SFNE invites YOU to Join a Committee!
You can get even more from your investment in SFNE if you volunteer to serve on a committee. As a committee volunteer you can help the association, make sure your company’s interests are heard and have more opportunities to network with your colleagues.
SFNE committee members plan educational programs, legislative initiatives, the golf tournament and develop membership recruitment and retention campaigns. You may volunteer to serve yourself or you can nominate someone else from your company to serve. Each committee determines how often they meet, but to save time, the majority of meetings are held by conference call.
Members of the SFNE Board of Directors are responsible for ensuring that the association stays on track in meeting the organization’s mission, services, policies and programs.
Board members have a fiduciary responsibility to review and approve the association’s budget and financial strategy. They approve major policies, serve on committees or task forces, take on special assignments and promote the association to others in the steel fabrication industry.
Board of Directors
President
Rick Coughlin, Quinn Brothers Of Essex
Vice President
David Orlando, Berlin Steel Construction Co.
Secretary
James McBrady, James A. McBrady, Inc.
Treasurer
Lori Chasse, SL. Chasse Steel
Immediate Past President
Rens Hayes, Rens Welding & Fabricating
Directors:
Randy Cameron, Gerdau
Stephen Capone, Capone Iron Corporation
David Cronin, Jr. , D. Cronin Welding Service
Kris Kraft, EDM Constructions
John Roy, Connecticut Galvanizing
Glenn Salamone, QSR Steel
Mike Sams, Kenney & Sams
Colleen Wiesbrock, Infra-Metals Corporation
The SFNE Education Committee analyzes the membership’s educational needs and makes recommendations for programs to meet those specific needs. They arrange for speakers and the dissemination of information in the SFNE Newsletter, on the Association’s website and social media platforms.
Committee Members
Mike Evans, Metals Machinery
Rose Jukonski, QSR Steel
Kris Kraft, EDM Construction
John Roy, Connecticut Galvanizing
Mike Sams, Kenney & Sams, P.C.
Justin Schietinger, Intsel Steel
SFNE is engaged in efforts to have legislation passed in the New England states to reduce the level of publicly funded steel fabrication jobs awarded to foreign companies.
The goal is to require that construction projects built with taxpayer funds give preference to U.S. manufacturers when buying steel, iron, and other materials for new buildings and renovations.
The passage of the legislation will add local jobs, generate needed tax revenue for government services, and create considerable economic activity for many sectors of our economies.
SFNE created the Buy American Task Force to move these legislative initiatives forward. For more information, click here.
Task Force Members
Stephen Capone, Capone Iron Corporation
David Cronin, Jr., D. Cronin’s Welding Service
John de Vries, Central Steel Supply
Adam Fallon, USI
Brian Lombardozzi, Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM)
James McBrady, James A. McBrady, Inc
Brett Miller, Building Envelope Systems
Hollie Noveletsky, Novel Iron Works
Max Puchtel, AISC
Mike Sams, Kenney & Sams
Colleen Wiesbrock, Infra-Metals Corporation
SFNE’s Golf Tournament Committee is responsible for planning the annual tournament. They develop the agenda and the format of the tournament, recommend the prize structure, raffles, dates, locations and fees as well as register golfers for the event, dinner and awards program
Committee Members
Chairman
Justin Schietinger, Intsel Steel
Lori Chasse, S.L. Chasse Steel
Sean Hood, USI New England
Cindy Santos, S.L. Chasse Steel
Chris Schrimpf. Schrimpf Welding & Fabricating Co.
John Sorrentino, Capone Iron Corporation
Steve Tapply, Northeast Machinery Sales, Inc.