RCS Influencers celebrate their tenth year of giving back to the roofing industry. 

The Coffee Shops™, the award-winning websites where the industries meet for technology, information and everyday business, announces the 2026 Influencers for RoofersCoffeeShop®.  

Each month, Influencers weigh in on timely topics impacting their respective industries, from technology strategy and diversifying services to leveraging associations, immigration compliance and workforce disruptions. RoofersCoffeeShop delivers these perspectives through interviews, videos and articles. The Influencers represent all facets of the roofing industry, including contractors, associations, manufacturers and service providers. Their insights are featured in dedicated website sections, amplified across social media and highlighted in our weekly eNews, Week in Roofing. 

“Our mission has always been to amplify the voices of professionals who are shaping the future of the trades,” said The Coffee Shops President and CEO Heidi J. Ellsworth. “As we celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the RCS Influencers, we are proud of the impact this community has made by sharing real-world expertise, tackling today’s challenges and helping move the industry forward.” 

 We are proud to announce the following 2026 RoofersCoffeeShop Influencers: 

• Trent Cotney – Adams & Reese 
• Rich Carroll – Carroll Consulting Group 
• Melissa Chapman – The GLO Group 
• Tammy Hall – Hall & Company  
• John Kenney – Cotney Consulting Group 
• Allison Woslager – Integrity PNW 
• Erica Reed – Elite Roofing Solutions 
• Ashley and Seth Pietsch – Integrity Insurance & Bonding Inc. 
• Randy Chaffee – Source One Marketing 
• Wendy Marvin – Matrix Roofing and Home Solutions 
• Will Lorenz – General Coatings 
• Bridget Wilson – Cardinal Roofing 
• Aaron Weinstein – Terial  
• Katie Clymer – Armored Roofing 
• Gottron Group 

Find more information on the 2026 RCS Influencers.

About RoofersCoffeeShop 

As an award-winning website and online community, RoofersCoffeeShop is committed to being a roofing professional advocate by supplying consistent information, education and communication avenues for all roofing professionals, and especially contractors, while promoting the positive growth, education and success of the roofing industry overall. Visitors to the site continue to find excellent opportunities for sharing information while participating in important ongoing conversations concerning new technologies, safety and the overall roofing trade. From the rooftop to the board room, RoofersCoffeeShop.com is “Where the Industry Meets!” For more information, visit www.rooferscoffeeshop.com. 

About The Coffee Shops 

Award-winning websites and online communities make up The Coffee Shops. Starting with RoofersCoffeeShop, which launched in 2002, the growth of the sites has been explosive for the construction trades of roofing, metal, coatings and their customers. Currently featuring four Coffee Shops, RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop®, CoatingsCoffeeShop®, OutdoorCoffeeShop™ and their sister site AskARoofer™, all the sites are committed to advocating for the construction trades by supplying consistent information, education and communication avenues for all contractors, while promoting positive growth, education and success of construction industries overall. The Coffee Shops also feature strong microsites with RoofersCoffeeShop.ca, RoofersCoffeeShop.uk and En Español. Visitors to the site continue to find excellent opportunities for sharing information while participating in important ongoing conversations concerning new technologies, safety and overall construction information and education. The Coffee Shops are “Where the Industries Meet!” For more information, visit www.thecoffeeshops.online. 

By Adam Cabrera. 

With a legacy spanning nearly seven decades, Armored Roofing continues to raise the bar for excellence in the roofing industry. 

For the June 2024 Roofer of the Month podcast, we’re shining the spotlight on Armored Roofing based in Wichita Falls, Texas. Family owned and operated, the company has been in business since 1955 and now provides commercial and residential roofing services with a specialty in single ply membrane roof systems. In an interview with Armored Roofing’s president and owner Katie Clymer, podcast host Megan Ellsworth was able to learn more about the company’s leadership and what sets them apart from the rest.  

Though only recently appointed as president, Katie has a long history in roofing and with the family business. “I've been around roofing and Armored Roofing my whole life. I started working with Armored in 2011. In 2022 I became a managing partner and owner, and at the beginning of this year, I became president,” Katie said. “I am following in my father's footsteps.”  

Katie’s father previously owned and operated the company for 30 years and while family owned often means small, Armored Roofing is anything but that. Voluntarily licensed with the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas and licensed with the state of Oklahoma for commercial and residential roofing, Armored Roofing has an extensive service area and a list of credentials that lets customers know the service they receive is going to be high quality.  

