President’s Message

September 2022

What’s Your Take on Technology?

Investing and implementing technology in an organization is exciting, rewarding and exhausting. Technology can help drive productivity, which can help us achieve our goals. In order to better understand and implement technology, we need...

August 2022

Learning from Manufacturers and Suppliers

What is on your mind?      This question can lead to in-depth conversations and experiences. It is such a powerful question and a great way to start a conversation or to continue one....

July 2022

What Drives Our Industry’s Success?

Thank you all for the honor to be the president of the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry for the next year.      Did you know that the 50 most active AWCI...

June 2022

Change Can Open Up Opportunities

There are very few of us who like things to change. We get comfortable and don’t want any disruptions in life. Change, however, creates opportunities to grow through new experiences and learning. Now, we...

March 2022

Green Light for Grapevine, Texas

Can we do it? Can we actually host an in-person convention? You bet we can. Finally we are going to see each other again face-to-face. For some it may be mask-to-mask, but that is...

February 2022

Bring Out the Best in Changing Times

Things certainly are not static in the world today. My question is: Are today’s changes making us a better community, or fracturing us as a society? My answer: It depends. What can we do...

January 2022

Big Plans at AWCI’s Convention

To some of you it might be difficult to think about events in the spring now as we hunker down this winter, but it is this spring when AWCI will be hosting its annual...

December 2021

Year-End Reflections, New Goals

Happy holidays! As the weather seems to be rapidly changing everyone is busy with normal schedules only compounded by the stress we put on ourselves during this season. I hope you, your families and...