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Advisory Committee

To create our world-class educational conference program, IRE staff works closely with an Advisory Committee and an Education Alliance to design an unsurpassed program that focuses on the latest trends and challenges for professionals in the roofing construction and maintenance industry.

This year our distinguished IRE Advisory Committee is comprised of industry leaders representing contractors, consultants, architects, roofing associations, manufacturers, and publications. The committee members reviewed hundreds of "Call for Presentations" forms to select the best topics for the IRE Conference Program.

We want to extend a heartfelt "Thank You" to our Advisory Committee for their time, hard work, and dedication to helping us develop the IRE conference program.


Advisory Committee Members

Rob Balfanz

VP, Siding, Home Improvements, and Workforce Development

Progressive Foam

McKay Daniels

Chief Operations Officer 

National Roofing Contractors Association

Heidi Ellsworth

President

RoofersCoffeeShop.com

Mark Graham

Vice President, Technical Services

National Roofing Contractors Association  

Alison LaValley

Vice President of Strategic Initiative and Partnership

National Roofing Contractors Association

Nick Sabino

President

Deer Park Roofing

Emma Nealy

Director of Sales

Holcim/Elevate

Liz Obloy

Publisher & Sales Manager

Roofing Contractor/BNP Media

Josey Parks

CEO 

J. Wales Enterprises   

Erik Zadrozny

Divisional VP, Sales, QXO

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.             

Doug Duncan

President

Nations Roofs  

Alex Hernandez

President

Clark Roofing Company

Chad Collins

Executive Vice President

Roofing Corp. of America      

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