Photos by Paul Miller Jr. and Terry Miller
Austin, TX–The Hyatt Regency, located here, recently welcomed 15 participants to the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) for the organization’s annual meeting.
Members, prospective members, Cypress Promotion Sponsors, and other industry stakeholders spent the opening evening networking and renewing friendships.
The next day, in conjunction with the National Conference and Expo of the Hardwood Manufacturers Association, the SCMA membership elected officers, exchanged business information and strategies, and reviewed the Association’s promotion plans.
Zack Rickman, Atlanta Hardwood Corporation (AHC), Mableton, GA, was elected SCMA president. He joined AHC in 2005 and currently serves as vice president of operations at AHC Hardwood Group, North Georgia.
Cassie Lewis, Turn Bull Lumber Company, Elizabethtown, NC, was elected SCMA vice president. Lewis joined Turn Bull Lumber Company in 2011. She now serves as the company’s account manager, and is responsible for all sales, as well as managing the green and kiln-dried inventories.
The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Cypress building products to design professionals and consumers.
Learn more about the Association at www.CypressInfo.org; also follow SCMA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or call 412-244-0440.