Press Release

RCMA ANNOUNCES NEW 2005 LEADERSHIP TEAM
RIPPS CONTINUES AS RCMA PRESIDENT

[Washington, DC] - The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association [RCMA] elected and installed their 2005 Officers, members of the Board of Directors and Committee chairs at the RCMA 2005 Annual Membership Meeting, held in conjunction with their 2005 Annual Conference & EXPO, January 15-18, 2005, at the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, Henderson, NV.

Van Ripps, President, Palmer Asphalt Company, Bayonne, New Jersey, continues in the second year of his two year term, having been initially elected and installed last year. Ripps continues a family and company tradition of RCMA leadership. His father, Lewis S. Ripps, Chairman, Palmer Asphalt Company, served as RCMA's first-multiple year term president of RCMA 1994 and 1995.

The other RCMA Officers continuing are:

Vice President Member Services: Richard W. Paradise, President, Innovative Adhesives Company, Kansas City, KS

Vice President Long Range Planning: Stephen R. Hudak, President, KST Coatings Manufacturing, Inc., Twinsburg, OH

Secretary-Treasurer: Paul A. Beemer, Director, Legal & Technical Affairs, Coatings Division, Henry Company, Huntington Park, CA.

Re-elected (*) or elected to fill three regular [manufacturer] member company seats on the RCMA Board of Directors were:

Brian Anthony, The Brewer Company
* Raymond T. Hyer, III., Gardner-Gibson, Inc.
* Stephen R. Hudak, KST Coatings Manufacturing, Inc.

In addition to the above-denoted, the incumbent members [including * re-elected] of the RCMA Board of Directors continuing in office:

Paul A. Beemer, Henry Company, Huntington Park, CA.
Jeffrey L. Blank, SR Products
Stephen R. Hudak, KST Coatings Manufacturing, Inc.,Twinsburg, OH.
Raymond T. Hyer, III., Gardner-Gibson, Inc.
Donald W. Meeker, Central Fiber Corporation
Richard W. Paradise, Imperbel America Corporation
Van Ripps, Palmer Asphalt Company, Inc.
Mark Smiga, Tomah Products

The RCMA 2005 Committee chairs:

• Annual Conference: Joseph Mellott, Momentum Technologies, Inc.

• Associates Council: Don Portfolio, PRI Asphalt Technologies, Inc.

• Communications Committee: Michael Fields, Fields Company, LLC

• Government Affairs: Andy Parker, TAMKO Roofing Products, Inc.

• Membership Committee: John J. Sullivan, Interfibe Corporation

• Past President's Council: R. Tripp Hyer, III, Gardner-Gibson, Inc.

• Technical Committee: Richard Lee, TREMCO, Inc.

• White Coatings Council: Thomas L. Meyer, Technical Roof Solutions

The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association is the national trade association representing the manufacturers of cold-applied protective roof coatings and cements, and the suppliers of products, equipment, and/or services to and for the industry. RCMA is committed to continually improving performance and quality of roofing. For additional information, contact RCMA at: (202) 207-0919; Fax: (202) 223-9741; or visit the RCMA website at: www.roofcoatings.org.