“We have credentials like nobody's business, and there's a reason for that because we want people to trust us, trust that we know what we're doing,” Katie explains. “We are not going to go door to door and try to sell you a new roof. We don't cold call you to schedule an appointment. The things that some companies do are not what we do. We are here for the long haul.” 

Armored Roofing isn't just in the business of roofs; they're in the business of building lasting connections and leaving a positive impact on their community. With a legacy spanning nearly seven decades, Armored Roofing continues to set a standard of superior customer service and excellence in the roofing industry. 

Read the transcript or Listen to the podcast to learn more about Armored Roofing and what they are doing to stand out in the roofing industry. 

Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Katie Clymer from Armored Roofing. You can read the interview below or listen to the podcast!

Katie Clymer: I've been around roofing and Armored Roofing my whole life. My parents met here back in 1982. I started working with Armored in 2011, and in 2022, I became a managing partner and owner. And at the beginning of this year, I became president of Armored Roofing. I am following in my father's footsteps. He previously owned Armored and operated it for 30 years. I'm currently on the board of directors for Roofing Contractors Association of Texas, and I'm a member of the National Women in Roofing.

Armored provides commercial and residential roofing for pretty much anybody in Texas and Oklahoma. We do have a random service area, but there's no project that's too big or too small that we can't handle. We love to take on challenges, and we like to help those that are just needing a little repair. So, our specialty, I would say, is our commercial roofing with an emphasis on single-ply membrane roof systems. We've done almost every system there is out there, but we really enjoy our single-ply systems.

I counted it up yesterday, actually, and we have over 150 years of combined knowledge in the roofing industry within our company. How crazy is that? We have had some amazing employees that have stuck around with us for a long time, and we've also had amazing office and front-end staff that has been with us for a long time. It is just amazing to see the loyalty that we have with our employees, so we celebrate them every chance that we can get. They're the reason we're here. They're the reason that we continue.

Superior customer service is what I strive for daily. Our customers become like family to us. We know them, their kids, their brothers and sisters, and even their pets. We welcome them into our world and provide them with knowledge about the roofing industry today as well as how we'll make informed decisions on what is best for their property. We don't oversell projects. We don't sell you more than what you need. If you need a new roof or just a repair, we're going to let you know either way. We do not have to sell everyone a new roof. That is what we do. It's we don't have to.

If we can get away with a small repair to get you by, we're going to do that. We're going to do what's best for the customer. We're not just in the roofing industry to make a quick buck. We're here for life, and that's how we strive for is we're here for the long haul. And at the same time, we're human. We drop the ball from time to time, but that helps us learn and we acknowledge those mistakes. When we make mistakes, we acknowledge those, and we strive to do better. So, I think that's the best part about our company is our customer service.

We have been in the roofing business since 1955 here in Wichita Falls. So, we are at 69 years here in one location in Wichita County, in Wichita Falls, Texas. We are voluntarily licensed with the Roofing Contractors Association of Texas. We are members of the BBB of North Texas. We are licensed with the state of Oklahoma for commercial and residential roofing. We have credentials like nobody's business. And there's a reason for that because we want people to trust us, trust that we know what we're doing. And we are not going to go door-to-door and try to sell you a new roof. We don't cold call you to schedule an appointment. We have a great reputation with local vendors for all of our material needs, and we will never ask you to pay us money upfront.

The things that some companies do is not what we do. We are here for the long haul. We're not going anywhere. We're going to be here after the storm comes through. We're going to be here three, five years down the road. I think we've shown that with our track record, and we just continue to do that. Somebody asked me today, "What's your end game with your company?" And I was like, "We don't have an end game. We want to make this company continue for a long time. That's our game." So, that's where we're at today.

We became R-Club members because we realized the value and knowledge that Roofers Coffee Shop can provide, not only for us but also for property owners. My favorite thing right now within Roofers Coffee Shop is the Read Listen Watch because sometimes I don't have the capability to watch a podcast, but I want to hear it. Or I do have the time to sit down and read it, and I don't want to watch or hear it, so I love that that is an option for me to be able to go through and see like, "Oh, hey, I like that. I want to read that real quick."

Last night, I was going through, and I was like, "Oh, I really like these new podcasts that are out." And I was like, "I'm just going to read them because I can sit here and read them for five minutes." And it's just been really great to be able to have that option to absorb the information in different ways.