ALBANY, NY (07/25/2007)(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 recent Annual Membership Meeting in Cooperstown. They are:

President: Thomas Barr, Barr & Barr, Inc., New York City

Vice President: Mark Breslin, Turner Construction Co., Albany

Treasurer: Christina Schneider, Purcell Construction Corp., Watertown

Secretary: Michael Benson, BCI Construction Inc., Albany

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: Otis Marshall, Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Syracuse, and Dennis Weller, Structural Associates, Inc., East Syracuse

Hudson Valley Director: Robert Carey, Carey Construction, Kingston

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 Vincent Iannelli, Iannelli Construction Co. Inc., Brooklyn

Niagara Frontier Director: Eugene Partridge, LPCiminelli, Buffalo

Northeastern NY Directors: Dan Sauer, Omni Development Co., 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: Nicholas Lembo, Monadnock Construction, Inc., Brooklyn 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. The GBC is the New York Building Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. 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.

Posted Wednesday July 25, 2007 at 01:15 pm by Associated General Contractors of New York State