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SPR 2013

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FEATURE PCA PRESIDENT AN INTERVIEW WITH GREGORY M. SCOTT The new President/CEO of the Portland Cement Association sat down with Cement Americas to outline his thoughts and strategies for the cement industry. BY STEVEN PROKOPY T he cement industry and the man now in charge of guiding its interests in Washington D.C., and nationwide, find itself in a time of big, and mostly positive change. Gregory M. Scott officially took on the role of Portland Cement Association president and chief executive officer at the same time the organization moved its central offices from Skokie, Ill., to Washington D.C., to better represent the membership before Congress, regulatory agencies, the Administration and the White House. Symbolically, the change in leadership also comes at a moment in the cement industry's history when a serious move toward digging itself out of a years-long recession seems to be afoot, at least according to the latest forecast from PCA Chief Economist Edward Sullivan, who is anticipating double-digit cement consumption growth over the next several years at least, beginning as soon as the second half of this year. Scott joined PCA in January 2012 as the senior president of government affairs and was announced as its new president in September 2012. He brings a strong record of accomplishments to PCA with a wealth of experience in trade association leadership and legislative campaigns on federal transportation, environmental and energy issues. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and gen- 14 eral counsel for the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association in Washington, D.C. While executive vice president, Scott initiated a significant expansion of the association's public policy advocacy efforts. His work helped to position the group as a leading advocate for American manufacturing and a balanced, long-term national energy policy. Prior to joining NPRA, Scott served as vice president of National Strategies, Inc., a trade association representing CEOs of Fortune 100 firms on corporate finance and tax issues. Scott has extensive legal, management and political experience in the public and private sectors. He began his career serving on the staff of Sen. Timothy E. Wirth (D-Colo.), first as a legislative assistant for then-Rep. Wirth and later as assistant financial director for his campaign for the U.S. Senate. From 1991-2008, Scott was a partner/member of Kelley Drye Collier Shannon, where he gained extensive expertise in petroleum refining and motor fuel marketing, legislative and regulatory issues. Scott received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs and his J.D. from The American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. He recently sat down with Cement Americas to outline his thoughts and strategies for the cement industry to move onward and upward. CA: In the press release that came out in September 2012, PCA made it clear the shifting of its headquarters to Washington, D.C. Can you talk about some of the factors that went into making that decision and how the association will be different in its focus? Greg Scott: Sure. The first thing I'll tell you is that I've only been with PCA for about a year now, but it is my understanding that the executive CEMENT AMERICAS • Spring 2013 • www.cementamericas.com

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