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Beginning in 2024, NRMCA has promoted a number of staff members in various departments as a reward for superior performance.

 

Karthik Obla has been promoted to senior vice president, technical services. Mr. Obla has been with NRMCA for almost 20 years, representing the ready mixed concrete industry in the standards arena on supplementary cementitious materials, performance requirements, durability, acceptance testing and other issues.

Attendees at NRMCA’s 2024 Annual Convention will hear from keynote speaker Andrew Busch, a former first chief market intelligence officer for the U.S. government and economic futurist. Mr. Busch was charged with improving and enhancing the government’s understanding of the markets and the economy. His job was to take news, information and data on the economy and markets and condense them into easily understood research that could then be communicated to the government and public. He provided economic and market briefings to the White House, Congress, Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Board and the Department of the Treasury on a wide range of issues, including interest rates, China’s influence on trade and the impact of technology on the economy.

 

 

 

The NRMCA Promoter of the Year Awards for Buildings and Pavements recognize the contributions and promotional efforts of individuals from the ready mixed concrete industry. Nominees must be employees of an NRMCA Producer member and must have worked in the industry for at least five years. The State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award recognizes outstanding concrete promotion contributions by an employee of one of NRMCA’s state affiliate partner organizations. Nominees must be current employees of a state affiliate who have worked in the industry for at least five years.Please submit a nomination of no more than two pages detailing the nominee’s promotional efforts over the last five years, with particular emphasis on contributions during the past 12-18 months in some or all of the following performance categories: