CAL SMACNA Ed Banks Memorial
Contractor of the Year Award
During CAL SMACNA's President Luncheon, Mike Pence, Vice President and COO of Control Air North, Inc., located in Hayward and a member of the Bay Area SMACNA received CAL SMACNA's Ed Banks Memorial Contractor of the Year Award.
On the state level, Mike has served on the Legislative Committee since 2001 and has served as its Chair from 2003 through 2006. He served on the Energy Task Force in 2010 and 2011; the Convention Committee in 2002 and 2004; the Budget Committee as Chair in 2006 and also served on the committee in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He has also served on the Investment Committee; the Ed Banks Memorial Award Committee and the Guilfoy Craftsmanship of the Year Award Committee.
Mike has served on CAL SMACNA's Board of Directors since 2004, going through the chairs and serving as the President in 2007 and again in 2010. He received CAL SMACNA's Distinguished Legislative Service Award in 2006 and on the Guilfoy Craftsmanship of the Year Award in the mechanical category in 2012. Mike has served on the Board of Bay Area Chapter SMACNA sicne 2004, Bay Area Greater Oakland Advisory Committee and has served on various task forces. He received Bay Area's high award, their Leadership award in 2011. Mike has also served nationally on SMACNA's Reference Manual for Labor Units Task Force in 2012 and 2013 and the NEMI/NEMIC Green Building Task Force 2009-2010.
The 2013 Ed Banks Award Committee agrees that there could be no finer, more worthy recipient for an award named after a man who embodied the ideals and characteristics of a contractor, a volunteer, a leader and a gentleman. Congratulations Mike!
