Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor

Karen L. Edwards has been a marketing professional for 30 years and has focused the past 20 years on marketing for the roofing industry. Having worked at both Carlisle Syntec and EagleView, she has led prominent industry marketing and contractor marketing programs. Karen now owns her own consulting business, Casimir ...

Charles Antis- RCS Influencer

Founder/CEO of Antis Roofing & Waterproofing Charles began his career as a roofing professional in 1984. Since then, he has become one of the most trusted names in the Southern California roofing industry, as well as an inspirational business leader championing social corporate responsibility. A well-respected and widely known roofing expert, entrepreneur ...

Chelsea Oesch - RCS Influencer

Chelsea Oesch, Branch Manager at Beacon Roofing Supply

Christian Madsen - RCS Influencer

President, Madsen Roofing With hands-on involvement in every project, Christian worked as a roofer, foreman and construction superintendent before taking on the role of president. Taking the family’s reputation very seriously, Christian rolls up his sleeves and gets involved to assure every client is happy and each project is one the ...

Delta Rep Group

Delta Rep Group is a statewide, Florida based manufacturer representation firm. We take pride in representing quality manufacturers to provide our clients superior service and solutions throughout the building envelope with a focus on Division 7.  At Delta Rep Group we take a relationship minded, facility based approach, bringing solutions to the ...

Heidi J. Ellsworth- RCS Influencer

RoofersCoffeeShop.com, HJE Consulting, Chairperson for National Women in Roofing Heidi J. Ellsworth, is a partner with RoofersCoffeeShop.com.  She has been working in the roofing industry since 1993 and has held positions with Malarkey Roofing, Carlisle Construction and EagleView Technologies, Heidi also founded her current roofing-focused sales and marketing consulting group in ...

Jennifer Stone- RCS Influencer

Pacific, Preferred Accounts Manager, Roofing Systems for Johns Manville. Jennifer Stone is the Pacific, Preferred Accounts Manager, Roofing Systems for Johns Manville. Most recently she was President of Nations Roof, NW Division, a National Commercial Contractor and Service Company serving all 50 US States. Jennifer spent 15 years in Sales and Marketing then ...

Kansas Roofing Association - KRA

The Kansas Roofing Association (KRA) is a statewide trade association of Kansas roofing contractors, suppliers, distributors and other professionals.  The group collectively represents the voice of the roofing industry in Kansas. KRA’s mission is to help its members operate successfully by providing up-to-date continuing education, industry contacts, consumer help, networking opportunities ...

Lauren White, RCS Reporter

Lauren joined the RoofersCoffeeShop® family in 2019 as a reporter.  She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and a Masters in Arts and Teaching from the University of Portland. Seeking a way to combine both degrees, she found success through writing articles to both teach and promote products ...

Mandy McIntyre - RCS Influencer

Mandy McIntyre, Operations Officer, 1st Choice Roofing Company  Mandy McIntyre is the Service Operations Manager at 1st Choice Roofing Company in Cleveland, Ohio.  Mandy grew up surrounded by construction, as her parents operated their own general contracting business – it was only natural to find a career that was cultivated from her roots. ...

Martin Stout- RCS Influencer

President of Go Roof Tune Up, Inc. Mr. Stout is the President of Go Roof Tune Up, Inc. The company  focuses  primarily on; inspecting, reporting, repairing and warranting single family homes. Go Roof Tune Up is active in Southern and Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, Washington and Florida. He currently serves on ...

McKay Daniels - RCS Influencer

NRCA Chief Operating Officer McKay Daniels serves as the National Roofing Contractors Association’s chief operations officer and works out of NRCA’s headquarters in the suburbs of Chicago. He has 20 years of experience in nonprofits, government, and the private sector. McKay has held a variety of management and consulting positions throughout his ...

Mike Hicks- RCS Influencer

President, Hicks Industrial Roofing, Inc. Mike Hicks has been roofing since the age of 16, and President of Hicks Industrial Roofing since 1999. He has been married for over 30 years and is the proud father of three and grandfather of two. Mike is a mentor to a high-school boys group. “I am ...

Mike Pickel- RCS Influencer

Director of Construction Operations Mike Pickel has 40 years of experience in both residential and commercial construction having started out as a framer, then he moved into project superintendent roles and spent years working as a project manager where he managed multi-million-dollar projects from start to finish. Mike co-founded Georgetown, Texas-based Texas ...

Ohio Roofing Contractors Association (ORCA)

ORCA is the only association in Ohio that is dedicated to the sole purpose of working for you, the roofing contractor. Some of the benefits of being a member of ORCA include:  Bimonthly newsletter Legal services plan State lobyist (Luther Liggett, Jr. of Brickler and Eckler, LLP) Annual convention and trade show Periodical topical seminars Annual golf ...