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