LBM People in the News, May 2023
DEALERS
Your Building Centers announced that Tim Leupold (right) has been promoted to President and CEO. Leupold has held those positions on an interim basis since Rich Lender's death in October 2022. Previously, Leupold was YBC's VP of Manufacturing and Installed Sales.
US LBM brought on Andrew Campbell as its new EVP and CIO. The company also selected Tony DeLuzio to be a Supply Chain Director, Christina Ramos to be a Compensation Analyst and Jenna Tart to be a Demand Planner.
A Few Cool Hardware Stores, a chain serving the Baltimore-Washington region, announced that Craig Smith will be its new CEO.
Builders FirstSource named Todd Skinner as its VP of Sales Operations and picked Phil Carbone to be a Windows Specialist.
National Lumber, a division of Builders FirstSource, promoted Michael Sullivan to Area Business Manager.
84 Lumber hired Jim McMahon and Mike Cousino to be General Managers, Gareth Rumley to be a Sales Manager, and Chris Stone and Mark Rutter to be OSRs.
Big C Lumber promoted Chris Baker to General Manager of the Roseland, IN, store; Doug Kapica to Operations Manager in Roseland; and Brett Griggs to Operations Manager in Elkhart, IN.
Lansing Building Products promoted Dax Hallsten to Branch Manager in Ogden, UT.
Carter Lumber named Jared Roomsburg as a Market Sales Manager and Kyle Diamond as an Installed Sales Manager.
SRS Distribution named Gabrielle McQuay to be a Branch Manager, Devin Mathes to be an Area Credit Manager, and Adam Alborn to be an Assistant Branch Manager.
ABC Supply named James Mason (left) to the new position of VP of Renewable Energy. He had been Southern California District Manager. Kyle Gentile has been promoted to take Mason's place. The specialty dealer also named Colby Meek to manage its new branch in Granbury, TX, and in recent months it has picked these Branch Managers: Vladimir Hernandez in El Centro, CA; Nick Llorens, Jacksonville, FL; Jeremy Carver, Atlanta; Drew Woody, Baltimore; Mike Emanuel, Waldorf, MD; Emily Zell, Eagan, MN; Cameron Morgan, Akron, OH; Jeff Chapman, Canton, OH; Ben Antonini, Solon, OH; Roger Flores, Abilene, TX; Marcus Brown, Houston; David Wassermann, White Settlement, TX; Ed Lund, La Crosse, WI; Garrett Meyer, West Allis, WI; Jordan Seewald, Waxahachie, TX; and Kevin Mode, Everett, WA.
L&W Supply, a division of ABC Supply, chose Zach Whitten as a Branch Manager and hired John Filion to be a Sales Advocate.
Foundation Building Materials' newest sales rep is Ken Coriell.
Garris Evans Lumber hired three sales officers for its Shallotte, NC, branch: Gay Ferris, Gray Canady, and Ed Fargo.
Beacon Building Products announced that Maya Hayes has been named VP, Human Resources, for the West Division.
Eldredge Lumber promoted Matt Skerry to Manager.
Palm City Millwork chose Darrell May to be a General Sales Manager.
Karpp & New England Gypsum, a division of GMS, named Robert O'Donnell as its Area Manager for Massachusetts & Connecticut.
Bliffert Lumber brought in Kirt Whitehouse to be an OSR.
The newest OSR at Jordan's Building Center is Brendan Depaola.
DISTRIBUTORS AND CO-OPS
LMC announced the appointment of Jack Phipps as its new VP of Technology. The co-op also brought on Jonathyn Truax as a Regional Manager.
Do it Best promoted Stephanie Lyons to Associate Merchandise Manager for Building Materials, Allison Meyer (left) to Communications Director, Megan Millsap to Market Research Specialist, Jordan Montgomery to Manager of Special Projects, Chris Snyder to Associate Merchandise Manager-Paint & Paint Supplies, and Ryan Stopher to Merchandising Manager-Electrical. In addition, former Communications Director Randy Rusk has become the co-op's Community Affairs Manager. And Do it Best hired Garrett Bates as an IT Systems Administrator Intern and Hannah Moughler as a Communications Content Specialist.
Palmer-Donavin promoted Troy Tahyi to Production Manager.
The Gypsum Supply Division at Affiliated Distributors hired Jeremy Pulver as a Divisional Services Specialist.
MANUFACTURERS
Tamlyn promoted Miguel Gonzales to CEO
Sunset Stone named Michael Cobb as its new CEO.