Photo gallery

Eckstein with his wife, Vicki

First Congregational Church, Akron, Ohio

Photo courtesy of The Durable Slate Co., Columbus, Ohio

The Eilenberg-Tarter residence, Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.

Photo courtesy of Keystone Roofing Inc., Oceanside, Calif.

Roof Technologies donated $18,000 to repair St. Martha Catholic Church, Harvey, La.

Photo courtesy of St. Martha Catholic Church.

St. Mary's Nativity Elementary School, Raceland, La.

Photo courtesy of Sheffield Metals International Inc., Sheffield Village, Ohio

The 2007 Most Valuable Player Awards were presented by Jamie McAdam, president of F.J. Dahill Co. Inc., New Haven, Conn., and former president of The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress. Winners are pictured clockwise from top left: McAdam, Roger Stuck, Doug Creech, Brandon Leach, Roland King, Geoff Craft, Larry Hartranft, Trung Tran, Noe Santellana, Johnny Huston and Gary Hall. Chris Coyour, who also received an MVP Award, is not pictured.

Christopher Gardner, owner and chief executive officer of Christopher Gardner International Holdings, Chicago, shares his inspirational life story.

Jamie McAdam, president of F.J. Dahill Co. Inc., New Haven, Conn., and recipient of the 2007 J.A. Piper Award, stands with previous J.A. Piper Award winners. Pictured from left to right: Robert (Country) Harrison, former president of Greenville Roofing Company Inc., Greenville, S.C.; Charlie Raymond; NRCA Executive Vice President Bill Good; Melvin Kruger, chief executive officer (CEO) of L.E. Schwartz & Son Inc., Macon, Ga.; Charles (Rusty) Griffiths Jr., president of Binghamton Slag Roofing Co. Inc., Binghamton, N.Y.; Marlin Potteiger, CEO of Potteiger-Raintree Inc., Glen Rock, Pa., a Tecta America company; Dick Baxter, president of CRS Inc., Monroe, N.C.; McAdam; Steven Kruger, president of L.E. Schwartz & Son; Conrad Kawulok, president of B & M Roofing of Colorado Inc., Frederick; Johnny Zamrzla, president of Western Pacific Roofing Corp., Palmdale, Calif.; and Stephen M. Phillips, partner with Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, Atlanta.

Photo courtesy of MonierLifetile LLC, Irvine, Calif.