First Coast Manufacturers Association Announces 2017 Officers

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nov. 29, 2016 - PRLog -- The First Coast Manufacturers Association (FCMA) has selected its new slate of officers and committee chairs for the 2017 term.

 Leading the association will be three area manufacturers filling the posts of Tri-Chairmen. They include Rob Caldwell of Vac-Con; Abe Alangadan of Johnson & Johnson VisionCare; and Blake Brown of Safariland.

The FCMA Board of Directors includes Anheuser-Busch, Atlantic Logistics, Auld & White Constructors LLC, Carlisle Interconnect Technology, Dupuy-Silo Facility, LLC, GE Aviation/Unison, IFF Chemical Holdings, Johnson & Johnson VisionCare, Johnson Controls, Inc., Miller Electric Company, Nu-Trend Plastics, Polyhistor International, Saft America, Inc., The Safariland Group, United States Gypsum Co., UTC Aerospace, Vac-Con, Inc., Vak Pak.

         FCMA Committee Chairs include…

- Community Relations:  Monica Pritchard, Jo-Kell, Inc., chair; Joey Duncan, Tetra Tech, asst. chair.

- Workforce Development: Eugenia Allen, Saft America, chair; Chrissy Snow, Saft America, co-asst. chair; Bonnie Quasnick, Pal-King Pallets, co-asst. chair.

- Environmental/Safety: Vince Seibold, Anheuser-Busch/MCC div, chair; Jared Bowden, Carlisle IT, co-asst. chair; Tom Baase, Remedy Staffing, co-asst. chair.

- Finance: Ed Salek, Dixon Hughes Goodman, chair.

- Government Relations: Jim Bush, Flower Power & Light, chair; Rob Hooper, Atlantic Logistics, co-assist. Chair; Jeff Evans, Colliers International, co-asst. chair.

- Membership Services: Kim Lambert, Oasis Staffing, co-chair; Kristina Nelson, Finger, Nelson & Maguire, PLLC, co-chair.

         The First Coast Manufacturers Association is a non-profit trade association serving Northeast Florida. There are over 1,500 manufacturing companies on the First Coast, supplying over 30,000 jobs and generating nearly 15% of the total gross regional product. Additional media information on FCMA is available at www.fcmaweb.com.