b'MidwestRoofing ContractorsAssociation2025 MRCA Leadership DirectoryOfficers/Executive Committee Brett Tesson MIDWEST ROOFER Tesson Roofing & ExteriorsPresident Bill Seibert Matt Smith 2025 Vol 68 No 5 Fisher Roofing of Kearney Fat Matt RoofingFirst Vice President Council / Committee ChairsChris Daly Contents Kaw Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc. Advisory Council ChairGreg Bloom Second Vice President/Treasurer QXOColumns Ryan PetrickRidgeworth Roofing Co Inc Signatory Contractors Council ChairPresidents Message: Breaking Through Barriers in Schaumburg . . . . . . . . 4 Mark LangerSecretary Langer Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc Casey SneadBusiness: Proven Roofing Strategy 3 Keys for Contractors Wanting to ScaleMRB Contractors T&R ChairmanRandy AdamsWithout Breaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Immediate Past President R Adams Roofing, Inc.Foundation PresidentWhy Smart People Stay Stuck ( And What It Really Takes to Change ) . . . . . .10-12 Laurie MooreReserve Investment ChairKreiling Roofing Co Kurt SteinkuhlerMRCA 75th Annual Conference & Expo Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Directors Wray RoofingCERTA Taskforce Chair2025 Elite Safety Award Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19HAWT Taskforce Chair James RamserFred HornerHighland Roofing Company, Inc. McCawley Award Winner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21 Advanced Industrial Roofing Shingles Architectural Sheet Metal & Service Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bryan Bossard YCC ChairAW Farrell Roofing Rachel GarciaLuke HainesMalarkey Roofing ProductsFamily Legacy Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Roofmasters Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.Women in Roofing ChairThat Flex for YCC Welcome Party & Service Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29, 33 Tyler Lea Megan MaloneMRB Contractors Rackley Roofing Co., Inc.MRCA Foundation Auction & Gwaltney Family Scholarship. . . . . . . . . .34-35 Chris Huntington Legal CounselAAA Roofing Gary Auman2026 Save the Date . 36 Michael Katrosh Auman, Mahan & FurryEvery Season Naphis Safety Award Winner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Queen City Roofing & Contracting StaffDaniel Knickelbein Megan PopeT&R:Hail Impact Testing of Modified Bitumen Roof Membranes. . .38-41 Langer Roofing & Sheet Metal Executive Director & Foundationmpope@mrca.orgDennis Wilkie Roofmasters Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Bob PopeHAWT AdvisorAd Index Larry Marshall III bpope@mrca.orgL. Marshall Roofing & Sheet MetalRachel PinkusCertainteed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Michael Miller Managing Director & MR EditorProvia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Empire Roofing Co., Inc. rpinkus@mrca.orgGil Morales Chrystal BeaversRoofers Coffee Shop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CIM Roofing, Inc. Account ManagerAdvanced Architecural Sheet Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Kevin Petersen cbeavers@mrca.orgCarlson Racine Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. Morgan ArwoodAuman Mahan + Furry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Membership DirectorKellie Paasch marwood@mrca.orgCertainTeeds ClimateFlexRoofing Contractor Magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Independent Roofing Co., Inc. Joe WilliamsACT Metal Deck Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Ian Rammel Graphic Designershingles combines the beauty andDamschroder Roofing, Inc.dimensionality of wood shake roofingAmeriprise Financial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Ken Sage jwilliams@mrca.orgwith the durable performance ofGeocel Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Midland Engineeringpolymer-modified asphalt. 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Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 MRCA Headquarters7250 Poe Ave. Ste. 410 |Dayton, OH 45414RK Hydro-Vac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Phone: 800.497.6722|Fax: 937.278.0317Apollo Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 www.mrca.orgMalarkey Roofing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Find us oncertainteed.com/climateflex Disclaimer: The opinions and positions stated in articles published herein are those of the authors and not, by the fact of publication, necessarily those of MRCA. MRCA does not endorse roofing products or systems and shall not be deemed by anything herein to have recommended the use or non-use of any particular roofing system.'