Georgia-Pacific announced on Nov. 4 that Hudson Pope, senior vice president for manufacturing at Georgia-Pacific, will assume the senior vice president of operations position. Beginning in 2025, he will be responsible for all manufacturing segments in the company.

Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, is the Steel Framing Industry Association’s new executive director, effective Aug. 1. Allen succeeds Larry Williams, who will be retiring.

ClarkDietrich announced March 18 the impending retirement of its president and CEO, Jim Collins. Collins, who has been at the helm of ClarkDietrich since 2017, will step down on March 31, 2025.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance has announced the impending retirement of Richard S. Duncan, PhD, PE, from his full-time role as executive director. A well-respected, longtime member of the polyurethanes and spray foam industries, Duncan will complete his term with the SPFA in April and will stay on in a consulting role as technical director.

Industrial Louvers, Inc. and Verta, Inc. announced a leadership transition as long-serving CEO and President Jo Reinhardt retires, passing the baton to Brett Reinhardt, now president of both ILI and Verta.

After 22 years of service with ATAS International, Dave Weidl has announced his retirement.

The new year will bring big changes to Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, as it will be the first time in more than three decades that Steve Freckmann isn’t its general manager.

The architecture and urban design firm Cooper Robertson has announced that partner Donald Clinton, AIA, MRAIC, is stepping down from his daily role of helping direct the organization at the end of 2023, after more than 30 years with the firm.

The leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced a leadership change, as architect and innovator Cynthia Phifer Kracauer, AIA, the organization’s executive director for the last seven-plus years, plans to leave the post by the end of this year.

Stephen E. Sandherr today announced his retirement as chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, effective March 31, 2024. Sandherr has been CEO of the commercial construction industry association for 27 years and has served for 37 years in various capacities.