Raymon B. Fogg, Sr. is an entrepreneur who views challenges as opportunities that he meets with creativity and vision.

Mr. Fogg founded Ray Fogg Building Methods, Inc. in December 1959, and is its Founder and Chairman of the Board. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of more than thirty other companies and partnerships.

In 1959, Ray saw that Northeastern Ohio business needed new facilities that were designed specifically for each customer, and he set out to fill that need. He quickly earned a reputation as an innovator in design build construction. Later, when clients faced a shortage of suitable building sites, Ray expanded into the development of industrial parks. And, when clients ran into financial obstacles, he developed imaginative methods of financing. He currently reports that "We've completed over 3,500 building projects, and own and operate over 2,000,000 square feet of leased space, and developed five major industrial parks."

Ray holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Ohio University, and was one of four in his graduating class to receive the Senior Award for independent study. On October 17, 1997, Ray received the Ohio University Alumni Medal of Merit, awarded for his Achievement in Business and Service to Humanity. He is currently a Trustee of the Ohio University Foundation Board, a member of the Board of Visitors for Russ College of Engineering & Technology at Ohio University, a member of the Advisory Board for the Civil Engineering Department of the Russ College of Engineering & Technology at Ohio University and he serves on the Advisory Board for Construction Engineering Management at the same school.

Ray is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Ohio, and has designed many of the structures he has built. He is also an expert in land use, acquiring land and developing it for building.

Ray's lifelong educational and practical background in the construction industry began at age eleven on a heavy construction project with his father. His experience includes highway, railroad and heavy industrial construction, as well as masonry and steel building projects.

Ray served as an officer in the United States Air Force, spending most of his two-year tour of duty as a base engineer. After the Air Force, he was employed by Luria Engineering Co. as general superintendent of their industrial and military construction division.

Ray's concern for people led him to personal involvement in firsthand on-site disaster response in Central America and Africa. He is known internationally for this work, and has served on the boards of several international relief agencies. Ray has also served on the national boards of church-related homes and shelters for abused or emotionally disadvantaged children, and skilled care and retirement facilities for older adults. His awards and public recognition for his humanitarian work are too numerous to mention.

As President and CEO of Ray Fogg Building Methods, Inc., Mike Merle manages the day-to-day operations of the company including all design, construction, marketing, sales and administrative activities. Merle joined the company in December 1981 as a salesman, was appointed Executive Vice President in 1992, and assumed his current position in 2006.

Merle is a native of Akron, Ohio. He attended Archbishop Hoban High School and later, Princeton University, majoring in religion and graduating summa cum laude in 1972.

He is currently a member of the Business Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the NAIOP National Forums, and the Princeton Alumni Schools Committee. He is past president of the Southern Regional Board of Education for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and remains very active in the leadership of his local parish and school.

Under Merle's leadership, Ray Fogg Building Methods has expanded its reach to embrace new markets; to implement advanced design, construction and management technologies; to constantly improve project management and performance; and to implement one of the finest safety programs in the industry - all as part of a strategy of improving profitability through building outstanding value that consistently exceeds the expectations of its customers.