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Vecellio Group CEO Is Elected ARTBA Chairman
(4th Quarter 2007)
Leo A. Vecellio, Jr., chairman, president and CEO
of
Vecellio Group, Inc.,
has been elected 2007-2008 Chairman of the American Road &
Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), the industry’s
leading trade organization and consensus voice in Washington,
D.C. Mr. Vecellio received the gavel in October at the
association’s national convention in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Funding Is Top Priority
Mr. Vecellio’s top legislative goal for ARTBA is to continue
pressing Congress for a significant increase in federal
highway/transit investment as part of the reauthorization of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which is due by October 1,
2009. ARTBA has launched an “inside the Washington beltway”
public affairs and communications campaign to help achieve this
goal, Vecellio said.
Mr. Vecellio has been involved with ARTBA for nearly 10 years.
His leadership positions have included senior vice chairman,
first vice chairman, southern region vice chairman and vice
chairman-at-large. He is a key player in developing the
association’s legislative policy positions on federal
transportation development issues. Mr. Vecellio also serves as a
trustee on the ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation.
Extensive Industry Background
Mr. Vecellio’s industry background is extensive, having
literally grown up around transportation construction. He joined
the family business of
Vecellio & Grogan
in 1973 with degrees in civil engineering and construction
management from Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, and four years
of project management experience as an officer in the U.S. Air
Force.
Mr. Vecellio was integral to the company’s expansion well beyond
the mid-Atlantic states where it was founded by his father,
grandfather and uncle in 1938. Today, Vecellio & Grogan is a
subsidiary of the Vecellio Group, which operates throughout the
southeastern U.S. and beyond, and consistently ranks among the
nation’s top 200 contractors. Other operations include
heavy/highway contractors
Ranger
Construction Industries and
Ranger
Construction – South, mining firm
White Rock
Quarries, and petroleum and biodiesel
companies
Vecenergy
and
Vecenergy BIDA.
Active In Business Leadership
In addition to leadership roles within ARTBA and the family
businesses, Mr. Vecellio is active in numerous industry,
educational and business associations. He is among the founders
and executive members of Floridians for Better Transportation,
serves on the Florida “Council of 100”, is a founding member and
was first president of the Flexible Pavements Council of West
Virginia, and is also active in the Florida Transportation
Builders Association and the Contractors Association of West
Virginia.
He is a director of Natural Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE: NRP),
a member of the “Committee of 100” of the College of Engineering
at Virginia Tech, and a former trustee of the Virginia Tech
Foundation, where he chaired the investment committee.
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Bob Schafer, Doug
Smith and Andy Jones were among the attendees at the
annual convention of the American Road and Transportation
Builders Association. |
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Mike
Slade, Christopher Vecellio and Jim Hurley chat during
ARTBA's national convention in Ft. Lauderdale in October. |
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