Management

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Robert Buck

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Buck joined us as President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2003 and was appointed as Chairman of the Board in March 2007. Prior to joining us, he served as President—Uniform Rental Division of Cintas Corporation from 1997 to 2003. 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.

Paul M. Isabella

President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Isabella joined us in November 2007. Prior to joining us, he served as Executive Vice President of Cooper Industries from 2005 to 2007 and Senior Vice President of Stanley Works from 1999 to 2005. He began his career with General Electric Company in 1977 and worked in various GE businesses for 22 years. Mr. Isabella has a B.S. degree from State University at Cortland.

David R. Grace

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Grace is responsible for financial management of our Company and each of our regional subsidiaries. Mr. Grace began his career as a CPA in public accounting with Baril and Smith CPA. He joined Beacon Sales Company as an accountant in 1987. He served in positions of increasing responsibility until he was named CFO at the time that we acquired Beacon Sales Company. Mr. Grace has a degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.

C. Eric Swank

Senior Vice President

Mr. Swank is responsible for the overall operations of The Roof Center. Prior to joining us in October 2004, Mr. Swank was Assistant Group Vice President from 2003 to 2004 for Cintas Corporation. He also served as Assistant to the Group Vice President from 1998 to 1999 and Director of Training and Development from 2000 to 2002 for Cintas. Mr. Swank is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio.

Ross D. Cooper

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Mr. Cooper joined us in July 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cooper was with Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A. since 1999. From 1996 to 2006, Mr. Cooper served as outside general counsel to Building Suppliers Corporation, LLC, an organization of roofing and construction materials wholesale distributors. Mr. Cooper received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School.

James I. MacKimm

Senior Vice President

Mr. MacKimm has oversight over Quality Roofing Supply and Beacon Sales Company, as well as company-wide training. He has spent his entire career in the roofing industry. Upon joining Beacon Sales Company in 1990, he opened the Cranston, Rhode Island location and remained there as branch manager. In 1994, he was named branch manager of Beacon Sales Company's Somerville, Massachusetts location. He was appointed Vice President of Quality Roofing Supply Company, which operates as part of our Mid-Atlantic region, in May 2003. Mr. MacKimm has a degree in accounting from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Patrick Murphy

Senior Vice President of Beacon Southeast & Corporate Procurement

Mr. Murphy oversees Beacon's Southeast Region comprising of Best Distributing and JGA Corp as well as Beacon's corporate-wide procurement and vendor relations. Prior to joining Best Distributing, which operates as part of our Mid-Atlantic region, he worked for several roofing distributors, most recently as a branch manager for JR Morton at their Raleigh, North Carolina location. Shortly after joining Best in 1988, he was named Vice President. Mr. Murphy has a degree in business administration from Michigan State University.

David Wrabel

Vice President, Credit

Mr. Wrabel joined Beacon in April 2006 and is responsible for overseeing all company-wide credit functions. Previously, he was with Veeder-Root Company, a Danaher Company, and was responsible for all credit and trade finance, as well as being a corporate resource for other Danaher Companies. From 1988 until 2002, Mr. Wrabel was manager of North American credit operations for Crompton Corporation, where he also held a variety of positions in financial planning, sales and marketing management and materials management. Mr. Wrabel holds a B.S. in Business, Finance, from the University of Connecticut.

Rick C. Welker

Vice President & Corporate Controller

Mr. Welker became our Corporate Controller in July 2004. He is a CPA and CMA and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in 1981. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Welker was VP-CFO and Treasurer of Woodworkers Warehouse, a public company, from 2002-2004 and SVP-CFO of rue21 from 2000-2002. He was VP and Controller of Bradlees, also a public company, from 1995-2000. Mr. Welker holds a BSBA from Western New England College and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Sergio Padron

Vice President, Corporate Safety

Mr. Padron joined Beacon in January 2007 and is responsible for company-wide safety and risk management efforts, ensuring that employees are properly trained and practice proper procedures and the company is in compliance with all federal and state regulatory requirements. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Padron spent 28 years at AT&T/Bell South, 3 years at Mastec, and 3 years at NationsRent Equipment Company, holding various positions in safety & risk management, training and corporate security. Mr. Padron holds a BS degree in Business Administration from Florida International University and several accreditations in the Field of Safety, Security and Risk Management.

John P. Massarelli

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Mr. Massarelli is responsible for our Company-wide sales and marketing. Prior to joining Beacon in January, 2006, Mr. Massarelli was Director of Sales from 2001-2005 for Cintas Corporation. At Cintas he also held the positions of Sales Manager from 1998 to 2001 and Industrial Sales Representative from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Massarelli graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a degree in Business.

Christopher Nelson

Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Mr. Nelson joined Beacon in July 2006. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Information Systems & Supply Chain, for Dan River, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of bedding products. He was with Dan River since 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Nelson was with Price Waterhouse as a Management Consultant. Mr. Nelson received a BS in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Global Executive MBA with honors from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School

David Pasternak

Vice President, Human Resources

Mr. Pasternak joined Beacon in February 2009. He has company-wide responsibility for all human resources issues. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Pasternak served as Director of Organizational Development and Staffing at Rexel, the largest electrical distribution company in the United States. Mr. Pasternak also has held senior human resources positions at General Electric and Tyco International. He received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a Masters of Science, Human Resources from Marquette University.

