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LBM People in the News, September Edition


Don Riley, US LBM

DEALERS

US LBM named Don Riley as its new COO and hired John Colley to be a Buyer for the Great Lakes Region.


Inside US LBM's divisions, Shelly's Supply named Larry Newcomb Jr. as Market Manager; Mark Desgain of Massey Builder's Supply in the Richmond, VA, area, became a Location Manager; Dennis Sasser has become a Project Manager at Brand Vaughan Lumber; and Dean Hartrick was named Manager of the Direct Cabinet Sales location in Pompano Beach, FL.


Arrow Lumber & Hardware promoted Mike McGinnes to President, responsible for the Washington State dealer's day-to-day operations.


Builders FirstSource promoted Dan Magno II to be General Manager of its Albuquerque, NM, yard. It also named Kristopher Lehman as Millwork Manager in Sanford, FL; Seth Palmer as a Senior Manager-Delivery Optimization; Elva Ray as Information Technology Business Analyst and CSM, and Andy Parker as Assistant General Manager in Boise, ID.


SRS Distribution named Troy Baker as a VP for National Accounts and promoted Dave Fulwider to Branch Director in the Columbus, OH, area.


84 Lumber named John Marbut and Travis Jones as Production Managers in Jacksonville, FL, and Winter Garden, FL, respectively.


Gypsum Management & Supply hired Wilson Chris as an Associate based in Johnson City, TN.


McCoy's Building Supply named Albert Garza as Manager of its store in Roswell, NM, and Clay Webb as Manager of its Brownwood, TX, location.


NorCal Lumber appointed Mark Marcelli to an operations position.


Beacon Building Products named Miguel Acevedo as Operations Manager in Northern California.


David Noonan is the new Outside Sales Representative at Northeast Building Supply.


Messco Building Supply named Dale Hammond as Sales Manager.


Encompass Building Materials of Olathe, KS, picked Mark Crider to be General Manager.


Paul Kane, LMC

DISTRIBUTORS

LMC named Paul Kane as its new SVP of Finance and Technology. Kane succeeds Paul Ryan, who became president when John Somerville retired. Kane joins LMC from Omega Flex, a manufacturer, where he was CFO and Treasurer.


Adib Mahmud has become a National Account Representative at BlueLinx.


Jonathan Holmes has joined Builders Buying Group as a Territory Manager.


Hood Distribution's McQuesten Group named Joe Cecarelli as an Inside Sales Rep.


Do it Best promoted John Branigan to National Retail Performance Manager, Amber Elder to Payroll Coordinator, Justin Hanford to Divisional Merchandise Manager, Peter Mitchell Senior Systems Administrator, Shonda O'Brien to Outbound Member Services Specialist, Chelsea Ort to Insurance Coordinator, Jennifer Pettibone to Category Management Planner, and Rebecca Sell to LBM Sales Support Coordinator. The co-op also hired Ryan Akers as a Product Content Analyst, Jakob Bowden and Ceirah Heyneman as Sales Support Coordinators, Maddie Eck as an Associate Merchandise Manager for Farm & Ranch, Beatriz Garcia as an EDI/Direct Correspondence Representative, Mike Jones as a Western LBM Sales Manager, Damon Leishman as a Territory Sales Manager, Savannah Myers as a User Experience Designer, Josh Numbers as a Pricing Analyst, Brittany Peavler as an Associate Merchandise Manager for Global Sourcing, Faith Rollins as an Internal Audit Intern, and Floyd Stilson as a Building Materials Trader.


Atlantic Forest Products brought in Donna Cramsie as a Trader.


Cameron Ashley Building Products promoted Zachery Westfall to Regional Sales Manager.


OrePac Building Products named Randy Holmes as General Manager.


C&S Supply named Michael Cangimilla as a Facilities Manager.


Harley "Bubba" Finnell and Kate Woodson Borroni

ASSOCIATIONS

The Lumbermen’s Association of Texas announced that Harley “Bubba” Finnell, President of Oldham Lumber, has been elected as President of the LAT Board of Directors and Kate Woodson Borroni, Director of Human Resources, Operations at Woodson Lumber, has joined LAT’s Executive Committee as Second Vice President.


The Florida Building Material Alliance will give its 2021 Hall of Fame Recognition Award to Arlen Tillis, SVP of Tibbetts Lumber.


The American Building Materials Alliance has picked longtime Washington lobbyist Pat Rita to be its Government Affairs Associate, Kirk Ives to be its Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Director, and Julianna Rauf to be its Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Coordinator. The alliance was formed earlier this year as a federal advocacy group following the decision by two regional lumber associations--the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association and the Construction Suppliers Association--to end their ties with the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.


Marcia Speer, Poggenpohl

MANUFACTURERS

Poggenpohl announced that Marcia Speer is the new President of its North American division.


Firestone Building Products has named Jacob Speight as VP of Sales, Americas.


ODL named Ron Woznick as its new CFO.


Windemuller named Rob Groothuis as its new CFO.


Masonite named Chris Ball as the company's new President, Global Residential, succeeding James A. "Tony" Hair, who resigned in August. Also, Masonite appointed Clare Doyle as SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer and Vicky Philemon as SVP, General Manager, Europe.


Koppers announced that Jimmie Sue Smith will become CFO after current CFO Michael J. Zugay retires on Dec. 31.


Fortress Building Products promoted Drew Sundholm to VP of the Supply Chain and named Jim Plank as its new Director of Channel Sales.


UFP Industries promoted Mark Wells to VP Purchasing-Retail and hired Blair Casey as a Senior Account Manager.


Weyerhaeuser appointed Travis Keatley as its new SVP of Timberlands.


Benjamin Obdyke picked Danielle Chin to be its new Market Development Manager for New England.


Georgia-Pacific promoted Keith Snider to Plant Manager.


TopBuild named Jen Martin, formerly an official at Kodiak Building Partners, to become its Senior Manager of Shared Services, Corporate Credit & Collections.


Matthew Tucker has become an Operations Manager at B&S Woodworking.


David McCafferty, the former VP of Marketing and Human Resources at Carter Lumber, has become president of PR 20/20, a Cleveland-based marketing and advertising firm.

Alan Broderick has become a sales rep at Certified Home Services Premium Windows and Doors.


JELD-WEN announced the appointment of Colleen Penhall to the position of VP of global corporate communications. In addition, JELD-WEN hired Steve Strawn to be a Program Manager for Code and Regulatory Compliance.


DuPont's new Eastern U.S Residential Sales Leader is Brian Rivero.


Instacart brought in Darin Hochstetler to a Logistics and Distribution position.


Rothoblaas promoted Jim Muhaw to Area Sales Manager for the Mid-Atlantic and New England Regions.


Jim Cole joined East Coast Sales Group as a Territory Manager.


MMI Door named Richard Hoffmaster as a Territory Sales Manager.


Mullican Flooring picked Bruce Hardt to be Director of National Accounts and Special Projects.


Kevin Spearman joined Munters as Regional Materials Manager-Americas.

Plyco hired Jeff Wilfred as Territory Manager.


Lennox International has brought on Pete Grasso as Content Marketing Lead, HRP.


Marc Mumm joined Simpson Strong-Tie as a Sales Specialist.


Doug Argenbright is the new National Sales Director at Natural Stone.


Mark "Woody" Woodworth joined 7D Wholesale as a Sales Associate.


Cornerstone Building Brands appointed Judith Reinsdorf to its Board of Directors as an independent member.

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