harrison  |  Greenville, S.C.
  • 1984  |  Wayne I. Mullis  |  Phoenix
  • 1983  |  Burton J. Karp  |  West Hartford, Conn.
  • 1982  |  John W. Bradford  |  Billings, Mont.
  • 1981  |  John Zamrzla  |  Lancaster, Calif.
  • 1980  |  William Kugler  |  Denver
  • 1979  |  Thomas Manson  |  Kansas City, Mo.
  • 1978  |  Melvin Kruger  |  Macon, Ga.
  • 1977  |  J. Roy Martin Jr.  |  Anderson, S.C.
  • 1976  |  George Stephenson  |  St. Louis
  • 1975  |  Robert Linck  |  Philadelphia
  • 1974  |  Charles J. Raymond  |  Miami
  • 1973  |  William R. Steinmetz Sr.  |  South Bend, Ind.
  • 1972  |  James F. King  |  Portland, Ore.
  • 1971  |  Robert Osterholt  |  St. Louis
  • 1970  |  Bennett Hutchison Jr.  |  Atlanta
  • 1969  |  Henry Alcock  |  Chicago
  • 1968  |  Edward D. Weyand  |  Sacramento, Calif.
  • 1967  |  J.J. Hall Jr.  |  Corpus Christi, Texas
  • 1966  |  Robert E. Bubenzer  |  Indianapolis
  • 1965  |  George Burrus  |  Knoxville, Texas
  • 1964  |  John Hartmann  |  Terre Haute, Ind.
  • 1963  |  Milton Olson  |  Omaha, Neb.
  • 1962  |  Charles Griffiths Sr.  |  Binghamton, N.Y.
  • 1961  |  Rudy Barnes  |  Charlotte, N.C.
  • 1959-60  |  John D. Reuter  |  St. Louis
  • 1958  |  Clyde Scott  |  Chicago
  • 1957  |  Cal Bowman  |  Oklahoma City
  • 1956  |  Harvey Wallace  |  New Orleans
  • 1954-55  |  John D. Ennis  |  Terre Haute, Ind.
  • 1953  |  Walter Simon  |  St. Louis
  • 1952  |  B.D. Schram  |  Denver
  • 1951  |  M.T. Buckley  |  Wichita, Kan.
  • 1950  |  Gordon Waters  |  Rocky Mount, N.C.
  • 1949  |  Ben J. Esko  |  Chicago
  • 1947-48  |  C.L. Cockrell  |  Chicago
  • 1946  |  C.C. High  |  Scranton, Pa.
  • 1944-45  |  A. Biebel  |  St. Louis
  • 1943  |  H.O. Rex  |  Stamford, Conn.
  • 1942  |  Milton Carpenter  |  St. Louis
  • 1940-41  |  Myron W. Powell  |  Chicago
  • 1939  |  I.A. Langer  |  Milwaukee
  • 1937-38  |  Tom J. Daly  |  Kansas City, Kan.
  • 1936  |  D.A. Jackson  |  Los Angeles
  • 1935  |  John J. Hession  |  Louisville, K.Y.
  • 1934  |  C.L. Pitts  |  Newark, N.J.
  • 1932-33  |  J.A. Piper  |  Greenville, S.C.
  • 1930-31  |  J. Boyd Griffiths  |  Binghamton, N.Y.
  • 1929  |  Joseph Campbell  |  Providence, R.I.
  • 1928  |  C.C. James  |  Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • 1927  |  George E. Moore  |  Chicago
  • 1926  |  Norman E. Dow  |  Omaha, Neb.
  • 1925  |  George E. Moore  |  Chicago
  • 1924  |  A.W. Carmichael  |  Toronto, Canada
  • 1923  |  John C. Finegan  |  Boston
  • 1922  |  Charles N. Louis  |  Peoria, Ill.
  • 1921  |  Mark Cronin  |  Chicago
  • 1919-20  |  T.F. Sloan  |  Paterson, N.J.
  • 1918  |  J.C. Norton  |  Cleveland
  • 1917  |  A.W. Bartholomew  |  Memphis, Tenn.
  • 1916  |  George W. Moore  |  Providence, R.I.
  • 1915  |  John Ingram  |  Chicago
  • 1914  |  Lee H. Gould  |  Cleveland
  • 1913  |  L.W. Harrington  |  New York
  • 1912  |  John L. Jones  |  Chicago
  • 1911  |  W.A. Murtfeld  |  Boston
  • 1910  |  W.L. Springer  |  Chicago
  • 1909  |  William B. Hart  |  Providence, R.I.
  • 1908  |  A. F. Golden  |  Scranton, Pa.
  • 1907  |  E.W. Jameson  |  Buffalo, N.Y.
  • 1906  |  Howard Nichols  |  Des Moines, Iowa
  • 1905  |  J.W. Bushnell  |  Peoria, Ill.
  • 1904  |  J. Lober  |  Philadelphia
  • 1903  |  Maj. Elias Powell  |  Chicago
  • 1902  |  W.N. Childs  |  New York
  • 1901  |  Henry Reuter  |  Kankakee, Ill.
  • 1900  |  John C. Finegan  |  Boston
  • 1899  |  Charles Schneider  |  St. Louis
  • 1898  |  Charles Kunzler  |  Pittsburgh
  • 1897  |  A.J. Shirk  |  Oklahoma City
  • 1896  |  C.G. Jameson  |  Buffalo, N.Y.
  • 1895  |  John M. Sellers  |  St. Louis
  • 1894  |  S.A. Datzell  |  Youngstown, Ohio
  • 1893  |  William O'Donnell  |  Chicago
  • 1892  |  George Winding  |  Milwaukee
  • 1891  |  W.P. Lupton  |  Pittsburgh
  • 1890  |  E.S. Bortel  |  Philadelphia
  • 1889  |  Henry C. Smither  |  Indianapolis
  • 1888  |  H.R. Shaffer  |  Chicago
  • 1887  |  F.J. Sokup  |  Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • 1886  |  J. Wilkes Ford  |  Chicago
  • 1885  |  Samuel D. Warren  |  St. Louis
  • 1884  |  Maj. Samuel E. Barrett  |  Chicago
  • 1883  |  H.M. Reynolds  |  Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • 1882  |  Col. M.W. Powell  |  Chicago
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