MASTERCLASS: LMC recently hosted 50 LBM leaders from across the country for its annual “Leadership Excellence Masterclass” at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
MOVERS & Shakers Tom Le Vere, president of Weekes Forest Products, St. Paul, Mn., will retire effective Dec. 31, following 43 years in the lumber industry, the last 12 with Weekes. He will be succeeded by Scott Gardner, currently VP of distribution. At the same time, Clark Spitzer will be promoted to president of its Snavely Forest Products division. Pat Webster, president and COO, UFP Industries, Grand Rapids, Mi., is retiring at the end of 2022 after nearly four decades with UFP. Mark Harvard, ex-Ritter Lumber, has rejoined Harry’s Building Materials, Nacogdoches, Tx., as buyer. Fred Coffrin, ex-Northwest Hardwoods, is a new national sales rep for Beacon Hardwoods, Greensboro, N.C. Robert DeVylder Jr., ex-Lyon & Billard Lumber, has joined Interstate + Lakeland Lumber, Newtown, Ct., in purchasing. Eric Studer, ex-Mid-State Lumber Corp., is a new lumber trader with Sherwood Lumber, Melville, N.Y. Eric Shaffer has been named store mgr. of McCoy’s Building Supply, Plainview, Tx. Donnie Nixon, ex-Greentree Packaging & Lumber, is new to sales at Lumber One, Conroe, Tx. Bob Vogel has retired as president of Hardwoods of Michigan, Clinton, Mi., after 43 years with the firm. Jeremy Cooley, ex-Georgia-Pacific, has joined Compass Building Products, Marietta, Ga., as senior sales representative.
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Jim Lewis has joined the outside sales team at Top Notch Distributors, as Apex, N.C.-based Mid-South territory mgr., handling Georgia, southern Virginia, and the Carolinas. Jeff Brady, ex-Foxworth-Galbraith, is now GM of Hixwood, Shiloh, Oh. Eric Berggren, ex-Roberts Plywood, was appointed warehouse mgr. for LeNoble Lumber, Long Island, N.Y. Sarah Haenel, previously with Boise Cascade, UFP and GP, has joined Armacell, Chapel Hill, N.C., as national sales & marketing mgr. for backer rod, building materials, and custom profiles. Don Viscio, ex-Blueinx, has been named regional VP for Tibbetts Lumber, St. Petersburg, Fl. Paul Silver, ex-Arrow Building Center, is the new GM at Builders FirstSource, St. Cloud, Mn. Jason Hanegan, ex-Emery-Jensen, has joined Do it Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In., as national sales mgr. Also new: David Bryant, LBM sales support coordinator; Ryan Dunbar, associate merchandise mgr.; Cordell England, consumer marketing specialist; Arron Enyart, inbound coordinator; Morgan Ferguson, talent acquisition specialist; and Bob Turecki, retail project mgr. Recently promoted: Alex Gilliom, category management & analytics mgr.; Lauren Wilson, merchandising pricing & training mgr.; Sarah Krey, merchandise mgr.–lawn & garden; Laci Scheib, merchandising mgr.–farm & ranch; and Ed Somerville, merchandise mgr.–plumbing.
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Jason Fletcher, ex-Builders FirstSource, has been appointed general mgr. of Simonson Lumber, Alexandria, Mn. Craig Williams, ex-Builders FirstSource, is now general mgr. of Builders Supply Co., Lancaster, S.C. Dr. Rufai Ibrahim has joined the R & D d e p a r t m e n t a t Vi a n c e , Charlotte, N.C., helping to develop new chemistries for wood preservatives and fire retardant product formulations. Rick Frost and Robin Jolley have been appointed to the board of directors at The Westervelt Co., Tuscaloosa, Al. Todd West, ex-Alside, has joined the outside sales force at Mentor Lumber & Supply, Mentor, Oh. James Reddish has been named Trex’s director of Little Rock, Ar., workforce development & community engagement with the company’s planned $400-million facility at the Port of Little Rock. Brian Luoma, Westervelt Co., Tuscaloosa, Al.; J.D. Hankins II, Hankins Inc., Ripley, Ms.; George Emmerson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson, Ca.; and Brad Thorlakson, Tolko, have been reappointed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to second terms on the Softwood Lumber Board board of directors. Also appointed were past director Marc Brinkmeyer, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Id., and first-time director Jerome Pelletier, J.D. Irving, Ltd. Daryl Lee D’Parted is no longer with Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus. Building-Products.com
