S2:E11 Coffee Conversations – Roofing Day 2021

By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter.  

ROOFPAC members dive into the top legal issues currently facing the roofing industry.   

RoofersCoffeeShop® hosted the ROOFPAC team in this recent Coffee Conversations to discuss what’s happening legally in roofing. Reid Ribble and Duane Musser from National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) and Tammy Hall from CFS Roofing Services chat with RCS Partner, Heidi J. Ellsworth on current topics such as career and technical education, inclusion of buildings with infrastructure spending legislation and immigration reform. 

Duane Musser has been the vice president of government relations at NRCA for 13 years. His job entails overseeing all of NRCA's political operations in Washington D.C., where he’s been working for 30 years. 

“I caught the political bug while I was in college,” said Duane. “I'd been working as a congressional staffer for a member of the house of representatives for a number of years, which is how I got my start in D.C. and then worked in government relations consulting ever since.” 

Reid had a different track into the political world. He was a roofing contractor for 30 years before deciding to run for Congress in 2009. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years before being asked to become NRCA’s new CEO by long-time NRCA CEO Bill Goode. Since he took over at NRCA, the organization has been undergoing a number of impressive changes, including a new health care program. 

“Our team in D.C. has been doing yeoman's work for the last year. This entire COVID experience has dialed everything up,” said Reid. “This team worked extraordinarily long hours and we're involved in virtually every single thing that you can imagine [in D.C.] If it has anything to do with the U.S. roofing industry, we're there." 

Tammy oversees the service, sales and marketing divisions at CFS Roofing, a full-service roofing  company in Southwest Florida. Tammy recently joined the RCS Influencer team and she is also an NRCA board member, serving on the ROOFPAC and National Roofing Day committees. She also serves on the Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association (FRSA) board and is the chair for their government affairs PAC. Remarkably, Tammy also has time to spare to represent FRSA for an affiliate council within the Florida Roofing Association.  

“I stay busy,” said Tammy. “I've got to tell you, once you start, it's hard to get out of this industry. There are an incredible amount of people from all walks of life who do great things...NRCA provides such a network of people and have been great mentors to me at I continue my career and I'm so appreciative.” 

Read, Listen or Watch the entire Coffee Conversations to hear more from these hard-working members of the roofing community about why attending Roofing Day is important for the future of the industry.