Directors

 

Andrew R. Logie, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Logie and a group of investors acquired Beacon Sales Company, Inc. in 1984. As its new CEO, he oversaw the growth of the business from three to seven branches, with sales increasing six-fold to $70 million in 1997, prior to its acquisition by Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. From 1997 to July 2002, he was our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He became Executive Vice President and Chairman in July 2002. Prior to joining Beacon Sales Company, Mr. Logie spent 14 years in the roofing industry, working nine years with Bradco Supply and five years with GAF Corporation. Mr. Logie attended Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts.

 

Mr. Buck joined us in October 2003. Prior to joining us, he served as President-Uniform Rental Division of Cintas Corporation from July 1997. From 1991 through 1997, he served as Senior Vice President – Midwest Region of Cintas. From 1982 through 1991, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cintas. Mr. Buck presently serves as a director of Kendle International, Inc. and Multi-Color Corporation, both of which are NASDAQ-traded companies, and privately-held LVI Services, Inc.

 

Mr. Bellows became a director in January 2005. Mr. Bellows serves on the Board of Directors of Hexcel Corporation and as their Chair of the audit committee and a member of their nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees. He has served as Chairman of Braeburn Associates, a merchant banking firm, since 1999, and Chairman of The Finance Network, a private financial services firm, since 1999. Mr. Bellows was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Audits & Surveys Worldwide, Inc., an international market research firm, from 1995 to March 1999 and continued to serve as a director until March 2002.

 

Mr. Gaffney served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Viking Pacific Holdings, Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Vermont Investments, Ltd., a New Zealand-based conglomerate, and provided consulting services to GS Capital Partners II, L.P. (a private investment fund affiliated with Water Street Corporate Recovery Fund I, L.P. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.), and other affiliated investment funds. Mr. Gaffney presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Imperial Sugar Company and as a director of Hexcel Incorporated, SCP Pool Corporation, and Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

 

Mr. Gotsch has served as director since 1997. Mr. Gotsch has been a member of Code Hennessy Simmons LLC since 1997 and employed by its affiliates since 1989. Mr. Gotsch holds a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Mr. Gotsch presently serves as the Chairman of the Board of The Hillman Companies, Inc.

 

Mr. Sexton has served as director since October 2004. He has been the Chairman of the Board and a director of SCP Pool Corporation (NASDAQ: POOL) since 1993. From January 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Sexton also served as Chief Executive Officer of SCP Pool. SCP Pool is the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products.

 

Mr. Randle became a director in February 2006. Since 2004, Mr. Randle has served as President, CEO and Director of GI Dynamics, a venture backed healthcare company. Previously, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Advanced Technology Ventures, a healthcare and IT venture capital firm. From 1998 to 2001, he was President, CEO and a director of Act Medical, Inc. Mr. Randle also currently serves as a director of Specialized Health Products, International, a NASDAQ-traded company. Mr. Randle holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.