Builders Association of Greater Boston Installs Wendy Ganson as a Board of Director Officer for 2009

Lto R, Stefanos Efstratoudakis of Stefco Builders, Sue Abt, Exectucive Officer of BAGB, and Craign Meyer of Meyer Homes. 

The Builders Association of Greater Boston (BAGB) is pleased to announce the installation of the 2009 Board of Directors. The annual installation dinner and ceremony was held on November 5^th at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.

Gary Ruping, President of Home Builders Association of Massachusetts (HBAM),had the honor of swearing in the new Executive Committee Officers and Board of Directors. The newBoard is charged with directingthe strategic direction of Massachusetts’ largestresidential building and remodeling trade organization.

Executive Committee Officers

PRESIDENT................................................................... Craig Meyer - Meyer Homes,Inc.
1^st VICE PRESIDENT..................................................... Wayne DelPico - WJ DelPico, Inc.

2^nd VICE PRESIDENT.................................................... Jack Dawley - Northland Residential
3^rd VICE PRESIDENT..................................................... Sue Hawkes - The Collaborative Group
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT.................................... Tom Messier - Mason & MasonInsurance
SECRETARY/TREASURER........................................... Scott Dale - Avalon Bay Communities
GENERAL COUNSEL.................................................... Paul Moriarty - Paul J. Moriarty & Associates
ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL............................... Mark Kablack - M.A. Kablack & Associates

Board of Directors

Ralph Costello - Unique Homes
Felicia Elias - Elias Development
Scott Estabrooks - Patriot Painters & Builders
Jonathan Flood - John M. Corcoran & Co.
Chuck Hall - Cornerstone Building & Design, Inc.
Tom Hastings - Thomas J. Hastings Properties
Bill Jenkins - Can-Four Corp
Tom Mitchell - Mitchell Construction Group
Mark Romanowicz - Highland RE Development
Bob Shepard - Core Investments Inc.
Paul Sullivan - The Sullivan Company
Ron Turowetz - QBI Homes and Easecat, Inc.
Robert Chipman - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Chris Dye - Eastern Insurance Group
Wendy Ganson - Imagine Marketing Group
Paul Guitard - Resource Options Inc.
Michael Kim - Michael Kim Associates
David O'Sullivan - O'Sullivan Architects, Inc.
Chip Poehnert - MetLife Home Loans
Clayton Schuller - F.D. Sterritt Lumber
Aimee Siers - Century 21 Commonwealth
Brad Smith - Audio Video Design

Outgoing BAGB President Stefanos Efstratoudakis had the opportunity to recognize the contributions and commitment from outgoing Directors and Executive Committee Officers. “It has been my privilege to serve as BAGB President for 2008,” he said. “I have been a member of BAGB for over 10 years now. It has been 10 years of learning, of growing as a person and as a businessman, and 10 years of meeting some great people and peers of this great profession. I’d like to thank the BAGB members for trusting me with the Presidency.”

Craig Meyer, the newly installed 2009 President, stated, “I am pleased to have such a strong and experienced slate of Officers and Board members at BAGB in 2009. I look forward to working with them to promote homebuilding in greater Boston in an important year for our industry. Focusing on getting back to basics will be essential not only for our businesses, but for the Association as a whole in the year ahead.”

BAGB, a trade Association affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and HBAM, was established in 1944 and has evolved into one of the leading trade associations in New England. The membership consists of all sized businesses that relate to the building industry, ranging from home builders to any company that sells products and services to builders.