Speakers

• Michael D. Bellaman
  President and CEO, ABC National
  
  Michael D. Bellaman has served as president and chief executive officer of Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association representing more than 23,000 members from 67 chapters across the United States, since 2011. In his role, Bellaman leverages the merit shop philosophy to help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which they work.
• David Pugh
  Partner, Bradley
  Chair of the ABC National Board of Directors
  
  David Pugh, partner at Bradley, Birmingham, Alabama, is the 2025 chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors National Board of Directors. He has been an active member of the ABC Alabama chapter since 1997 and served as chair in 2017. Pugh represents owners, general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, insurers and sureties throughout the United States, advising his clients at every stage of construction projects.
• Scott Schwefel
  Author and Leadership Coach
  
  Scott Schwefel founded Minnesota's largest technology training company in 1995, Benchmark Computer Learning, and then sold Benchmark in 2003. He used Insights Discovery to help build his business, and his company was named one of the 50 fastest growing private companies in Minnesota in 1997 and 1998. He was named to Minnesota's 40 under 40 lists of successful top executives in the year 2001. He is a published author, and has presented in Paris, London, Geneva, Amsterdam, Shanghai and throughout North America. He has personally trained over 1,500 CEOs as a highly-rated Vistage Speaker, the largest CEO membership organization in the world.