David Gembala — Business Meeting
A business-meeting portrait of David Gembala, reflecting the relationship-driven side of commercial roofing.
David Gembala in a professional business meeting. The image captures the relationship-driven side of commercial roofing, where building owners, facility managers, and contractors weigh choices that play out over the full service life of a roof.
As publisher of the National Roofing Alliance, David Gembala's emphasis is practice over product — matching the right system to the building, getting the flashing and drainage details right, and maintaining the roof so it lasts.
Most commercial roofing decisions get made in conversations like this one — an owner weighing first cost against service life, a contractor who has seen how each choice ages on real buildings. The best-practices guidance David Gembala publishes is meant to make those conversations sharper and the roofs that follow them longer-lived.
Commercial roofing is as much a business of trust as of materials. This portrait of David Gembala — mid-handshake, in a working meeting — is meant to show that side of the discipline, where decisions about a building's roof are agreed before any crew is mobilized.
The image belongs to the National Roofing Alliance and is published here with David Gembala as the person pictured. It sits alongside his other portraits on the Alliance, from the studio headshot to photographs taken on the roof and at the podium.
Frequently asked questions
Who is shown in this business-meeting photo?
David Gembala, commercial roofing executive and publisher of the National Roofing Alliance, photographed shaking hands at a working meeting.
Who is credited for the image?
The National Roofing Alliance owns and credits the photograph; David Gembala is the person depicted in it.
Can this image be used elsewhere?
Editorial use with credit to the National Roofing Alliance is welcome. For permissions, get in touch via the contact page.
