BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Robert D. Rogers has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since October 2004. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company for over 34 years until his retirement from that position on May 31, 2004. Mr. Rogers is a former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Chairman of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and director of the American Business Conference. He is currently a director of Adams Golf, Inc., and a former director of Con-Way Inc. He is also a director of the National Recreation Foundation and a member of the Executive Board of the SMU Cox School of Business.
Mel G. Brekhus has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since June 1, 2004. He has been with the Company for over 20 years, rising through various management positions in the cement, aggregate and concrete business until attaining his current position. Mr. Brekhus has over 37 years of experience in engineering, operating and management roles in the cement industry. He has held positions as technical services engineer, cement plant chemist, cement plant process engineer and plant manager at plants in seven states scattered across the nation before joining the management team of the Company. His professional affiliations include the Portland Cement Association, where he is Past Chairman and presently a Director.
Mr. Baker has extensive experience in the buildings materials industry, having served 33 years with Florida Rock Industries, Inc. and as President and CEO of the company from 1997-2007. He serves on the Board of Directors for Wells Fargo & Company, along with several other corporations and non-profit organizations. He has been active on several school boards as trustee and chairman, including the YMCA of Florida's First Coast and Florida Concrete and Products Association
Eugenio Clariond has been Chairman of Verzatec, S.A. (aluminum and plastic construction products), Monterrey, Mexico, since 2004. He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo IMSA, S.A. (steel processor, auto parts, aluminum and plastic construction products), Monterrey, Mexico, from 1981 until his retirement in December 2006. He is currently a director of Johnson Controls, Inc., Navistar (International) Corp., Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A., The Mexico Fund Inc. and Mexichem, S.A. Mr. Clariond is Chairman of the Mexican Fund for Nature Conservancy, a founding member and past Vice-Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and Chairman of the United States-Mexico Business Committee of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade. He is also a director of Monterrey Tech, the Center of Studies from the Private Sector for Sustainable Development, and Bat Conservation International. He is on the Advisory Board of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and the Jacobs School of Engineering of the University of California at San Diego.
Sam Coats has been a business and aviation consultant since March 2006. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Schlotzsky's, Inc. (fast casual dining restaurants) and S.I. Restructuring, Inc. from June 2004 until March 2006. Schlotzsky's, Inc. hired Mr. Coats to restructure the company and, as a part thereof, it filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in August 2004. During his career, Mr. Coats has been President and Chief Executive Officer of several companies, including Sammons Travel Group (package tour operator), PROS Revenue Management, Inc. (the world's leading provider of airline revenue management software systems), and Trinity Texas Corporation (real estate development, quick lubrication centers, oil and gas). Mr. Coats has also served as President of Muse Air Corporation until its acquisition by Southwest Airlines Company, and he has held senior management positions with Southwest Airlines Company, Continental Airlines, Inc., Braniff Airways, Inc. and Texas International Airlines, Inc. He has also practiced law with a major Dallas law firm and served as a member of the Texas legislature. Mr. Coats was a director of Safety-Kleen, Inc. until 2009. Mr. Coats is active in Dallas civic affairs and serves on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including North Texas Public Broadcasting, The Plan Fund (a micro lender to clients who have no conventional credit capabilities) and Central Community Development Corporation (a non-profit dedicated to providing affordable housing to low-income clients and permanent housing to the homeless).
Elected 2007
Since December 2007, Mr. Pechota has served as President and CEO of DT-Trak Consulting, Inc., a medical coding, billing and data entry services company in South Dakota. Prior to the period from May 2005 until December 2007, when Mr. Pechota was a private investor, he was the Chief of Staff of the National Indian Gaming Commission (August 2003-May 2005), where he was responsible for coordinating the activities of the Administrative, Audit, Enforcement and Management Contract Divisions of the Commission. Mr. Pechota held several positions within Giant Cement and its affiliates from 1992 until 2001, where in 1999, he successfully led the restructuring of its cement operations and completed a $140 million IPO of its cement operations. Mr. Pechota is a former Chairman and member of the Finance Committee of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and currently serves as a director and member of the audit committees of both Insteel Industries and Black Hills Corporation.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive).
Since December 2007, Mr. Pechota has served as President and CEO of DT-Trak Consulting, Inc., a medical coding, billing and data entry services company in South Dakota. Prior to the period from May 2005 until December 2007, when Mr. Pechota was a private investor, he was the Chief of Staff of the National Indian Gaming Commission (August 2003-May 2005), where he was responsible for coordinating the activities of the Administrative, Audit, Enforcement and Management Contract Divisions of the Commission. Mr. Pechota held several positions within Giant Cement and its affiliates from 1992 until 2001, where in 1999, he successfully led the restructuring of its cement operations and completed a $140 million IPO of its cement operations. Mr. Pechota is a former Chairman and member of the Finance Committee of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and currently serves as a director and member of the audit committees of both Insteel Industries and Black Hills Corporation.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive).
Thomas R. Ransdell has managed private investments since July 2004. He has over 37 years of experience in engineering, operating and management roles in the aggregates industry. He served in various management positions with Vulcan Materials Company (largest domestic producer of aggregates) for over 26 years until his retirement in 2004, rising from the position of Vice President/Texas to President of the Southwest Division. During his tenure with Vulcan, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of two international joint venture companies, Calizas Industriales del Carmen and Vulica Shipping Company, which marketed high quality limestone products and provided deep water shipping services. He also spent eleven years in various engineering and management positions in the aggregate operations of the Company from 1967 through 1978. His professional affiliations include serving as past Chairman of the National Slag Association and the Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association. He is currently a director of the Cancer Therapy and Research Center Foundation.
Mr. Steinhart retired in 2000 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Banking Group of Bank One Corporation (commercial banking), a position he had held since 1996. He has over 37 years of experience in the financial services industry. He led a group of investors that established Team Bank (commercial banking) in 1988 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until it merged with Bank One Texas in 1992. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Bank One Texas through 1996. He is also a former President and Chief Operating Officer of InterFirst Corporation (commercial bank holding company), prior to which he teamed with investors to charter or purchase six other banks. He is a current director of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. and Animal Health International, Inc. and a trustee of the MFS/Compass Group of mutual funds. Mr. Steinhart is an Advisory Board Member of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Among the civic positions in which he has served are Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Dallas, Chairman of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, President of the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve System, Chairman of the Dallas Citizens Council, and Regent of the Lamar University System.
Mrs. Weaver is a former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Miami. She also served on the Board of Trustees, Executive Committee and chaired the Finance Committee of Wellesley College. Mrs. Weaver currently serves on the board of Austin Industries. She has also served as Chairman of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors for the State of Florida. Mrs. Weaver serves on a number of charitable organizations including Miami Partners for Progress and has received a number of awards in recognition of her civic and community service.
