Strategic Development Council Announces New Chair and Board of Direction Members

The concrete industry’s Strategic Development Council, a council of the ACI Foundation, announces its new chair and board members.

New SDC Chair is Mike Schneider, senior vice president and chief people officer at Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. He started at Baker Concrete in Monroe, Ohio as a project manager in 1978 and helped open Baker’s Houston, Texas, office in 1982. During his career, he has been involved in a multitude of projects ranging from high-rise offices to automotive plants to mainline concrete paving.

He has been active in the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) for the past 15 years and served as president during 2005 and 2006. During 2001 and 2002, he was a member of the board of directors for the National Center of Construction Education and Research (NCCER). In addition, he is co-chair of a board-appointed joint ACI/ASCC task force, chairman of the National Steering Committee for the Construction Industry Management Program (CIM), has served as co-chair of the Contractor Task Group for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s P2P Task Force, and board member and past chair for the Concrete Promotion Council of Southwest Ohio. In 2005, Concrete Construction magazine named him as one of the ten most influential people in the concrete industry.

Mr. Schneider was selected as an ACI Fellow in 2006, received the Roger M. Corbetta Award in 2011, served on the ACI Board of Direction from 2008 to 2010, and is currently a member of a number of ACI committees. He received his bachelor’s degree in personnel management from Miami University (Ohio) and a bachelor’s in construction management from the University of Cincinnati.

The four new Board members, who have begun three-year terms, include Kevin Cail, Brian Green, Charles Hanskat, and Claudio Manissero.