Natural Stone Foundation: New Board Members
OBERLIN, Ohio — The Natural Stone Foundation welcomes four new members to its board of directors for 2023.
Greg Osterhout of Northern Stone Supply, Brie Pfannebecker of Connecticut Stone, Rick Stimac of BB Industries and Jonathan Zanger, former longtime president of Walker Zanger, will now be part of the philanthropic arm of the Natural Stone Institute.
2021 Foundation Board President Joshua Levinson of Artistic Tile,Inc. and Kent Barnow of U.S. Stone Industries LLC will officially end their terms at StonExpo this month.
“Since 2017 Kent and Josh have been pillars on the foundation board,” said Natural Stone Institute CEO Jim Hieb. “They helped build it from a start-up organization to one that is primed to help the industry fund big-pictures projects. We are indebted to their many hours of service and leadership.”
“Josh and Kent have been instrumental in establishing this new philanthropic arm of our association,” said 2022 Natural Stone Foundation Board President Rich Katzmann. “They have been catalysts for the successes of our fundraising efforts which will ensure that the foundation is well positioned for the future.”
Katzman will serve on the foundation board in 2023 as immediate past-president Tony Malisani of Malisani Inc. will be this year’s president, and Kevin Camarata of Camarata Masonry Systemd Ltd will be president-elect.
Sustaining board members for 2023 are Ralph Morgan of Polycor and Holly Rohrer of Halbert Mill Co.
The foundation’s mission is to serve the natural stone industry by financially supporting initiatives and services important to industry stakeholders. Funding received from the Foundation allows the Natural Stone Institute to produce educational programming, scholarships, and advocacy for the use of natural stone. Learn more at www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/foundation.
