CCAI Announces Award Winners, Installs Board and Officers
INDEPENDENCE, KY — During the 2018 CCAI Annual Meeting in Sarasota, Florida, the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) held its annual awards ceremony to recognize the CCAI Chapter Users and Suppliers of the Year and announce the 2018 James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. CCAI also installed its 2018-19 National Board of Directors and Officers.
CCAI’s highest honor, the James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented to Rex Winemiller. Winemiller was a member of CCAI for 26 years, where he served on the National Board of Directors from 1989-1994, held all officer positions, and was National President in 1991-92. During his year as President, he visited all of CCAI’s regional chapters as an ambassador for the mission of the association. In the early 1990s, he was the CCAI Finance Chairman and was instrumental in launching the CCAI Scholarship Program. He led the initiative to convert CCAI finances over to the electronic era. Winemiller was an active member until his retirement in 2015. Upon receiving this award he commented, “Unfortunately, I never met Jim Wright, but I worked with Dave Wright on the CCAI National Board and various other industry events. The Wrights were truly leaders in the coating industry and were dedicated to the CCAI mission. It humbles me to be honored with this award in their name along with the great list of previous outstanding award recipients. I would like to thank everyone involved who made this event so memorable.”