Members of the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) elected Timmy McLaughlin, Austin Construction Company, Summerville, S.C., as the association’s 2010-11 president, ASA announced at its Business Forum and Convention on March 5, 2010, in San Diego, Calif.

“Helping our members prepare for the future is something I plan to focus on when I take office,” said McLaughlin. “Our industry is in an uncertain period. I see ASA’s job as providing education and resources to them so that we can build a bridge to our future in the construction industry.”

When McLaughlin begins his one-year term as ASA president on July 1, 2010, he will serve as the principal spokesperson of the association and connect with other construction industry leaders to identify and pursue common goals that promote the interests of subcontractors and the construction industry. He also will preside at meetings of ASA’s board of directors, executive committee and the membership of the association.

ASA members elected three other national officers to one-year terms beginning July 1, 2010: 2010-11 ASA Vice President Kerrick Whisenant, Cornerstone Detention Products Inc., Tanner, Ala.; 2010-11 ASA Treasurer Walter Bazan Jr., Bazan Painting Company, St. Louis, Mo.; and 2010-11 ASA Secretary Mike Jones, M.L. Jones Acoustics Inc., Tulsa, Okla.

ASA members elected five individuals to three-year terms on ASA’s board of directors beginning July 1, 2010: Jack Austhof, Sobie Inc., Dutton, Mich.; Michael Kennedy, Simpson Plastering, Birmingham, Ala.; Vince Migliazzo, Mark One Electric Company, Kansas City, Mo.; R. Russell O’Rourke, O’Rourke & Associates Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio; and Wayne Ward, Busy Ditch Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.