Board of Directors

Board members must be a Voting Member in good standing prior to being nominated and elected.  Directors will serve a three year term of office but may serve two consecutive three-year terms, if elected.

Officers must serve on the Board of Directors for one year prior to being elected to an officer position.  Nominations are put forth by the Board of Directors prior to the annual voting meeting in the spring.  Officers are elected from the nominees at the annual meeting.

Board Members

Jessie Boone | Road Worx Inc.

Patrons President

Jessie Anna Boone is a 2008 graduate of the Concrete Industry Management program and is the current President of the CIM Patron’s. She has spent the majority of her career working in the cement industry. She is the current Director of Business Development for Road Worx Inc. and is better known around the United States as the “FDR Girl”. Jessie has spent the better part of a decade educating the state of Tennessee on Full Depth Reclamation and now uses her talents to help build Road Worx footprint across the southeastern states. When not on the road, Jessie helps run Arrow Pavement Solutions, a concrete contracting company, she and her husband First Sergeant Justin Boone own. Together they have two handsome boys Sawyer and Sullivan.

Natalie Martin | Cresset Chemical

Patrons Vice President

Natalie Martin is a 2016 graduate of the CIM Program and is now Technical Sales Manager for Cresset Chemical Company. She travels to precast plants around the country advising producers on how to achieve archaically finished concrete. She is the mother of three sons and lives in the Murfreesboro area. Natalie is the Vice President of the CIM Patron Board and Chair of the CIM Outreach Committee.

Aleck Yancey | FiberForce

Secretary/Treasurer

Aleck serves as the Eastern US Manager for the FiberForce team. He is responsible for technical sales and support for fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) solutions, working with ready-mix producers, engineers, architects, home builders, and commercial/industrial contractors. He conducts training seminars and works directly with specification writers, demonstrating the various applications where FRC is appropriate and how FRC solutions enhance durability and performance of the concrete ready- mix, while also adding monetary value. Aleck graduated from the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program (December 2010) at Middle Tennessee State University. He currently sits on the board for the MTSU CIM Patrons and serves as the CIM Patron’s secretary and treasurer. Aleck’s business career has included selling ready-mix in northeast Tennessee, working for Propex Concrete Solutions as a Technical Sales Manager and as an Applications Engineer for Keyence USA.

Kyle Weatherly | Stalite

Kyle has both a Business Management and CIM degree (2007) from MTSU. He has spent his entire industry career with STALITE Lightweight Aggregate. First as Territory Manager 2007-2018 and presently Sales Manager for North America and Europe. Kyle has held a CIM Patron’s Board position since 2008 and served as CIM Patron’s President 2012-2013. Other industry involvements include serving as chair of the Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute. Kyle is married to Kristen and has one son, Beckett.

Nicole Maher | National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Nicole began her career at NRMCA in 1989 as an assistant in the meetings and trade show department. Since then, she has served in a variety of positions related to events, membership, strategic planning and industry relations on her way to her current role as Chief Operating Officer. Nicole also serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the CIM National Steering Committee.

Daniel Bugbee | Garrott Brothers

Daniel Bugbee is a 2007 graduate of MTSU CIM program. Daniel is currently the President and Owner of Garrott Bros Ready Mix based out of Gallatin TN. He is the Past President of the CIM patrons and a current board member. He resides in Gallatin TN with his wife Heather and 3 kids.

Cody Eaton | National Cement
Willam “Cody” Eaton is a 2005 graduate of the CIM Program at MTSU, a Kappa Sigma alumnus, and a native of Nashville, TN. Serving as a current Board member since 2006, his roles have included a Past President role, and currently serves as Auction Committee Chair. Cody is the Territory Sales Manager in Tennessee for the National Cement Company of Alabama where he continues to be passionate about the industry and active in associations. Along with cement, Cody had previous experience with suppliers of lightweight aggregates, color pigments, and admixtures. Outside of work, he enjoys playing golf, being on the water, and spending time with his wife and three girls.
Kell Harvey | CarbonCure

