Advisory Council
METALCON, the metal construction industry’s only global event for metal construction and design products, has introduced its 2023 advisory council to help shape the educational programming for the show, ensuring it represents all factions of the metal construction and design industry and its major attendee groups.
New council members for 2023 are the following: Chandler Barden, president, CIDAN Machinery Inc.; Steven Gaynor, principal consultant, Pivoth Corp.; Judith Kleine, architect, Judith Kleine Architect, LLC; Jerry Iselin, retired, Metal Roof Specialties, Inc.; Andrew Else, division manager, Canadian Metal Buildings; and Alan Scott, director of sustainability, Intertek Group plc.
Returning council members are the following: Art Hance, founder and president, Hance Construction, Inc., and national president, MBCEA; Brent A. Schipper, founding principal, ASK Studio; Heidi Ellsworth, partner, RoofersCoffeeShop, and owner, HJE Consulting; Todd Miller, president, Isaiah Industries, Inc.; Rich Pontius, VP of design, Marker, Inc.; Jeff Irwin, president, JH Irwin Consulting LLC; Paul Deffenbaugh, editorial director, Modern Trade Communications; and Tony Bouquot, general manager, MBMA, and VP, Thomas Associates, Inc.
Advisory council members represent those in metal construction, metal building systems, metal building contracting and erecting, insulated metal panels, architecture, contracting, roofing, roll forming, key associations, and industry trade press. METALCON 2023 takes place October 18-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
