Mount Vernon, Iowa–The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), at its annual meeting in Portland, Maine, elected William Scott Smith, LaGrange, Ohio, treasurer. Other officers elected were Gary Bromley, president; Dave Clark, vice president and Barry Herbert, secretary. Joe Carr, immediate past president, becomes chairman of the board. Elected to the board were Bruce Neale, Kirby Justesen and Arie Van Wyk; Dave Clark and John Skotzke were reelected. Joan Ausbury was reelected to the board by the associates council made up of manufacturer members.

After graduating from high school in San Diego, Calif., Smith went to work as a concrete laborer. In the years that followed, he worked his way up to become business owner and president of Modern Poured Walls, Inc. and Modern Waterproofing, Inc., in LaGrange, Ohio.

He is active in the Building Industries Association of Lorain County, on the Code Review Committee. Smith lives with is wife Linda and two sons, Sean (a freshman at Wittenberg University) and Bryan (a Junior at Keystone High School) in Oberlin, Ohio.

As treasurer of CFA, Smith hopes to help the membership grow in order that more poured wall contractors can experience the potential for their businesses through the sharing of experience and ideas. He wants to promote the growth and continuing improvement of poured walls as the preferred foundation construction method, utilizing the CFA as the unifying body in which poured wall contractors can turn for information and support.

About the CFA

The Concrete Foundations Association is a not-for-profit organization of firms engaged in the installation of concrete foundations. The purposes are to maintain and improve the quality of cast-in-place concrete walls and foundations, and to promote the mutual interests of the members. Information about the association and membership may be obtained by contacting the Concrete Foundations Association, 121 1/2 First Street West, P.O. Box 204, Mount Vernon, IA, 319-895·6940, fax: 319.895.8830.