Officers
Craig Smith, President
Craig P. Smith is the current President of the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) and Administrator of the State of Oregon, Construction Contractors Board (CCB). He serves as executive officer of its nine-member Governor appointed Board, a position he has held since 2001. The CCB administers licensing and certification programs affecting 40,000 construction businesses, has 80 employees and biennial budget in excess of $16 million.
As president of an Oregon based residential general contracting business in 1980, Mr. Smith was appointed by Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh, to serve as a member of the Oregon Builders Board. He chaired the Board from 1983-1984. In 1985, Mr. Smith joined the staff of the Builders Board as a non-lawyer serving as the agency’s only hearings officer. From 1985-1996, he presided over thousands of contested case administrative hearings, including disciplinary actions and construction contract disputes.
Mr. Smith has served as a member of the National and Oregon Associations of Administrative Law Judges in 1996-97 and served as the CCB’s chief administrative law judge (ALJ) in 1995-1996, during which time he supervised a group of ALJs which provided adjudication of matters before the CCB. Mr. Smith was selected to serve as the Board’s Deputy Administrator and chief enforcement officer in 1996—a position he held until becoming its Administrator in 2001.
Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Sciences from Oregon College of Education, now Western Oregon University, in Monmouth, Oregon.
Steve Pinther, 1st Vice President
Steve has been a residential building contractor in Southeastern Idaho for over 30 years. As Steve’s market area is mostly resort, the majority of his work has been custom second homes for out of state clients.
Through the years Steve was able to assist the building profession in Idaho coming of age. A supporter of the first building code adoptions and charter director of the Local Builders Association of which he has served as president. As a director of the Idaho Building Contractors Association, of which he currently serving on the Executive Committee, he was an avid supporter/lobbyist for years in support of contractor regulation. He was subsequently appointed to serve on the first Idaho State Contractor Registration Board in 2005.
Steve grew up in Southern Wyoming where he attended Cheyenne High School and the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
John M. Sullivan, II, 2nd Vice President
John is the Executive Director for the Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC). The MSBOC has been in existence since 1963 and is responsible for the licensure and regulatory oversight of commercial contractors, residential home builders, remodelers and roofers. He is the founder and principal associate of Governmental and Political Associates Consortium, LLC (GPAC). GPAC is a full service marketing and Legislative lobbying firm established in 1996.
He earned his undergraduate education from the University of Southern Mississippi in Urban Planning with emphasis in Public Administration and Economic Development and his Master’s degree from Millsaps College.
He makes his home in Jackson, Mississippi and is the proud parent of John Magruder, Caitlyn and Sarah Elizabeth.
Greg Crow, Treasurer
Gregory L. Crow is the Administrator for the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board. He is a former Assistant Attorney General in the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office, working in the Civil Division.
He is a 1986 graduate of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and a 1989 graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law, graduating with High Honors. After law school he clerked for Judge William H. Billings of the Missouri Supreme Court before entering private practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Paragould, Arkansas. He has been with the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board since 1999.
Dawn Bellis, Secretary
Appointed in 2008 by Governor Steve Beshear to act as General Counsel for the Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction (“HBC”), Dawn Michele Bellis brings an invaluable combination of legal and architectural education to the Commonwealth’s comprehensive construction agency. Dawn earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architectural Design from Clemson University in 1990, then completed Architectural Masters work at Texas Tech University before returning home to Kentucky to earn a Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky in 1997. She is licensed to practice law and an active member of the Bar in both the Commonwealth of Kentucky and South Carolina.
In 1980, following the unprecedented fatal fire tragedy of the Beverly Hills Supper Club, HBC was established as a comprehensive regulatory agency to oversee the adoption of the mandatory, statewide, uniform building code enforced in all 120 counties of the Commonwealth; license and educate construction tradesmen; review construction plans for code compliance; inspect commercial and residential construction projects; and discipline noncompliant construction tradesmen through administrative hearings.
