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Cornerstone Building Brands announced that James Metcalf will retire as CEO. The move is effective Sept. 6 with Metcalf being succeeded by Rose Lee as president and CEO. Metcalf will continue his role as executive chairman of the board, with Lee also joining the board of directors. Lee joined DuPont in 2015 as global business director, DuPont Kevlar and Aramid Intermediates. In 2016, she assumed the role of President, DuPont Protection Solutions and was named President, Safety & Construction in 2017. Prior to joining DuPont, Rose held senior leadership positions at Saint-Gobain in several general management

positions serving the construction, transportation, energy, and defense sectors, as strategy director and CIO of the North America region. Masonite, the interior and exterior door manufacturer, has Lee appointed Clare Doyle as senior vice president, chief sustainability officer, and Vicky Philemon as senior vice president, general manager, Europe, both effective immediately Doyle joined Masonite as senior vice president, components in 2016 and has served as senior vice president, general manager, Europe since 2018. She

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Philemon previously held marketing leadership positions in the chemicals industry with Elementis plc and Rohm and Haas Company. Philemon was most recently managing director for Morphy Richards, a supplier of small appliances in the UK. She also previously served in senior sales and marketing roles at Stanley Black & Decker. Doyle and Philemon will report to Heckes.

Specialty Building Products (SBP) announced that Chris Gerhard has joined the company’s executive leadership team. In the newly created role of executive vice president, Gerhard will work with the existing management team to enhance the company’s customer and supplier relationships and

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to further accelerate the growth of the business. SBP’s operating brands include U.S. Lumber, Alexandria Moulding, and Midwest Lumber. Over the last decade, he has served as vice president of sales for Trex Company where he maintained various responsibilities, including management of product launches, strategic customer negotiations, distribution strategy, and the Trex sales team.

Fortress Building Products has added industry veteran Jim Plank to its sales team. As Director, Channel Sales, Plank will employ market strategies to identify and secure product specifications in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. Plank began his professional career over two decades ago with Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Since then, he has held

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various sales and business development roles of increasing responsibility across the retail and wholesale channels with American Standard Brands, Moen Incorporated, and Uponor.

The Lumbermen’s Association of Texas (LAT) has elected Harley “Bubba” Finnell, owner of Oldham Lumber Company in Dallas, Texas, as president othe Board of Directors.

Additionally, the LAT reported that Kate Woodson Borroni, director of human resources, operations at Woodson Lumber Company has joined LAT’s Executive Committee as second vice president. The board also elected four new directors: Corby Biddle, president and general manager at Higginbotham Brothers; Jammy Pate, president at Pate’s Hardware Inc.; John Sewall, CEO at The Detering Company; and Isaac Smith, vice president of purchasing, hardlines at Matt’s Building Materials.

McCoy’s Building Supply has named two new managers for locations in New Mexico and Texas. Albert Garza has been appointed store manager of McCoy’s Roswell, N.M. Garza began his career as a yard crew member nearly four years ago at McCoy’s Odessa, Texas store before enrolling in the company’s Management Development Program. McCoy’s has also appointed Clay Webb as store manager of its Brownwood, Texas. Webb, a native of Houston and joined McCoy’s three years ago. He worked in the yard and in a commercial sales support role before enrolling in the company’s Management Development Program.

Weyerhaeuser has appointed Travis Keatley as senior vice president of Timberlands, effective Sept. 13. Keatley has served as vice president of Western Timberlands for the company since January 2020, and his appointment follows

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Garza Webb Keatley the planned retirement of Adrian Blocker, who will stay on through mid-October to serve as a senior advisor and aid in the transition.

Keatley joined Weyerhaeuser in 2000 in the company’s Western Timberlands organization. He has since held a variety of operations and leadership positions, including serving as vice president of Southern Timberlands prior to his current role leading Western Timberlands, and among other key projects, he led the successful integration of our Longview Timber acquisition in 2013.

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