Board
2023 Board of Directors
The officers for 2023 are as follows:
President: Terrence Kraemer – Diamond Surface, Inc. (Rogers, MN)
Vice President: Austin Bross – Emery Sapp & Sons (Columbia, MO)
Secretary: Todd Thompson – Diamond Products (Elyria, OH)
Treasurer: Scott L. Eilken – Quality Saw & Seal (Bridgeview, IL)
Director: Terry Lannom – DDMCONCUT Diamond Tools (Lilburn, GA)
Director: Laura O’Neill Kaumo – American Concrete Pavement Association (Rosemont, IL)
International Director: Wolfe Skorzik, Construction SRB S.C.C. (Quebec, Canada)
TERRENCE KRAEMER
President
Education and Background
1982 – Graduate Mankato State University Bachelor of Arts Construction Management
1989-2020 – Owner & President of Diamond Surface Inc.
2020-2023 Chairman of the Board of Diamond Surface Inc.
Association Background History
1982-2009 Minnesota Concrete Paving Association – 4 terms on the Board of Directors
1989-2009 IGGA 9 terms Board of Directors – 3 terms as IGGA President
1999-2009 ACPA – 3 terms on the Executive Committee
2004-2009 Surface Characteristics Committee
2007-2009 Surface Characteristics Committee Chairman
AUSTIN BROSS
Vice President
Bross is with Emery Sapp & Sons out of Columbia, Missouri
TODD THOMPSON
Secretary
Education and Background
1992 Graduate – Utah State University
Bachelor of Arts Production Management
1998-Current
Grinding and Grooving Manager for
Diamond Products
1995-1998
Manufacturing Manager for Penhall Diamond Products
Scott L. Eilken
Treasurer
Eilken has been in the concrete drilling, sawing, sealing, grinding and grooving industry since 1977. He worked in the field and in the office for Accurate Coring for 13 years in the Greater Chicago area. Since 1990, he has owned and operated Quality Saw and Seal Inc.
He is currently involved in the Illinois State Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA), the National ACPA, the IGGA, as well as the Illinois Road Builders Association. Further, he co-chairs the Seal No Seal Group and is an active member of the TRB Committees.
TERRY LANNOM
Director
After serving in the United States Marine Corp., Lannom began his career in the grooving and grinding industry in 1983. In 1996, he began working for what was then called Penhall Company. He remained there for the next 17 years until he joined the DDMCONCUT Diamond Tools team as a Grinding & Grooving Sales Manager where he is today.
Laura O'Neill KAUMO
Director
O’Neill Kaumo is the President and CEO of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA).
She is an accomplished and highly experienced trade association executive and a passionate advocate for infrastructure investment. She has served previously as the Chief Operating Officer of the American Council of Engineering Companies, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, and the Director of Government Affairs for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
O’Neill Kaumo began her career in sports law with her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, working for the Florida Marlins. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and was staff counsel for the Boston Red Sox. She is a Washington Nationals and Detroit Lions superfan and spends time outside the office with her husband and dog.
WOLFE SKORZIK
International Director
Although Skorzik has only been in the highway construction industry since 2010, he has played a major part in the sector growth within Canada over the last decade. Originally starting his career with Graff/Penhall as a field operator, he now calls Construction SRB S.C.C. home, for the last 3 years. He is the National Account Manager and oversees grinding and grooving sales spanning from Quebec to the west coast of Canada, as well as offshore projects. Skorzik has been on the committee with ORBA (Ontario Road Builders Association) and he brings an abundance of enthusiasm and a wealth of knowledge to the IGGA. When he and his crew are not making highways a safer place, he can be found sailing on Lake Ontario, or overlanding the many natural trails in Ontario, Canada.