Recognizing NAHB’s Largest Contingent: Associate Members
[caption id="attachment_15520" align="alignright" width="300"] Kim Hefner Hines, 2018 Associate BUILD-PAC Vice Chair; Randy Noel, NAHB Immediate Past Chairman; Mike Farr, 2018 Associate of the Year; Michael LeCorgne, 2018 National Associate Chair; Tony Bosco, 2018 Associates Committee Chair[/caption]
At the end of 2018, Associate members comprised 68% of NAHB membership, with a total count of nearly 80,000 members, according to a recent NAHB special report.
These members represent a variety of home building-related professions, including:
- Subcontracting/specialty trade contractor
- Professional specialties (e.g., architecture, engineering, marketing, etc.)
- Retail distributors/distributorships
- Financial services
- Wholesale dealerships/distributorships
- Other Associate activity (e.g., manufacturing, real estate, utilities, etc.)
- Associate of the Year: An Associate member who has made significant contributions to his or her local, state and national HBAs and to the home building industry
- Bill Polley Advocate of BUILD-PAC: An Associate member who has made diligent efforts on behalf of BUILD-PAC
- One to Watch: An outstanding young professional