FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

DeAnna Martin, Executive Director

Scaffold & Access Industry Association

816.595.4860 | deanna@saiaonline.org

SAIA ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF EVEN-REGION BOARD ELECTIONS

KANSAS CITY, MO | July 20, 2026 – The Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) is pleased to announce the results of its Board of Directors elections for the even-numbered regions. The newly elected Directors will serve three-year terms and are listed below.

REGION 2

New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

·      James McNamara, Safety Scaffolds, Inc.

·      Michael Paladino, Eagle Scaffolding Services

REGION 4

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

·      Brian Andrews, Bee Access

·      Becky Danielson, Safewaze

·      Micah Turner, Trekker Group

REGION 6

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

·      Scott Hollifield, AT-PAC

·      Sean Johnson, Territorial Scaffold Inc.

·      Adam McDaniel, Bechtel Equipment Operations, Inc.

REGION 8

Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

·      John Royer, Waco Scaffolding & Equipment Co.

REGION 10

Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

·      Shawn Reichenbach, Performance Contracting Inc.

SAIA would like to thank its outgoing Board members for their dedicated service to the association. Their leadership, guidance, and commitment have helped strengthen the organization and advance the scaffold and access industry. We sincerely appreciate their contributions and wish them continued success.

Outgoing Directors:

·      Region 4: Juan De Los Rios, Winsafe

·      Region 6: Julien Riga, MDM Scaffolding Services 

About the SAIA

The Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) is a non-profit trade 501(c)(6) association committed to raising the standards of professionalism within the scaffold and access industry. The SAIA represents all facets of the scaffold and access industry through various councils that include, aerial work platform, construction hoist, fall protection equipment, international, industrial, mast climbing, plank and platform, shoring, supported scaffold and suspended scaffold. Through its various programs, the SAIA promotes safety, training and a highly professional, responsible image of the scaffold and access professional. The SAIA delivers thousands of safety training programs a year at various locations throughout the world. These programs cover all aspects of scaffold and access safety, and equipment use. The SAIA is also an ANSI-accredited Standard Developing Organization (SDO) for the ASC A92 and A11 Committees. For more information, call 816 595.4860 or visit us at www.saiaonline.org.