LBM People in the News, March 2022
Updated: Mar 23, 2022
DEALERS
Builders FirstSource hired Amy Bass Messersmith (right) as its Chief People Officer. BFS said Messersmith will oversee "all aspects of human resources, including the implementation of strategies to develop and promote best practices in organizational and leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and talent acquisition, development, and management." In addition, BFS picked Robert Preston to be a General Manager in BFS' Littleton, CO, yard; hired Christopher Burgess to be an Inventory Control Specialist; and brought in Kaitlyn Wagner to be an OSR.
Kodiak Building Partners promoted several people at its operations in Washington State: Patricia Bickley to VP of Builders Alliance and Frontier Building Supply, Shannon Hartley to Regional Manager for Anacortes and Island markets, Sally Paul to Regional Manager for Whidbey Island, and Wade Gardner to Regional Manager for the I-5 and North Counties locations.
Richard Cooper has become President of Thrifty Building Supply, Olive Branch, MS. He had been VP.
US LBM promoted Jim Sullivan to VP of Commodity Products.
Gulfeagle Supply promoted Billy Quinley to Gulf Coast regional manager and made Joe Knippel the Southeast Regional Manager.
Wehrung’s promoted Sarah Ross to Division Manager.
US LBM's Arrow Building Center named Susan Keller to a Market Region Accounting Manager position.
American Builders Supply promoted Rob Hageman to General Manager of Truss Production Operations.
ABC Supply promoted new managers at three of its Texas locations: Mariechen Brydon in Corpus Christi, Kevin Erickson in Melissa, and Victoria Longo in Lubbock.
Parr Lumber named Tom Johnston as a Location Manager and promoted Jeff Owenby to Assistant Manager.
Hancock Lumber appointed Stasha MacDougall as the new General Manager of its North Conway, NH, location.
McCoy’s Building Supply announced the appointment of Drew Van Winkle (left) as Manager of its Spicewood, TX, store, which will open in early summer.
SRS Distribution selected Michael Faltot to be a Branch Manager.
GMS’ Karpov & New England Gypsum unit chose Isaac Burkett to be an Acoustical Segment Manager.
US LBM’s Hines Supply named Jeremy Ahrens as a Sales Manager.
Gypsum Management and Supply promoted Holly Boyle to HR Business Partner.
Kyle Lotz has become an Assistant Manager at Dyke Industries.
Spahn & Rose brought in Gina Lark to be an OSR. Stockton Building Supply brought in Mark Graber to be a Wholesale Account Manager.
Genesee Reserve Supply hired Jamie Fox for its Sales and Purchasing department.
Eldridge Lumber hired Matt Skerry to be an Inside Sales Rep.
DISTRIBUTORS AND CO-OPS
Cameron Ashley Building Products chose Jay Cole to be a new Regional Sales VP.
Do it Best promoted Brian Billman to Supply Chain and Inventory Replenishment Manager, Kyle Graf to Video Services Project Leader, Michelle Hutker to Associate Building Materials Trader, Ashley Kenworthy to Organizational Change Manager, Meagan McNeal to Marketing Services Manager, Allison Meyer to Communications Manager, Megan Millsap to Managed Marketing Specialist, Peter Mitchell to Systems Engineer, Jenna Myers to Merchandise Manager for Outdoor Living and Holiday, Kendra Radu to Content Specialist, Erin Smith to Managed Marketing Specialist, Ken Sorg to Infrastructure Project Director, Shannon Vollen (right) to Rebate Coordinator, and Jessica Waggoner to Ecommerce Manager.
Do it Best also hired Mark Campbell as a Product Manager-Member Catalog, Lisa Dickey as a Business Technical Support Specialist, Megan Edwards as a User Experience Designer, Andrew Foutz as an Outbound Logistics Specialist, Todd Harris as a Business Tech Support Specialist, Dillon Henschen as a Network Engineer, Stephanie Hutsell as a Product Sales Manager, Jake McGee as an LBM Sales Support Coordinator, Barry Weikle as a Principal Data Engineer, and Brianna Wells as an Ecommerce Manager.
LBM Advantage appointed Craig Dunnum as Member Sales Manager for the Midwest region.
DW Distribution picked Jennifer Feagin to be a Customer Sales Rep.
Snavely Forest Products picked Shirley Hardy to fill an Accountant role.
MANUFACTURERS
AZEK appointed Chris Latkovic as SVP of Operations. He succeeds Bobby Gentile, who will retire this summer.
M-D Building Products formed four brand portfolio strategic business units and named each unit's director: Kipp Collins, Consumer; Mike Wasson Manufactured Solutions and Cardinal Aluminum; Joe Comitale, Pro and Canadian Consumers; and Jared Bringhurst, Shared Manufacturing Services.
LP Building Solutions named Jimmy Mason (left) as EVP, General Manager of OSB.
Regal Ideas Inc. announced that Andrew Pantelides will take over as President now that Ernie Couillard has retired.
ConstructConnect named Derek Guffey as its new VP of Sales for the Building Product Manufacturer Segment.
ODL named Dan Volkema as VP of Finance.
Fortress Building Products chose Bill Ross to become Director of Channel Sales, Sales Enablement, and Operations. Fortress also made John Karas the director of International Channel Sales.
Koppers Holdings elected Tracie McCormick as Treasurer, while the Koppers Inc. subsidiary chose Dan Skrovanek to be VP for Growth and Innovation.
Western Forest Products appointed Fiona Macfarlane to the company’s board of directors.
Boise Cascade promoted Kolton Barber to General Manager.
USG chose Christopher Macey to be President of its Gypsum Division and an SVP in the company.
Christine Welby has become Director of Corporate Communications at Standex International.
Marvin promoted Stuart Lipp to Senior Architectural Project Manager.
Dyana Sweigart has become a marketing services manager at IKO North America.
Apex Tool Group has named Rich Mathews to become its new Chief Marketing Officer upon the retirement of Bob Heisner.
Upper Dauphin Vinyl Products named Benjamin Kauffman as a Sales and Marketing Specialist.
New Castle Building Products appointed Gary Cancro as an Account Manager.
Cornerstone Building Brands picked Tyler Hines to be a Territory Sales Manager.
Masonite promoted Daryl Breymeyer to a Sales Manager role.
Tamlyn named Joe Tuttle as a Regional Sales Manager for the Southwest United States.
Custom Choice Door & Millwork has brought in Ann Welch to be a Sales Manager.
Consolidated Forest Products named Ricky Fuller as a Sales Rep.
Palram Americas promoted Jeramy Albert to Construction Business Unit Manager.
ASSOCIATIONS
The Vinyl Siding Institute added to its Board of Directors Steve Booz, VP, Marketing & Product Management, at Westlake Royal Building Products.
The International Code Council announced that Aaron Davis, former Staff Director with the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined the Government Relations Department as VP of Federal Relations