Barbi Phillips came onboard as office support in 2016. Allison Morris joined the NTCA staff in June 2017, tasked to wear the many hats of advertising, mar- keting, public relations and social media. You can see some of Allison’s work twice a week in the TileLetter Weekly and News & Views digital blasts. In October 2016, Kevin Insalato was independently contracted as Regional Evaluator Coordinator, to work along with CTEF Director of Training Scott Carothers to train a team of Certified Tile Installer (CTI) Regional Evaluators and expand the availability of CTI testing and credential- ing nationwide. In July 2017, NTCA made the hire official. Amber Fox was hired in January, 2017 as NTCA Five Star Program Director, to expand and develop that program of highly credentialed con- tractor members. Brad Tostrud, of Tostrud Mosaic & Tile Co., Inc., Wood Dale, Ill., became the 50th NTCA Five Star Contractor in July 2017. He is pictured at a Cubs game with wife Linda. Luis Bautista (l.) and Robb Roderick both joined the association in 2016, as trainer/ presenters. Luis offers NTCA’s first Spanish language workshops around the country. Mark Heinlein joined as a trainer/presenter in 2016, traveling the country with wife and able assistant Connie. He recently became director of train- ing for NTCA. Celebrating 70 years TileLetter | September 2017 89