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GYPSUM ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ELECTED

Washington, DC – The Gypsum Association announces the election of the following officers from the Board of Directors for 2009-2010:

Chairman – Charles J. Poandl, Vice President, Customer Value, Logistics, and Public Affairs Gypsum Division, Lafarge North America Inc., Herndon, Virginia;

Past Chairman – Gerard P. Carroll, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations and Engineering, National Gypsum Company, Charlotte, North Carolina;

First Vice-Chairman – Stephen P. Raley, Vice President, Gypsum, Temple-Inland, Diboll, Texas;

Second Vice-Chairman – Leo J. Bissonnette, Director of Innovation, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Atlanta, Georgia;

Treasurer – John K. Donaldson, President, CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc., Tampa, Florida;

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Secretary – Michael A. Gardner, Executive Director, Gypsum Association, Hyattsville, Maryland.

The officers were elected at the recent meeting of the Association’s Board of Directors in Nashville, Tennessee. All terms are for one year and are effective May 1, 2009.

The Gypsum Association is in its 79th year of service as the technical, promotion, and information center of the gypsum industry. The Association, representing gypsum board manufacturing companies located throughout the United States and Canada, is located in Hyattsville, Maryland.

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