David Perkins leads sustainability, environmental, policy, marketing and communications strategy for Heidelberg Materials’ North American footprint. This includes environmental compliance and programming, sustainable innovation and product development as well as supporting the overall brand identity for the company. In addition, David facilitates stakeholder engagement and policy collaboration to represent and support the company at the national, state and local levels, focusing on legislative advocacy in a variety of policy areas including infrastructure and transportation, resilience and durability, as well as environmental and sustainability strategy. In addition, David leads the group’s communications efforts both internally and externally, while supporting community engagement and enhancement across the broad scope of the company’s North American operations, which include Canada and the United States.
Prior to joining Heidelberg Materials, he served as President and CEO of the Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association (TACA), representing the Aggregate, Concrete and Cement industry in Texas through a focus on advocacy and stakeholder engagement. Before joining TACA, David served as Vice President – Environmental, Government and Public Affairs for Martin Marietta and began his career in the industry at Texas Industries, Inc. over 27 years ago, as a Senior Environmental Engineer.
David serves on the Government Affairs and the Climate and Sustainability Councils of the American Cement Association (ACA) and chairs Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He serves on the Government Affairs and Environmental Committees for the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, the Government Affairs and the Safety, Environmental and Operations Committees for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. He serves on the Industry Advisory Committee for the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub.
David holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science from Texas Christian University.
About Heidelberg Materials North America
Based in Irving, Texas, Heidelberg Materials North America is part of Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions. As the front runner on the path to decarbonizing the built environment and growing the circular economy in the construction materials industry, we are working on developing more sustainable building materials and solutions for the future.
With approximately 450 facilities, Heidelberg Materials North America operates in 28 states in the US and 7 provinces in Canada, employs approximately 9,500 team members, and focuses on the cement, aggregates, concrete and asphalt building materials sectors.