Kell Harvey is a proud 2007 graduate of the MTSU CIM program. After graduating Kell worked for Rinker Materials in Knoxville, Tennessee from 2007-12 were he sold crushed stone. Rinker was purchased by Cemex in 2008 and the business became Aggregates USA later that year. In 2010 Kell graduated from the University of Tennessee with his MBA. From 2012- 2014 he worked in Johnson City, Tennessee in sales for Aggregates USA. In 2014 he moved to Chattanooga, TN where he married the love of his life Laurie Lynn (MTSU class of 2008). He began working for JAT Oil INC on the commercial bulk side of their oil and gas distribution business where he mainly sold diesel fuel.
In September 2021 Kell accepted the role of Great Lakes Regional Sales Manager for CarbonCure Technologies. CarbonCure injects CO2 into Ready Mix concrete. Kell covers Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Kell and Laurie live in Kell’s childhood home in Chattanooga on Signal Mountain, TN. They have two beautiful young boys, Thomas Mark and Fairbanks (Banks). Kell enjoys being involved with his community and has served on the MTSU Patrons board (President 2018/19), church deacons board and was the 2020 Real Men Wear Pink of Chattanooga winner to benefit the American Cancer Society. In Kell’s spare time he enjoys time with his family, officiating high school football and playing basketball. Kell is very grateful for two loving parents and an education that has given him the opportunity to succeed.

Nick Edwards | Toyota

Nick has served on the CIM Patrons board since 2012. Nick’s love for concrete developed while running a concrete flatwork company with a MTSU CIM classmate/friend. After graduating in 2006, Nick went on to work in Sales, Concrete Design, and Executive Leadership for Rinker Materials, Ready Mix USA, Sequatchie Concrete Service, and Cemex. In addition to serving our industry, Nick has an MBA, and experience working with the oil & gas industry, capital equipment, and in management consulting. Currently, Nick leads the sales team for the east region for Toyota Material Handling Midsouth (forklifts, not 4Runners) Nick resides in Knoxville and treasures free time with his family, friends, the great outdoors, and playing music live.

Amanda Schweighardt | Irving Materials Inc.

Amanda is currently the Vice President and General Manager for imi’s Southeastern Tennessee region. She previously worked as a Quality Control Technician and the Quality Control Manager for imi. She is a 2005 graduate of the CIM program.

Hayden Bilyeu | Southeast Cement Promotion Association

Hayden Bilyeu attended Middle Tennessee State University and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Concrete Industry Management in 2016. Hayden cut his professional teeth in 2014 working as an engineering technician, where he tested construction materials in the field and laboratory. Since starting out as a field technician and serving as a project and laboratory manager for Collier Engineering, he has been involved in multiple projects involving subgrade stabilization utilizing Full-Depth Reclamation where he specializes in the development of mixture designs and soils testing and then the inspection and testing of the material during field operations. In August 2021, Hayden joined the Southeast Cement Promotion Association as the Pavement Applications Director for Tennessee.

Taylor Northern | Oldcastle

Taylor is a 2014 graduate of the MTSU CIM program. She has been with Oldcastle Infrastructure, at the Lebanon, TN plant, since February 2017. As the O.I.L. Manager, she handles quality issues, finished products, raw materials, embedded inventory, and the logistics involved in all aspects.

Ward Poston 

Ward Poston Jr. dedicated over 38 years to the cement industry and continues to work part time in the concrete industry. Ward is one of the founding fathers of the CIM Patrons and served as the groups second President. He knew that the CIM Patrons would be the academic voice for the industry and would serve as the conduit between the concrete industry and the university. He worked to complete a list of goals and dreams which included developing a program that provided the product needed by the concrete industry, a program that would be its own major, creating an executive Master’s Degree, establishing a CIM Director, cultivating future alumni that would want to carry on the torch he and the other founding fathers created and build a building on the campus of MTSU dedicated to the CIM Program and the futures of all CIM students.

All of those goals and dreams have been accomplished due to the leadership of Ward. Ward created an environment where current Patrons were able to use their talents and financial resources to also aid in student scholarships, travel and internships. The capabilities of the CIM Patrons are endless all thanks to their strong foundation built with the help from Ward. Ward has had the pleasure to be along for the rest of the ride and enjoys watching the growth of the program as a whole.

Dennis Lind

Dennis Lind graduated from MTSU in 1972. Although he doesn’t have a Concrete Industry Management degree, he has spent 451/2 years with Master Builders working exclusively with Ready Mix Concrete. Denny has served as the CIM Patrons President as well as the President of the Middle TN ACI Chapter. Denny was inducted into the Tennessee Concrete Association Hall of Fame in 2010 and served on the Board of Directors in 1992-1995 and 2007.

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