Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association Announces Award Winners

By Florida's Association of Roofing Professionals.

FRSA members are recognized for their accomplishments.

The 2020 membership awards were announced virtually due to the cancellation of the FRSA Convention. Congratulations to the following winners.

Manny Oyola, Eagle Roofing Products FL, Wins Enthusiasm Award

The Bieler “Enthusiasm Gets It Done” Award was established in 1994 by Bill Bieler, Bieler Roofing Supply. The award recognizes annually an individual with spirit, passion and drive for FRSA or, as the award so aptly states, enthusiasm.

This year’s award winner was an easy choice. Since 2006, Manuel “Manny” Oyola, Jr., Eagle Roofing Products Florida LLC, Boca Raton, emulates exactly what the Bieler family had in mind when they established the award. Read more.

Trent Cotney, Cotney Construction Law, Wins Heart Award

The Earl Blank Memorial Heart Award is given each year to an FRSA associate member who most exemplifies the giving nature that the late Mr. Blank was known for in his work with the Association. The award criteria seem almost created for FRSA Legal Counsel Trent Cotney, Esquire who is proudly presented with this year’s award.

Trent has been an active FRSA member for almost twenty years. He not only serves as Legal Counsel for the FRSA, but also for NRCA and multiple other roofing organizations. In meetings he is known to keep his opinions close to the vest unless an issue is raised that he feels FRSA needs his input on. When he addresses a committee or the FRSA Board of Directors, a hush falls over the room as his words always carry a lot of weight. Read more.

Kaethe Schuster, Dupont, Wins Charlie Raymond Membership Award

Kaethe Schuster is originally from the great state of Michigan where she grew up enjoying all things outdoors. She attended Northwood University where she earned a BBA in Business and Marketing. It was also at Northwood that Kaethe met her husband, Jeff.

The Dow Chemical Company made a wise decision in 1999 when they hired Kaethe to work in their Customer Service Department where she quickly rose to Operations Management. As her career progressed, she and Jeff relocated to some familiar Dow company towns, Marietta, GA and Wilmington, IL, as part of the acquisition of Flexible Products by Dow. Kaethe has remained in the spray foam market ever since. Read more.

Keith Swope, CPRC, Tampa Roofing Co. Inc., Wins President's Award Honors

The President’s Award is given every year to someone who goes above and beyond to assist the President throughout their year as President of the Association.

“I don’t know of anyone more deserving in the industry who has helped me more this past year than my father, Keith Swope, CPRC. Although, as many know, there are certain challenges of working with family, I have been able to count on him. It doesn’t matter if it’s filling in when I’m away for meetings, helping carry the load or for his advice on how to handle the responsibility of being the President of the Association, he has always been there. I can’t thank you enough, Dad!”

— President Brian Swope, CPRC

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Original article source: FRSA