PRIDE Names New Executive Leadership

Date Posted: September 7, 2013

Posted In: Workforce,

PRIDE Labor-Management, the St. Louis area’s construction labor-management group has named new executive board leadership. The 30-plus-member PRIDE advisory board selected a new six-member leadership team that includes:

Jeff Aboussie (shown at right), president. He represents the members of The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) AFL-CIO for which he is also executive secretary-treasurer.
Robert Grossmann, vice president. Robert Grossmann represents the Sheet Metal and Air-Conditioning Contractors National Association – St. Louis Chapter. Grossmann is also employed by Murphy Co.
Tim Wies, secretary treasurer. Wies represents the St. Louis Council of Construction Employers and is owner of T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.,
Board member Dirk Elsperman, chairman of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of St. Louis. Elsperman is chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president at Tarlton Corp.
Board member Tom McNeil, business manager of Iron Workers Local 396
Board member John Stiffler, business manager of Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Local 1.
Jim LaMantia is executive director of PRIDE.

Founded in 1972, PRIDE is an acronym for Productivity and Responsibility Increase Development & Employment.