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NBMDA Past Presidents

2015-2022

2022

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Emily Vella
Atlantic Plywood
Woburn, MA

2020/2021



Tom O'Neill 

Wurth Group
Vernon Hill, IL

2019



Missy O'Daniel

Web-Don, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
2018



Michael Donnelly

Metro Hardwoods
Sioux Falls, SD

2017




Ray Prozzillo
A&M Supply
Pinellas Park, FL

2016


Bill Sauter
Oharco
Omaha, NE

2015


Rick Turk
Metro Hardwoods
Maple Grove, MN

NBMDA Past Presidents

1951-2014

Year President Company Location
2014 Donald F. Schalk C.H. Briggs Company Reading, PA 
2013 Michael Darby Capital Lumber Company Phoenix, AZ
2012 Paul Vella Atlantic Plywood Woburn, MA
2011 Brian Schell Parksite, Inc. Apex, NC
2010 Bill Delaney Distributor Service, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Duane Lambrecht Shelter Products New Ulm, MN
2008 Roger Debnam Wurth Wood Group Charlotte, NC
2007 Len Kopec The Wolf Organization York, PA
2006 Garry Tabor Building Material Distributors, Inc. Galt, CA
2005 William A. Ellis North Bay Distributors Elkridge, MD
2004 Ron Calhoun Palmer Donavin Manufacturing Columbus, OH
2003 Chris Tompkins Kruse Plastic & Plywood Louisville, KY
2002 Jim White White-Wood Distributors Winnipeg, MB, Canada
2001 David Bennett Jr. Bennett Supply Co. Cheswick, PA
2000 Jim Daniels Plunkett-Webster, Inc. New Rochelle, NY
1999 Robert Stolz Charlotte Hardwood Center Charlotte, NC
1998 Dennis Mitchell Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co. Williamsburg, MI
1997 Mark Kasper Amerhart Ltd. Green Bay, WI
1996 Ron Calhoun Palmer Donavin Mfg. Columbus, OH
1995 Gary Leonard Flagg, Inc. Fairfield, OH
1994 William A. Ellis Reico Distributors Springfield, VA
1993 Paul Hylbert PrimeSource, Inc. Carrollton, TX
1992 Gary McKillican McKillican International Edmonton, AB
1991 George Bryson Aetna Plywood, Inc. Arlington Heights, IL
1990 Steve Ellinwood Building Material Distributors, Inc. Galt, CA
1989 C. Keith Rust Roland & Roland, Inc. Bethlehem, PA
1988 Glenn A. Hart OrePac Building Products, Inc. Wilsonville, OR
1987 Joseph T. Theby Jr. Lensing Wholesale, Inc. Evansville, IN
1986 Robert Westing Westing Company Grand Rapids, MI
1985 James R. Quillen Thunderbird Steel Corp. Albuquerque, NM
1984 A. Richard Kasper Amerhart, Ltd. Green Bay, WI
1983 Perry N. Sparks Lumberyard Supply Company St. Louis, MO
1982 J. Hays Wimsatt Wimsatt Brothers Louisville, KY
1981 John M. Gillespie Hansen Corporation Wallad Lake, MI
1980 Richard E. Lundgren Palmer G. Lewis Co. Auburn, WA
1979 Robert E. Martin Schultz, Snyder & Steele Lumber Co. Lansing, MI
1978 David P. Bennett Bennett Supply Company Pittsburgh, PA
1977 James L. Stringfellow Stringfellow Supply Company Gainesville, FL
1976 Roger L. Hancock Arizona Millwork Company Phoenix, AZ
1975 Richard E. Freeman So-Cal Commercial Los Angeles, CA
1974 Frank E. O'Dowd Edward Hines Lumber Company Chicago, IL
1973 Milton J. Orr Canfor Limited New Westminster, BC
1972 David G. Dutton Jr. A.C. Dutton Lumber Corp Poughkeepsie, NY
1971 Robert D. Peterson Palmer G. Lewis Co. Auburn, WA
1970 Joseph M. Jentis Newart Steel Products Co., Inc. Roseland, NJ
1969 Donald O. Mirts Dealers Warehouse Corp. Knoxville, TN
1968 H.D. Wilgus Lumber Wholesalers, Inc. Cadiz, OH
1967 J.F. Dillon Great Lakes Distributing Corp. South Bend, IN
1966 L.H. Crofoot Western States Plywood Corp. Santa Fe Springs, CA
1965 W.G. Grieve Building Material Distributors, Inc. Galt, CA
1964 Lewis H. Jenkins Jenkis Wholesale Supply Co. N. Wilkesboro, NC
1963 Lewis H. Jenkins Jenkis Wholesale Supply Co. N. Wilkesboro, NC
1962 Donald B. Richardson Richardson Lumber Co. Denver, CO
1961 M.L. McCreery Michigan Wholesalers, Inc. Jackson, MI
1960 M.C. Blackstock Lumber Supply & Warehouse Co. Seattle, WA
1959 Don Knecht Building Material Distributors Rapid City, SD
1958 T.J. Dougherty Ohio Valley Supply, Inc. Cincinnati, OH
1957 E.P. Reising Indiana Wholesalers, Inc. Evansville, IN
1956 C.A. Haag Springfield Builders Supply Co. Springfield, IL
1955 R.R. Maylone Saltpoint Supply Corp. Syracus, NY
1954 H.M. Dooley Dooley Distributing Company Saginaw, MI
1953 John P. Ashton Ashton Wholesale Service Des Moines, IA
1952 Harold W. Sparks Lumberyard Supply Company St. Louis, MO
1951 Harold W. Sparks Lumberyard Supply Company St. Louis, MO