b'MRCA CONEXPO HighlightsMRCA NewsPast Presidents Dinner A Very Enjoyable TimeE ach year at the MRCA Conference, all MRCA Past Presidents are invited toattendaspecialdinnerheldin their honor and in recognition of their past service.ThisyearitwasheldinthePeppercorn RoomattheHyattRegencyHotelin Columbus.The Peppercorn room has a very nice view of Downtown Columbus and provided an excellent place for all of the MRCA Past Presidents to get together and talk a little about MRCA past history and discuss MRCAs future.Thisyear,MRCAPastPresidentsCouncil ChairmanLarryMarshalldidthingsa littledifferently.Heaskedeveryonein attendance to give a self-introduction and to talk about what they have been doing andanycommentsabouttheirtermas MRCA President or comments about MRCA today.Wow!It was a great idea and it turned into a nice evening of good stories and great insights.Larry Marshall encouraged all of the Past PresidentstoattendthePastPresidents Council Meeting scheduled in conjunction with the MRCA Board Meetings.Larry also explained the new Board and Committee attendancepolicythatopensupthese meetings to the Past Presidents.VIP Suite with Chris SpielmanC hrisSpielman,former2xAll- and took pictures with those who attended. AmericanandLombardiAwardFredHornerofAdvancedIndustrial WinnerwiththeOhioStateRoofing, and avid Ohio State Football fan Buckeyes, that went on to play 11 seasonssaid, It was great seeing Chris in the VIP intheNFL,spenttimeintheMRCAVIPSuite. What a genuinely nice and down-Suite, shortly after a dynamic and inspiringto-Earth person! Being from the Massillon keynoteaddressattheMRCAAnnualarea myself, it brought back memories of Meeting. watching Chris play high school football From the Presidents Suite on the 20th floorfor the Massillon Tigers.He really made the of the Hyatt Regency Columbus, Spielmanday special for myself and the attendees visited with Roofing Professionals from allat the VIP event.over the Midwest.He spoke about breast cancer research, and the great advances that have been made in treatments and isolating genetic predictors, due at least in part, to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research started by Chris and his late wife Stefanie, after she was diagnosed in 2009. The Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research recently achieved over $20 million in funds raised.Spielmansignedfootballmemorabilia, 20 wwwwwmmrrccaaoorrggMMiiddwweessttRRooooffeerr20 w'