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24 February 2006 President/CEO of building supply company to be Executive-in-Residence at Longwood
Hord will speak on Leadership: Vision, Responsibility, and Accountability at 7 p.m. in Hiner Auditorium (207). He will be the fourth speaker in this year’s Executive-in-Residence series, sponsored by SunTrust. Hord has been president and CEO since joining Stock Building Supply in 1987. The company, based in Raleigh, N.C., operates 255 locations in 30 states and reported revenues of more than $3.5 billion for the fiscal year that ended in July 2004. Its products include lumber, plywood, sheetrock, tools, millwork, windows, wall panels, engineered lumber and trusses. A Richmond native, Hord worked for the Richmond-based Eskimo Pie Corporation from 1967 to 1987, the last nine years as president and chief operating officer. |
Fenton Hord, the president and CEO of Stock Building Supply Inc., the largest supplier of lumber and building materials to the professional contractor market in the United States, will be Executive-in-Residence in Longwood University’s College of Business & Economics on Wednesday, March 8.