Chad Collins is executive vice president of Roofing Corporation of America, Atlanta. Before joining Roofing Corp of America, he was the founder and president of Bone Dry Roofing Co., Athens, Ga., which he led for nearly two decades and sold in July 2021.
A dedicated industry leader, Collins was first elected to NRCA’s board of directors in 2008 and has served multiple terms. He joined the Executive Committee in 2015 and again in 2024 and most recently served as NRCA’s chairman of the board-elect from 2025–26.
Throughout his tenure, Collins has contributed extensively to NRCA, serving on numerous committees and task forces, including the PAC Advisory, Government Relations, Membership, Workforce Development, Contractor Management, and NRCA Legal committees. He also is an active member of the Roofing Alliance and will serve a three-year term on its board of trustees from 2026–29.
Former Chairmen of the Board
- 2025 | Alex Hernandez | Broadview, Ill.
- 2024 | Doug Duncan | Villa Park, Ill.
- 2023 | Lisa Sprick | Corvallis, Ore.
- 2022 | Kyle Thomas | Mobile, Ala.
- 2020-21 | Rod Petrick | Frankfort, Ill.
- 2019 | Nick Sabino | Cincinnati
- 2018 | Kent Schwickert | Mankato, Minn.
- 2017 | Jim Barr | Abilene, Texas
- 2016 | Dennis Conway | Las Vegas
- 2015 | Lindy Ryan | Sanford, Fla.
- 2014 | Rich Nugent | Lithia Springs, Ga.
- 2013 | Nelson Braddy | Grand Prairie, Texas
- 2012 | Bruce McCrory | Mobile, Ala.
- 2011 | Kent Tolley | Boise, Idaho
- 2010 | Allen Lancaster | Savannah, Ga.
- 2009 | Rob McNamara | Milwaukee
- 2008 | Rob Therrien | Keene, N.H.
- 2007 | Bob Daly | Kansas City, Kan.
- 2006 | Mark Gaulin | Jessup, Md.
- 2005 | Reid Ribble | Kaukauna, Wis.
- 2004 | Dane Bradford | Billings, Mont.
- 2003 | John Gooding | Ephrata, Pa
- 2002 | W. Don McCrory | Mobile, Ala.
- 2001 | Mike Promen | Broadview, Ill.
- 2000 | John Miller | San Francisco
- 1999 | James McAdam | New Haven, Conn.
- 1998 | Steven Kruger | Macon, Ga.
- 1997 | Conrad Kawulok | Boulder, Colo.
- 1996 | Robert M. Dalsin | Minneapolis
- 1995 | Bennett Hutchison III | Atlanta
- 1994 | Charles Bechtel | Dayton, Ohio
- 1993 | Frank E. Lawson Jr. | San Francisco
- 1992 | J. Dudley Miles III | Chesapeake, Va.
- 1991 | Richard Rosenow | Elk Grove, Ill.
- 1990 | Charles N. Griffiths Jr. | Binghamton, N.Y.
- 1989 | William T. Fort Jr. | Sumter, S.C.
- 1988 | Marlin Potteiger | York, Pa.
- 1987 | Michael Beldon | San Antonio, Texas
- 1986 | Donald McNamara | Milwaukee
- 1985 | Robert T. Harrison | Greenville, S.C.
- 1984 | Wayne I. Mullis | Phoenix
- 1983 | Burton J. Karp | West Hartford, Conn.
- 1982 | John W. Bradford | Billings, Mont.
- 1981 | John Zamrzla | Lancaster, Calif.
- 1980 | William Kugler | Denver
- 1979 | Thomas Manson | Kansas City, Mo.
- 1978 | Melvin Kruger | Macon, Ga.
- 1977 | J. Roy Martin Jr. | Anderson, S.C.
- 1976 | George Stephenson | St. Louis
- 1975 | Robert Linck | Philadelphia
- 1974 | Charles J. Raymond | Miami
- 1973 | William R. Steinmetz Sr. | South Bend, Ind.
- 1972 | James F. King | Portland, Ore.
- 1971 | Robert Osterholt | St. Louis
- 1970 | Bennett Hutchison Jr. | Atlanta
- 1969 | Henry Alcock | Chicago
- 1968 | Edward D. Weyand | Sacramento, Calif.
