Michael D. Bellaman

President and CEO

Associated Builders and Contractors

Michael D. Bellaman has served as president and chief executive officer of Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association with 67 chapters and more than 23,000 members across the United States from, 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. He leads the association to deliver on the following long-term strategic goals:

• Establish ABC members as the industry-leading standard for total human health, safety and environment;
• Advocate for free enterprise, fair and open competition and the merit shop philosophy;
• Be the leading force for workforce development and education in construction; and
• Continuously grow and deliver value to its members.

Under his leadership, ABC has deployed an association wide strategic planning framework to align all chapters and members which, since 2011, has led to results including: increasing members participation in ABC’s STEP Health and Safety Management System by over 100%; the number of fair and open competition-friendly states by 1,100%; Free Enterprise Alliance fundraising by 200%; and media by 1,400%.

Bellaman has also launched initiatives that have strengthened ABC members’ value proposition, such as a construction technology and innovation initiative, a grassroots political advocacy app and growing national recognition for the National Craft Championships and Construction Management Competition.

Bellaman is dedicated to helping ABC members and the entire construction industry achieve industry-leading health safety. He is a co-founder of the Construction Coalition for a Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace and has championed a roadmap for companies whose leaders want to transform their safety programs through ABC’s STEP Health and Safety Management System.

A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Bellaman earned a bachelor’s in architectural engineering and spent more than two decades in the construction industry before joining ABC.