Portland Cement Association PCA elects new chairman

The board of directors of the Portland Cement Association
elected Charlie Sunderland as chairman during the association’s
board meeting in November 2006. Sunderland will serve a twoyear
term, succeeding James Repman of California Portland Cement
Co.
Sunderland is CEO and chairman of the board of Ash Grove
Cement Co., based in Overland Park, Kan., and assumes the role of
PCA chairman with a lifetime of experience in the cement industry.
He has served as PCA vice chairman for the past two years, has
chaired its Public Works Committee, and has served on the Market
Promotion Council, the Paving Committee, the Regional Promotion
Committee and the Residential Committee.
Enrique Escalante of GCC of America was elected vice chair.
The director of GCC’s United States division, Escalante was elected
to the PCA board in 2001.
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