John C. Smith Jr.

Regional Vice President Shelter Southwest Region

Mr. Smith is responsible for the overall operations of Shelter's Southwest region. Previously, Mr. Smith was responsible for Company-wide inventory management/control and vendor management. He joined Beacon in 1999 and has been in the building material industry for the past 19 years. Prior to joining Beacon, he worked in the industry with increasing levels of responsibility for The Grillco Corp. (1985-1993), which was acquired by Viking Building Products (1993-1997), which was acquired by ABC Supply (1993-1999). Mr. Smith has a degree in Economics from Tufts University in Medford, MA.

C. Munroe Best III

Regional Vice President Best Distributing Co.

Mr. Best is responsible for the overall operations of Best Distributing Company. Mr. Best joined Best Distributing full time after graduating from Elon University in 1994 with a degree in business administration. Since then he has held positions of increasing responsibility first involving sales and operations in the Greensboro, N.C. and Richmond, Va. branches, and then taking responsibility for the building insulation business and introducing the vinyl products business from the Goldsboro, N.C. headquarters.

Scott Wade

Regional Vice President JGA Beacon

Prior to his appointment as regional vice president, Mr. Wade was president of JGA's Dealers Choice division. He joined the JGA family in 1983. Beginning as an outside sales representative, he has held several key positions including sales manager and district manager. Mr. Wade has a degree from Georgia State University.

Robert K. Greer Jr. (Ken)

Regional Vice President West End Lumber

Mr. Greer began his career with Railton Inc. as the branch manager of their Houston, Texas location. Shortly after joining West End Lumber, which now operates as our Southwest region, in 1990, he opened their Gulf Freeway location and remained there as branch manager until being appointed general manager in February 1996. Upon joining us in June 2001, with the acquisition of West End Lumber, Mr. Greer was named Vice President of West End Lumber. Mr. Greer attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Marc Allaire

President of Beacon Roofing Supply Canada

Mr. Allaire became President of Beacon Canada in April 2008 and is is responsible for the overall operations of Beacon Roofing Supply Canada Company in Eastern Canada. Mr. Allaire joined Beacon Canada in 2004 and was most recently Regional Manager for Central Canada. Prior to joining Beacon, he was Vice President of Enercorp, Inc., a roofing sales and marketing company that Marc joined in 1998. From 1993 to 1998, Marc was Director of Sales and Technology at IRC Building Sciences Group Inc. He began his career in 1981 at Tremco as a Technical Engineering Representative in Roofing and Waterproofing. Mr. Allaire graduated as a Civil Engineering Technologist from Centennial College and furthered his education at the University of Wisconsin and York University in Toronto.

Gerard Hill

Regional Vice President Beacon Sales

Mr. Hill is responsible for the overall operations of Beacon Sales Company. He joined Beacon in 2001 and has held several key positions including Sales Director and Assistant Vice President before his promotion to Regional Vice President in October 2007. Mr. Hill has over twenty years experience in the roofing industry, working in both the distribution and the contracting sectors of the business. Mr. Hill has a degree in Economics from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Kent C. Gardner

Regional Vice President Shelter Midwest Region

Mr. Gardner is responsible for the overall operations of Shelter's Midwest region. Before his promotion to Vice President in March 2007, he was a District Manager and an Assistant Vice President on the Shelter Distribution Team. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Gardner spent eight years with Cintas Corporation serving as an Assistant Group Vice President from 2004 to 2006, Area General Manager from 2003 to 2004, General Manager from 2000 to 2003, Sales Manager from 1999 to 2000, and Service Manager from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Gardner served in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Gardner graduated with honors from the University of Missouri as a Student/Athlete earning three Varsity Letters in Football.

David Lowery

Regional Vice President North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems

Mr. Lowery became Regional Vice President in May 2008 and is is responsible for the overall operations of North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems. Previous to this role, Mr. Lowery was the Regional Manager of North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems and branch manager for North Coast's Chicago, IL location.

Fred Pratt

Vice President North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems

Mr. Pratt assists with the oversight of North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems. He has been the Treasurer of North Coast since 1986. Previously, he worked for Owens Corning from 1977 to 1986 in several capacities including Customer Service (1977 - 1979), Service and Administration (1979 - 1981), Outside Sales (1981 - 1983) and General Manager (1983 - 1986). Mr. Pratt has a degree in Finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Ken Heitkamp

Regional Manager Beacon Pacific

Mr. Heitkamp is responsible for the overall operations of Beacon Pacific. Ken has over 30 years of experience with Pacific, having started in 1976 as an inside sales specialist, progressing to branch manager. In his most recent role as operations manager, he had regional responsibility for safety, equipment, fleet, facilities, traffic and operations metrics.