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Ed Langley has stepped down as senior vice president of Neiman
Reed Lumber Co., Chatsworth,
Ca., but remains with the company as trader emeritus. Replacing him will be director of sales Scott
MacKechnie and director of operations Bret Visciglia. Eric Schooler has been appointed interim president and CEO of
Collins Cos., Portland, Or. He steps in for TJ Rosengarth, who has left the company after one year. Janice
White, HR mgr., has retired after 42 years with Collins Pine, Chester,
Ca. Rob Johnson has been promoted to senior VP of engineered wood products, sales & marketing, for
Boise Cascade, Boise, Id. Chris
Seymour is now senior VP of manufacturing operations, wood products, and Jim Wickham is
VP-Building Materials Distribution
Eastern Operations. Ryan Lutton, ex-Weyerhaeuser, is a new commodity buyer with Central
Valley, Woodland, Ca. Bryan Moorehead, ex-OmniMax
International, has been appointed senior VP of operations for Central
Valley Builders Supply, Napa, Ca. Scott Holmes has been promoted to
VP of sales at Disdero Lumber Co.,
Clackamas, Or. Kamryn Chetwood is a new sales assistant. Dennis McWhirter is retiring April 1 after 32 years as sales mgr. at Taiga/
Exterior Wood, Washougal, Wa.
He will be succeeded by Damien
Fallin.
Natalie Heacock has been named chief financial officer of Patrick
Lumber Co., Portland, Or. She succeeds Mark Auxier, who will continue as VP until full retirement in 2023.
HUMBOLDT HOO-HOO Club’s annual Crab Feed Jan. 27 in Eureka, Ca., featured recognition of 2022 Lumberman of the Year Red Emmerson, Sierra-Pacific Industries. Emmerson with Rob Giacone (far left) and George Schmidbauer (far right).
Vaughan Barker has been named general mgr. of Ganahl Lumber, Los
Alamitos, Ca. Ian Souza has been promoted to succeed him as GM in
Lake Forest, Ca. Emily Jones has been appointed
Northern California territory sales mgr. for MoistureShield decking. Brian Kegg has been promoted to director of sales for Parr Lumber,
Hillsboro, Or. Kevin Mewes is a new building envelope specialist with OrePac
Building Products, Sacramento, Ca. Jonathan Doyle has joined the sales team at Plateau Forest Products,
Bend, Or. Ryan Fitzpatrick is new to inside sales at Beacon Building Products,
Medford, Or. Michael Boase, ex-PrimeSource, is the new operations mgr. at Grabber
Construction Products’ Portland,
Or., branch. Michelle Kam-Biron, mass timber specialist, Structurlam Mass Timber
Corp., Penticton, B.C., was awarded the Susan M. Frey Educator Award from the National Council of
Structural Engineers Association. Don Demens, president and
CEO, Western Forest Products,
Vancouver, B.C., plans to retire by March 31, 2023. The board of directors has commenced a search for a successor. Ernie Couillard has retired as president of Regal Ideas Inc. after more than 20 years with the company.
Andrew Pantelides, VP of marketing & business development, will be taking over Couillard’s responsibilities including sales and strategy for the company. John Karas has been named director, channel sales-international for
Fortress Building Products. Bill
Ross has been promoted to director, channel sales-SEO. Angela Nevers was promoted to
LBM sales support supervisor at Do it Best Corp., Fort Wayne,
In. Tanja Brown is now LBM sales support coordinator; Jakob
Bowden, associate industrial/commercial account executive; Korrey
Short, LBM sales support; Jordan
Montgomery, forecasting operations mgr.; and Diana Smith, outbound member services coordinator. Edward “Ted” Decker was promoted to CEO, president and director of
The Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga. Emmanuel Transmission is a new driver at Mungus-Fungus Forest
Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and
Freddy Fungus.
Depot Worker Arrested for Reportedly Stealing $400,000
An employee of Home Depot’s store in Tempe, Az., was arrested on suspicion of substituting counterfeit bills for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
Adrian Jean Pineda was a vault associate responsible for readying cash from registers for bank deposits. He would count the money from the registers and seal cash bags to be transferred to Wells Fargo Bank. He is accused of allegedly replacing the real bills with fakes.
According to the U.S. Secret Service, the store lost $387,500 from receiving counterfeit currency from January 2018 to January 2022. When the Secret Service apprehended Pineda, agents seized $5,000 in counterfeit money and recovered $5,300 in real bills. Another $22,000 in genuine currency was found in searching his home.
