Associated Builders and Contractors unveils 2025 executive committee

David Pugh, a partner at law firm Bradley, based in Birmingham Alabama was elected chair of the ABC National Board of Directors during a meeting at the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The other members of the executive committee who take office on 1 January 2025 are:

• Chair-elect: Thomas “Murph” Murphy, vice president of aggregates division, Power & Construction Group, Scottsville, New York
• Secretary and South Central region vice chair: Brandon Mabile, corporate business development director, Performance Contractors, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Northeast region vice chair: Michael Bennett, vice president, CIANBRO, Pittsfield, Maine
• Treasurer: Larry May, partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Jackson, Mississippi
• Immediate past chair: Buddy Henley, president, Henley Construction Co., Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Mid-Atlantic region vice chair: Lorri Grayson, partner and founder, GGA Construction, Middletown, Delaware
• Mid-America region vice chair: Brett McWilliams, partner, Pride One Construction, Medina, Ohio
• Southeast region vice chair: Kerrick Whisenant, president, Limestone Building Group, Hartselle, Alabama
• Mountain West region vice chair: Steve Grauer, regional vice president, Southwest Region of Hensel Phelps Construction, Phoenix, Arizona
• Pacific region vice chair: Greg Gutierrez, president and CEO, Truitt Corp., Bakersfield, California
• Midwest region vice chair: Jim Ellis, vice president and COO, Price Electric, Robins, Iowa
• Chapter presidents’ liaison: John Smaligo, president and CEO, ABC Oklahoma Chapter
• ABC national president and CEO: Michael Bellaman

Pugh said, “Nothing could be more thrilling than leading ABC in its 75th year, and as ABC’s first-ever associate member national chair, I am looking forward to the opportunity. Throughout those 75 years, ABC has consistently helped its members develop their people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably.”

Michael Bellaman, ABC president and CEO added, “Leading ABC into its 75th year, David, chair-elect ‘Murph’ Murphy, secretary Brandon Mabile and every 2025 elected leader will continue to deliver on ABC’s primary purpose of being the voice of the merit shop and objectives to be transformational leaders in the construction industry.”