- 1967 | J.J. Hall Jr. | Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1966 | Robert E. Bubenzer | Indianapolis
- 1965 | George Burrus | Knoxville, Texas
- 1964 | John Hartmann | Terre Haute, Ind.
- 1963 | Milton Olson | Omaha, Neb.
- 1962 | Charles Griffiths Sr. | Binghamton, N.Y.
- 1961 | Rudy Barnes | Charlotte, N.C.
- 1959-60 | John D. Reuter | St. Louis
- 1958 | Clyde Scott | Chicago
- 1957 | Cal Bowman | Oklahoma City
- 1956 | Harvey Wallace | New Orleans
- 1954-55 | John D. Ennis | Terre Haute, Ind.
- 1953 | Walter Simon | St. Louis
- 1952 | B.D. Schram | Denver
- 1951 | M.T. Buckley | Wichita, Kan.
- 1950 | Gordon Waters | Rocky Mount, N.C.
- 1949 | Ben J. Esko | Chicago
- 1947-48 | C.L. Cockrell | Chicago
- 1946 | C.C. High | Scranton, Pa.
- 1944-45 | A. Biebel | St. Louis
- 1943 | H.O. Rex | Stamford, Conn.
- 1942 | Milton Carpenter | St. Louis
- 1940-41 | Myron W. Powell | Chicago
- 1939 | I.A. Langer | Milwaukee
- 1937-38 | Tom J. Daly | Kansas City, Kan.
- 1936 | D.A. Jackson | Los Angeles
- 1935 | John J. Hession | Louisville, K.Y.
- 1934 | C.L. Pitts | Newark, N.J.
- 1932-33 | J.A. Piper | Greenville, S.C.
- 1930-31 | J. Boyd Griffiths | Binghamton, N.Y.
- 1929 | Joseph Campbell | Providence, R.I.
- 1928 | C.C. James | Grand Rapids, Mich.
- 1927 | George E. Moore | Chicago
- 1926 | Norman E. Dow | Omaha, Neb.
- 1925 | George E. Moore | Chicago
- 1924 | A.W. Carmichael | Toronto, Canada
- 1923 | John C. Finegan | Boston
- 1922 | Charles N. Louis | Peoria, Ill.
- 1921 | Mark Cronin | Chicago
- 1919-20 | T.F. Sloan | Paterson, N.J.
- 1918 | J.C. Norton | Cleveland
- 1917 | A.W. Bartholomew | Memphis, Tenn.
- 1916 | George W. Moore | Providence, R.I.
- 1915 | John Ingram | Chicago
- 1914 | Lee H. Gould | Cleveland
- 1913 | L.W. Harrington | New York
- 1912 | John L. Jones | Chicago
- 1911 | W.A. Murtfeld | Boston
- 1910 | W.L. Springer | Chicago
- 1909 | William B. Hart | Providence, R.I.
- 1908 | A. F. Golden | Scranton, Pa.
- 1907 | E.W. Jameson | Buffalo, N.Y.
- 1906 | Howard Nichols | Des Moines, Iowa
- 1905 | J.W. Bushnell | Peoria, Ill.
- 1904 | J. Lober | Philadelphia
- 1903 | Maj. Elias Powell | Chicago
- 1902 | W.N. Childs | New York
- 1901 | Henry Reuter | Kankakee, Ill.
- 1900 | John C. Finegan | Boston
- 1899 | Charles Schneider | St. Louis
- 1898 | Charles Kunzler | Pittsburgh
- 1897 | A.J. Shirk | Oklahoma City
- 1896 | C.G. Jameson | Buffalo, N.Y.
- 1895 | John M. Sellers | St. Louis
- 1894 | S.A. Datzell | Youngstown, Ohio
- 1893 | William O'Donnell | Chicago
- 1892 | George Winding | Milwaukee
- 1891 | W.P. Lupton | Pittsburgh
- 1890 | E.S. Bortel | Philadelphia
- 1889 | Henry C. Smither | Indianapolis
- 1888 | H.R. Shaffer | Chicago
- 1887 | F.J. Sokup | Grand Rapids, Mich.
- 1886 | J. Wilkes Ford | Chicago
- 1885 | Samuel D. Warren | St. Louis
- 1884 | Maj. Samuel E. Barrett | Chicago
- 1883 | H.M. Reynolds | Grand Rapids, Mich.
- 1882 | Col. M.W. Powell | Chicago