The Steel Framing Industry Association announced Aug. 7 that Lee Zaretzky, president of Ronsco, Inc. in New York, has been appointed to serve on its board of directors, representing the contractor members of the association.

Zaretzky is a wall and ceiling industry veteran with broad leadership experience. Besides heading Ronsco, Zaretzky is vice president of the Association of Wall-Ceiling & Carpentry Industries of New York, Inc., a position he has held for more than 18 years. Further, he is vice chairman and an executive committee member at the Building Trades Employers’ Association, where his continuous service exceeds 14 years.

Zaretzky also serves as secretary/treasurer of the Foundation of the Wall and Ceiling Industry, a post he has held since 2014. Zaretzky is a past director of the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry, where he served from 2009 to 2021.

“We are thrilled to welcome Lee to our leadership team, bringing with him an impressive skill set and progressive ideas,” said Don Allen, SFIA executive director. “His arrival is perfectly timed as we prepare to launch the revamped SFIA Contractor Certification Program. Ronsco was the first contractor to achieve SFIA certification in cold-formed steel framing, a testament to Lee’s commitment to quality.”

Zaretzky’s term as SFIA director, which began in June 2024, will run through the remainder of the year. Thereafter, he is expected to be nominated by ballot and confirmed to serve as director for additional years of service.

The SFIA’s leadership team includes three officers and nine directors, who together serve on one of the construction industry’s most diverse boards of directors. The directors represent different categories of the SFIA’s broad membership base, which includes small, medium and large steel framing product manufacturers, suppliers, steel mills, designers, contractors and more.