Core Contractors Inc.'s Alan Baird Awarded The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress' 2018 MVP Best of the Best Award

Baird also was a 2018 MVP Award winner for outstanding on the job performance and other noteworthy contributions and activities.

New Orleans -The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress has announced Alan Baird, foreman of Core Contractors Inc., Denver, as the recipient of the Best of the Best Award. Baird was announced as the award winner at the National Roofing Contractors Association's (NRCA's) 131th Annual Convention held Feb. 6-8 in New Orleans.

The Best of the Best Award, which is co-sponsored by Professional Roofing magazine and OMG Roofing Products Inc., Agawam, Mass., is awarded each year to one of the recipients of the Alliance's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards program, which recognizes and honors outstanding roofing workers from various U.S. regions.

Baird also was a 2018 MVP Award winner for outstanding on the job performance and other noteworthy contributions and activities.

"He is a shining example of what the true bar of excellence is within his company and within his community," said Josh Kelly, vice president and general manager of OMG Roofing Products, when announcing Baird as Best of the Best. "He constantly impresses his managers and peers through self-driven educational training, hard work, a positive attitude, public service, and a heart of pure gold."

As the 2017-18 Best of the Best Award winner, Baird will be featured in Professional Roofing's April 2018 issue.

For more information about the MVP Awards program or next year's nominations, contact Bennett Judson, the Alliance's executive director, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7513 or bjudson@roofingindustryalliance.net.

The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress was established within the National Roofing Foundation (NRF) to create an endowment fund to serve as a highly focused resource for the roofing industry and its customers. The Alliance's objectives are to conduct research and education projects that support high quality programs for roofing contractors; ensure timely and forward-thinking industry responses to major economic and technological issues; and enhance the long-term viability and attractiveness of the industry to roofing workers. The Alliance also reached out to the roofing community and its members and helps fund efforts dedicated to good works and charitable giving. More information about the Alliance is available at www.roofingindustryalliance.net