Alabama

The James N. Gray Company recently announced the promotion of David Dean to vice president of its Southeast Regional Office in Birmingham, Ala. Dean has been with Gray for more than nine years and has held various positions in the organization during his tenure.

In 2003 David was responsible for the start-up of Gray's Birmingham office. His responsibilities include the marketing and operations planning for Gray's Southeast regional operations.

The James N. Gray Company is a nationally ranked engineering and construction firm headquartered in Lexington, Ky., with offices in Virginia, Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, California and Tokyo, Japan.

Gray provides customers with programming, planning, site selection, engineering, design, construction and equipment installation services in the automotive, distribution, food, chemical, federal government, education and general manufacturing industries.

Mississippi

Earl Stone of Kimes & Stone Construction Company Inc. in Booneville, Miss., has been chosen as the new president of the Mississippi Road Builders' Association (MRBA). He took office in January 2005 after serving in 2004 as first vice president.

Stone succeeds Charles Webster of Key Constructors Inc. of Madison, Miss., who has served as association president on three different occasions.

Other new officers for 2005 are Tom Elmore, Eutaw Construction Company Inc. of Aberdeem, Miss., first vice president and president-elect; Joe McGee, Joe McGee Construction Company Inc. of Lake, Miss., second vice president and is in the chain of succession to become president; Cindy Warner, American Field Service Corporation of Madison, Miss., re-elected as secretary-treasurer; and Kay Atwood VanSkiver, Atwood Fence Company, Kosciusko, elected to the Executive Committee.

New members elected to the Board of Directors for three-year terms are Hollis Cheek, J.C. Cheek Sod & Erosion Contractor Inc. of Kosciusko, Miss.; Joe McGee, Joe McGee Construction Company Inc. of Lake, Miss.; Lawrence Warren, Warren Paving Inc. of Hattiesburg, Miss.; Mac Johnson, W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company of Philadelphia, Miss.; and Tom Todd, Hoover Inc. of Iuka, Miss.

Outgoing board members are N.L. Carson, N.L. Carson Construction Company Inc. of Carthage, Miss.; Dwayne Boyd, APAC-Mississippi Inc. of Jackson; David Greene, Lehman-Roberts Company of Memphis, Tenn.; John Hill, Hill Brothers Construction & Engineering Co. Inc. of Falkner, Miss.; Frank Mallette, Mallette Brothers Construction Co. Inc. of Gautier, Miss.; and Sam Agnew, Trustmark National Bank of Jackson, Miss.

Dave Barton is the MRBA executive Director.

The MRBA began in 1937 as the Mississippi Highway Contractors Association. The name was changed to the Mississippi Road Builders' Association in 1949 to broaden its membership to include not only highway contractors but allied businesses as well. It is headquartered in Jackson.

Regional

David J. Moellering has been named to the new position of director of business Development at APAC Inc. The position will have responsibility for business development, marketing and sales. He will report directly to David Guillaume, vice president, operations support.

"Cultivating our business development and marketing skills is a core strategy," said Garry Higdem, APAC president. "Adding this position will give us more depth in this key area. This role will increase the effectiveness of these efforts in the major projects arena and will leverage and expand the impact of those activities in our individual divisions."

"Moellering will be involved in a number of elements of our business development, including identifying and managing new business opportunities, increasing sales, pursuing new markets and marketing the capabilities of our major projects group," said Guillaume.

Moellering has more than 20 years of construction experience. He most recently worked for Koch Materials Company of Wichita, Kan. There he served in various leadership roles including National Account Manager and National Product Manager. His duties included market creation, strategic planning and new relationship and partnership development. He was also a regional general manager for Koch Performance Roads Inc.

A native of Indiana, Moellering has held roles of increasing responsibility ranging from laborer to foreman, and from superintendent to vice president of Moellering Construction, a heavy highway construction contractor. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Taylor University.

Erik Olsson has been appointed chief operating officer for Rental Service Corporation. Olsson has served as chief financial officer for Rental Service since joining the company in January 2001. In his new position as COO, Olsson will oversee the effort to fulfill the equipment rental needs of the more than 200,000 RSC customers in North America.

"Erik brings a proven track record of driving change and achieving results," said Tom Zorn, CEO. "He has been an integral part of the team that has restored the profitability of Rental Service and he has an extensive international experience, including many senior financial positions in Sweden, Brazil and the United States."

Olsson has served Atlas Copco, the parent company of Rental Service, for more than 16 years. After graduating from the University of Gothenburg with a degree in business administration and finance, he joined Atlas Copco in 1988 as a controller.