HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Kodiak Building Partners, a lumber and materials products distributor, announced Bret Kelly as senior vice president of the company’s northeast general lumber division. Kelly will oversee operations at Kodiak operating units Goodrich Lumber, New England Building Supply, Ricci Lumber and Shepley Wood Products. 

Kelly has 30 years of experience in senior management, with two decades of regional and area management of lumber and building materials distributors. Before joining Kodiak Building Partners, Kelly served as the director of business development at Griffin Lumber & Hardware. Prior to that, Kelly served as the turnkey framing manager of Building Materials & Construction Solutions and held several management positions at 84 Lumber. 

“Bret is the right leader for Kodiak’s northeast general lumber division,” said Pat Flood,  executive vice president of operations for Kodiak Building Partners. “His extensive LBM industry background and business development skills will help Kodiak and our local operating companies strengthen channel partnerships, develop strategic alliances and expand our regional sales presence.”

“I am excited to join the Kodiak team,” said Kelly. “Kodiak has a great business model and a talented management team that uniquely positions itself to capitalize on the changing LBM and construction industry environment.”

Kelly's appointment is the second high-profile hire in August. The company also named Stephen West as president of Zarsky Lumber Company, an operating unit of Kodiak Building Partners. 

For more information about Kodiak, visit kodiakbp.com.