In her three years as chief legal counsel, Dawn has worked on behalf of all five of HBC’s promulgating boards and five advisory committees, and in conjunction with the Department’s executive staff, to successfully enact more than 80 administrative regulations and regulatory amendments. Utilizing the same drafting skills and knowledge of the Department, Dawn’s additional efforts of working closely with industry organizations and members of the General Assembly has allowed HBC to expand existing programs, as well as create new licensure programs, with the passage of legislation. In addition to regulatory and legislative duties, Dawn also is responsible for representing the Department in litigation. Litigation successes for the Department under Dawn’s representation include the successful defense of the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction’s absolute authority to enact all standards for construction under the uniform, statewide Kentucky Building Code and Kentucky Residential Code (the case proceeded all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court, with Court of Appeals decision to be published).
To strengthen ties with other construction regulatory agencies nationwide, Dawn is actively involved with the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA), serving on the Education Committee and Model Legislation Committee since 2009 and was elected to NASCLA’s Board of Directors in 2010.
Keith Warren, Immediate Past President
Keith Warren is the President of Warren & Co., Inc. – Management Solutions which he founded in September 1997. Keith began his career as an intern with Mike Weeks and Associates in 1991. He later joined the firm on a full-time basis. He also began his licensing board experience in 1991 when he was named Executive Assistant to the Board of Electrical Contractors. Shortly thereafter he was named Administrator of the Board and assumed supervision of the Board’s operations.
Keith serves as the Executive Director for the following: Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors; Alabama State Board of Auctioneers; Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Geologists; Alabama Massage Therapy Board; Alabama Board of Podiatry, Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Board, Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama, Alabama Security Regulatory Board, and the Alabama Athletic Commission. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Boards. Keith also served as the Executive Director of the Alabama Board of Cosmetology appointed by Governor Don Siegelman in 1999/2000.
Keith started his career in politics early on when he was adopted at the age of 5 weeks by Mr. and Mrs. James E. “Jimmy” Warren, who served 32 years in the Alabama House of Representatives. Keith was five weeks old when he visited the Alabama State Capitol with his new parents and being presented to Legislative Staff, Members and other State Officials.
Keith is active in numerous civic and professional organizations. He earned lifetime membership in the Nationwide Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Business in February 1999. He is a member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Keith is also the Past-President of the Alabama Association of Regulatory Boards and is the current Immediate Past President and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Boards (NASCLA). He is a member of First United Methodist Church of Montgomery, Alabama and pianist at Dalraida United Methodist Church of Montgomery, Alabama. He is currently a student at Troy University Montgomery.
John C. Curl, 2nd Immediate Past President and Treasurer Elect
Over the past 25 years, John has developed 12 sub-divisions in the Florence area, consisting of over 1000 lots. As a homebuilder John has built 350 new homes in the Florence Darlington area as well as numerous additions and renovations. He has also build over 200 multi-family units. In addition to the utility construction work for sub-divisions, he has done numerous general contracting jobs including bank buildings, a veterinarian's office, a doctors office, fast food restaurants, office up-fits and retail up-fits.
John has been a long time member of the Florence Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Realtors, the Better Business Bureau and the Home Builders Association. He served four terms as local President with the Home Builders Association of the Greater Pee Dee, three terms as District Vice President for the South Carolina Home Builders Association, and six years as a Director on the National Association of Home Builders. He received Builder of the Year in 1991 and 2000. John also received the State Distinguished President Award in 1990 and 1991.
In 1995, he was first appointed to the Residential Builders Commission by Governor David Beasely and was subsequently re-appointed twice for four year terms. He served three years as Vice Chairman, and was on the first Investigative Review Committee. From 2000-2007 John served as Chairman. During that time he worked on the re-write of the Practice Act for the Residential Builders Commission and updated the Residential Construction Standards. He testified at sub committees and full committee hearings in both the House and Senate on matters that concern the Residential Builders Commission. He was the representative for the Commission to establish the bank of questions to be used for the current licensing exam. He also represented the Commission at the Codes Council regarding the conversion to the new International Code. He held hearings to establish regulations to license plumbers, electricians and HVAC Contractors. In addition to serving as Chairman, John was also appointed by the Commission to serve as a hearing officer for the Residential Builders Commission in 2000. Upon his resignation as a board member of the Commission in October 2007, he agreed to continue serving as a hearing officer and in January 2008 was appointed by the South Carolina Contractors Licensing Board as a hearing officer.
John has been involved for many years with The National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA). In 2003 he became a board member and is now serving as 2nd Immediate President on the Executive Committee. John also serves on the Advisory Board for The National Bank of South Carolina (NBSC) and the Board of Trustees for The South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurers Fund.
