James Woelfel, vice president of Artcraft Granite, Marble and Tile of Mesa, Ariz., has been elected president by the National Tile Contractors Association's (NTCA) membership. Woelfel will serve a two-year term which will run until November 2016. He succeeds outgoing president Dan Welch, president of Welch Tile & Marble in Michigan, who becomes chairman of the board for the NTCA.
Woelfel stated, “I am honored to become the next president of the NTCA. It is humbling for me to become the first son of a former president of our association's history. My father, Butch Woelfel, served in this capacity from 1985-1987. In my tenure, I hope to raise the awareness of our association to even stronger international recognition, as we continue to play a leading role in the development of installation standards for tile and stone installations. We want to celebrate our past and embrace the future of a global tile industry."