Victoria, TX

Since its founding in 1917, a man has always chaired the board at the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA). Until now: Cally Coleman Fromme, executive vice president of Zarsky Lumber in Victoria, Texas, took over Oct. 26. She succeeds Joe Collings of Ferguson Lumber in Rockville, Ind. More

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association elected Dan Fesler of Lamperts, St. Paul, Minn., as its chair for 2010 and Joe Collings of Ferguson Lumber, Rockville, Ind., as chair-elect. Cally Coleman Fromme of Zarsky Lumber, Victoria, Texas. She is now slated to become head of the NLBMDA board in 2012, making her the first female chair in NLBMDA history. More

Zarsky Lumber of Victoria, Texas, has sold drilling mud, a cooling and flushing lubricant, for more than half a century. Its on-staff engineers work in the locations they serve, and may be on-site at oil fields for a week or more at a time. More