GOOD LUCK LYNN NASH ON YOUR RETIREMENT!

Lynn Nash – North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Executive Vice President 1997 – 2023

The board of NCMCA, which was founded in 1974, decided in the mid-90’s that there was a need for a full time executive to advance our mission and Lynn was hired in 1997. He replaced our part time association director, Eleanor Upton. Lynn came from a background of concrete block and ready mix concrete not to mention radio.

Lynn has pushed, prodded, persevered and ultimately survived 14 presidents during his tenure. Half of those beat him to retirement.   NCMCA is strong and unified with all of our contractors and associate members.

Lynn was instrumental in getting our certification program started which is now in its 16th year and is the envy of the nation. We have had 750+ people attend the classes. He saw the need and was very involved in pushing us towards hiring a workforce development person and was part of the process to find, hire and train Ryan who turned out to be his successor.

He did his best to keep Kodak in business as well as the floppy disc industry – we are well documented with bountiful archives.

He was apolitical – staying above and out of the fray that industry associations experience and kept it at bay. He was a strong proponent and voice for masonry and contractors.

He ran a tight ship – his conventions were well done, enlightening and enjoyed by all. He advanced our association and our industry and represented us well at the national level. He had the longest tenure of a masonry association executive in the US when he retired after 26 years.

In a vibrant masonry state, NCMCA has evolved to be the constant with the brick and block associations going from local, state affiliated groups to now regional and national groups. We have remained focused and funded strictly in state and maintain close relationships with our national partners.

Lynn retired after our April 2023 convention and has left us in great shape with strong programs in place and a firm direction for the future. We count on him and Katie to show up at our future events to watch and surely admire our advances and progress knowing he was the catalyst for our success. We wish him well.  Lynn Nash told many of us numerous times that he had the best job in the country which is a blessing we all can wish for.

Written by Doug Burton