Leadership
ABC NorCal is a member-lead association governed by various volunteer committees and an elected Board of Directors representing the communities we serve. The following leadership opportunities allow members to expand their role within the association and take part in the decision-making process.
Board of Directors
ABC NorCal’s Board of Directors jointly oversees the entire organization. Board members work with the executive team to set the chapter’s strategic direction and ensure business efficiency and mission alignment. They also appoint various committee members and trustees.
Benefit Trust
The Benefit Trust Fund is an employee benefit plan for ABC NorCal apprentices and members. Trustees oversee plan administration and ensure that funds are used appropriately and responsibly.
Training Trust
The Training Trust Fund is an employee benefit plan established to accept and distribute contributions for the training of apprentices and other craft persons. Trustees safeguard all training contributions and ensure that they are used appropriately and responsibly.
Unilateral Apprenticeship Committee (UAC)
The UAC is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Apprenticeship Rules & Regulations and Standards which include recruitment and selection of new apprentices, supervising the training of apprentices and their advancement through the program, ensuring apprentices’ proper on-the-job training and school attendance, and also imposing penalties due to violation of program rules.
Board of Directors
MK Electric & Design
Don Celillo Electric Co., Inc.
Ron Hicks, Past Chair (2018 – 2019)
Soltek Pacific Construction Company
Eric Serna, Treasurer
Helix Electric
Sausal Corporation
Craig Brueckner, Secretary
BRS Financial Group
Stephen McCutcheon, Chapter Legal Counsel
Cook Brown LLP
Central Coast Regional Council Chair
Monterey Peninsula Engineering
South Bay Regional Council Chair
OPEN
Capital Action Council Chair
Andrew Vasko
Vasko Electric, Inc.
East Bay Regional Council Chair
Dalton Southard
Helix Electric
Fresno Regional Council Chair
Joe Garcia, Chair
J.I. Garcia Construction, Inc.
Ron Hicks, Regional Council Representative
Soltek Pacific Construction Company
Unilateral Apprenticeship Committee (UAC)
Chris DeVette, Chair
Aztec Consultants
Kari Maldonado, Committee Member
Diede Construction, Inc.
Mike Flynn, Committee Member
Mike Flynn Painting Old & New, Inc.
Jenn Mitchell, Committee Member
Royal Electric
Karen Briones, Secretary
MCE Corporation
Aman Virk, Committee Member
Bergelectric Corp
Nate Meerstein, Committee Member
Helix Electric
Seamus Canning, Committee Member
Canning Electric, Inc.
Telstar Instruments
Training Trust Fund
Ken Kreischer, Chair
Western Water Constructors, Inc.
Dan Yeggy, Secretary
RK Electric, Inc.
Tom Vasey, Past Chair
TSV Painting, Inc.
Phil Blanke, Trustee
Helix Electric
Benefit Trust Fund
Kathryn McGuire, Chair
Brown Construction, Inc.
Eric Vasey, Trustee
TSV Painting, Inc.
Kate Weiland, Trustee
KS Plumbing
Matt Snyder, Secretary
Helix Electric
Erica Gentry, Trustee
GCCI, Inc.
ABC of CA
Andrew Vasko
Vasko Electric, Inc.
Jason Pengel
Helix Electric
Pacific Region
Royal Electric Company