General Building Contractors of New York State Announces New Officers, Directors

ALBANY, NY (09/08/2008)(readMedia)-- The General Building Contractors of New York State (GBC), a Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, announced the election of a new slate of officers and directors at its summer Annual Membership Meeting. They are:

President: Mark Breslin, Turner Construction Co., Albany

Vice President: Christina Schneider, Purcell Construction Corp., Watertown

Treasurer: Michael Benson, BCI Construction Inc., Albany

Secretary: Vincent Iannelli, Iannelli Construction Co. Inc., Brooklyn

Directors at Large:

Kevin Gleason , BBL Construction Services, Albany

Michael Kaleda, The McKissack Group, Inc., New York City

David Kleps, Chas. A. Gaetano Construction Corp., Utica

Alan Zuckerman, Verticon, Ltd., Monroe

Central NY Directors: Jeremy Thurston, The Hayner Hoyt Corp., Syracuse and Bill Halsey, Structural Associates, Inc., East Syracuse

Hudson Valley Director: Paul Tozzi, Arris Contracting Co., Inc., Poughkeepsie

Long Island Director: Paul O'Rourke, E.W. Howell, Inc., Woodbury

New York City Directors: Barry Fries, B.R. Fries & Assoc., LLC, New York City and John Garris, The Morgan Contracting Corp., New York City

Niagara Frontier Director: Eugene Partridge, LPCiminelli, Buffalo

Northeastern NY Directors: Dan Sauer, AOW Associate, Inc., Albany and Scott Shepherd, MLB Construction Svcs. LLC, Malta

Rochester Director: Andrew Hislop, LECESSE Construction Co., West Henrietta

Southern Tier Director: Jeffrey Streeter, Streeter Associates, Inc., Elmira

Westchester/Putnam Director: Matthew Schimenti, Schimenti Construction Co., Mt. Kisco

Past Presidents: Thomas Barr, Barr & Barr, Inc., New York City and Ted Orr, The Pike Company, Rochester

Associate Member Director: Howard Rosen, Peckar & Abramson, New York City

Specialty Member Director: Kevin Cannan, AAC Contracting, Inc., Rochester

The General Building Contractors of New York State is a statewide association of over 300 general contractors and associated service firms. Together, these firms represent the majority of the $12 billion worth of public and private commercial, industrial and institutional buildings constructed annually in New York State. In its over fifty years of history, the GBC has sought to help general contractors and construction managers of skill, integrity and responsibility to build a better New York for owners of all kinds with quality construction at an economical price under equitable terms. Visit the GBC website at www.gbcnys.agc.org.

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the largest and oldest national construction trade association in the United States. AGC represents more than 35,000 firms, including 7,500 of America's leading general contractors. Visit the AGC website at www.agc.org.