AGC Elects New Officers and Board Members
At its Jan. 27 annual meeting AGC of Washington elected its 2012 slate of officers and board members. The officers are:
Steve Isenhart | President
Steve Isenhart is Co-owner Estimator and Project Manager for Tiger Construction. Steve started the building division for Tiger in 1985. He holds a BS degree in Geophysical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. Steve is an active AGC member both as a Board member and as a leader of AGC’s Northern District. He is a retired volunteer fireman and EMT who served 20 years at Kendall Fire Station; for ten years he was a Commissioner for Whatcom County Fire District 14. Steve is married to Sharon Isenhart and has two children. His interests include biking boating fishing golfing hiking and skiing.
Butch Brooks | First Vice President
Butch Brooks is President of Miles Resources (formerly known as Woodworth & Company). Butch was hired by Woodworth as a project manager in 1986. In 1989 he became General Superintendent overseeing all construction and manufacturing and was named Vice-President/General Manager in 1995. He has served in a variety of capacities for AGC of Washington including chairmanship of the Government Affairs Council and service on the Labor Committee. In 2005 he was named AGC of Washington’s Contractor of the Year. He is Past President of the Washington Asphalt Pavement Association. Butch is a former City of Fife Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem. He coached a select fastpich team for eight years. Butch and his wife Barb have two daughters Sarah and Becky.
Joe Simmons | Second Vice President
Joseph Simmons is President of Joseph S. Simmons Construction Inc. a general contractor doing work throughout western Washington. After graduating from the University of Washington in Construction Management in 1976 he worked for three AGC-member contractors as an estimator and project manager. Joe then started Joseph S. Simmons Construction in 1985. Joe also owns C/I Properties started in 1986 which owns and manages commercial properties throughout King County. He has been an active member in AGC since 1976. Joe lives in north Seattle with his wife Susan.
Mark Seaman | Secretary/Treasurer
Mark Seaman is the CFO and Secretary Treasurer of J.R. Abbott Construction Inc. a general construction company with offices in Seattle Arcadia CA and Lake Oswego OR. After graduating from UC Berkeley Economics 1977 he worked in the San Francisco area for 20 years in real estate finance construction and asset management. He moved to Seattle in 1996 and was a Controller at McDonald Miller before landing at J.R. Abbott Construction Inc. as their CFO in 1998. Mark and a partnership of six other principals purchased J.R. Abbott Construction Inc. in May of 2006. He is an active member of the AGC of Washington and CFMA and lives in Bellevue with his wife Cindy.
Pat McGarry | Immediate Past President
Pat McGarry is retired Vice President for Manson Construction Co. He started at Manson in 1968 working aboard the company’s tugs and crane barges. In 1984 Pat helped opened Manson’s first remote office in San Francisco and in 1991 became Vice President with responsibility for all of Manson’s Northwest Alaska and International work. Pat serves on the Boards of the Seattle Marine Business Coalition and the Manufacturing Industrial Council. In addition to his Board service Pat has served on the AGC’s Property Committee and Carpenter and Operators Negotiating Committee. Pat is now spending some of his spare time in retirement working as a yacht broker for Fairhaven Yachts. Pat and his wife Carol live in La Conner and have raised many top winning Irish Setter show dogs and are competitive sailors in the Northwest.
The Board members are:
Delton Bonds Mountain States Const. Co.
Kyle Zender Interwest Construction Inc.
John Parker Unimark Construction Group LLC
John Korsmo Korsmo Construction Inc.
Steve Barger Northwest Cascade Inc.
Nancy Munro MidMountain Contractors Inc.
Jake Jacobson Osborne Construction Co.
Todd Vacura Ferguson Construction Inc.
Brian Westerlund Veca Electric & Technologies
Thom Sicklesteel Sicklesteel Cranes Inc.
Paul Cressman Ahlers & Cressman PLLC
Mike Schmidt Berntson Porter & Company PLLC