RCAT celebrates 49 years of roofing excellence

By Hannah Ford. 

The traditions of community engagement at the Texas Roofing Conference. 

In this Roofing Road Trips® podcast episode, Karen Edwards visits with Holly Green and Sarah Ramon from the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT). They discuss the tremendous progress the Texas Roofing Conference has made in the last four decades.   

Holly Green, the president of RCAT, and Sarah Ramon, the executive director, have spent a considerable effort preparing to host the 49 Texas Roofing Conference. Over the past forty-nine years, the Texas Roofing Conference has seen considerable transformation in the roofing industry and has been at the forefront of new roofing innovations. “We do this conference once a year, and it's a great time for everybody to get together and see a lot of those friendly, familiar faces that you don't get to see very often,” said Sarah. “That's the thing that excites me the most. I mean, we are growing. I try to get this a little bit bigger and get a few more people in the door every single year. This year, we've got 150 exhibitors, 23 programs, three days worth of events.” 

RCAT is constantly looking for ways to give back to the roofing community and some of their best outreach comes from the Texas Roofing Conference. “We're raising money for our PAC fund, which of course helps with our legislation. We've got an upcoming year of legislation,” Holly shared. Through the Texas Roofing Conference, RCAT is able to raise money to fund their ability to contribute to statewide legislation that supports roofers.  

Supporting education is at the top of mind at the Texas Roofing Conference as participants attend various educational panels throughout the three days. While raising money for roofing legislation, RCAT also raises money for students to help fund their educational journey. “We have our scholarship program that I'm the committee chair on, that we have only 300 tickets, and you have a chance to win $5,000. You can buy a ticket for $50 to possibly win $5,000,” Holly announced. Tickets are available for purchase in person at the conference or online on the RCAT website. “We do this every year. It raises money for our scholarship foundation. This year, we're actually giving away a little over $51,000. Those students have already been selected and notified, and we're in the process of cutting out those checks,” explained Sarah. “You don't have to be present to win, but that's an exciting part of the wrap-up of the trade show on Friday. Draws a big crowd, everybody's waiting. And there's more prizes that we draw as well, but that is a lot of fun on Friday at the show.” 

The Texas Roofing Conference is an exciting time for RCAT and roofing professionals around the country. Participants have the chance to engage and learn from other roofing professionals and win $5,000 in a charity raffle.  

Read the transcript or Listen to the podcast to learn more about the special events at the Texas Roofing Conference.