Jeff Harper, Harper Construction Company, Inc., Elected 2018 AGC San Diego President
Jeff Harper, President of
Harper Construction Company, Inc., was elected the
73rd President of the Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter, Inc. by the AGC Board of Directors following the 90th Annual Meeting on December 14th. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer was the guest speaker, and he addressed the 200+ guests about the opportunities and challenges ahead with some of the major infrastructure projects being proposed in San Diego.
As AGC San Diego Chapter President, Jeff will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to the AGC throughout 2018. He succeeds
Eric Stenman, Chief Operating Officer of
Balfour Beatty Construction, as the Association's President.
The new officers and the Board of Directors will be installed at the Installation Dinner on
Monday, January 15th, 2018 at the Hilton Bayfront.
Jeff has been an active AGC member at both the national and local level for many years. Nationally, Jeff served as Chair of AGC of America's NAVFAC Committee from 2015-2017. In San Diego, he was the Association's Treasurer and headed the Plan Room Committee in 2015. He served as the Chair of the AGC Membership Committee in 2016 while serving as the Association's Vice President.
This year, Jeff served as the Association's Senior Vice President, and he was Chair of the Government Relations and Political Action Committees (PAC). Under his leadership, the
PAC raised over $250,000, which is a great accomplishment in a non-election year.
The AGC Board of Directors also elected the following as officers of the Association:
Senior Vice President -
David Donnelly, Vice President Southern California Region of
Granite Construction Company
Vice President -
Stephen Friar, Regional Director of Planning, Western U.S. for
Hensel Phelps
Secretary/ Treasurer -
Bill Haithcock, President of
Casper Company
During the Annual Meeting, the AGC Membership elected the following to the Board of Directors:
General Building Contractor -
Three 5-year terms
Diane Koester-Byron, President of
I.E.- Pacific, Inc.
Stephen Friar, Regional Director of Planning, Western U.S. for
Hensel Phelps
John Messick, Vice President, Regional Director of
Sundt Construction, Inc.
General Engineering Contractor -
One 2-year term
Jason Mordhorst, President of
Hazard Construction Company
Contractor -
Two 5-year terms
Rik Becker, Vice President Project Development of
Bergelectric
Boris Shekhter, President of
Helix Electric, Inc.
Specialty Contractor -
One 1-year term
Mike Williamson, President of
Pacific Coast Iron
Affiliate -
One 3-year term
Randy Finch, Managing Partner of
Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP
Past President -
One 2-year term
John Daley, Jr., President of
Daley Corporation
Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Chair -
One 2-year term
Dusan Selezan, Senior VDC Specialist,
Balfour Beatty Construction
Also, President Harper appointed two
Ex Officio Board members to serve on his Executive Committee in 2018:
Mike Furby, President of
Marathon Construction Corporation, and
Gita Murthy,
Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of
RORE, Inc.
The new officers and the Board of Directors will be installed at the Installation Dinner on Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.
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