
Andrea Boddy is the founder of Andrea Boddy Consulting, a boutique advisory firm dedicated to the North American concrete and masonry industries for the past eight years.
With over 17 years of prior experience in business, technical, and operational leadership at North America’s largest building materials producer in multiple product lines, Andrea combines marketing, strategy, and coaching expertise to enhance profitability and drive results for her clients.

Jamie Farny promotes the use of cement-based materials by focusing on key benefits like sustainability and resilience. Farny participated in the development of PCA’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality and promotes the use of portland-limestone cement and other blended cements to help reduce the environmental impacts of cement-based construction. He manages development of the North American Cement PCR and publication of the industry average cement EPDs.

Nick Lang represents CMHA as its Vice President of Engineering and Advocacy, Masonry. In this capacity, he oversees a variety of technical initiatives related to masonry products and systems, including association efforts in a variety of codes and standards forums, development and maintenance of technical resources, and oversight and management of CMHA’s Research and Development Laboratory. Lang previously was the VP of Business Development, Director of Research and Development, and Laboratory Manager for the National Concrete Masonry Association.

Andrea McChesney is the Executive Director of the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association. Andrea completed her undergraduate degree at The University of Western Ontario, and her graduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier University. Andrea started her career in construction in the Lafarge Leadership Development program, where she was exposed to multiple parts of the business from Quality Control, Operations, HR and finally landed in the commercial side of the aggregate business in the East GTA. After Lafarge, Andrea moved to a strategic management role with Honeywell Building Solutions where she held a portfolio specializing in large-scale healthcare, manufacturing, and automotive.