Governance
Corporate Governance
Builders FirstSource is committed to conducting its business in a way that reflects best practices, as well as the highest standards of legal and ethical conduct. To that end, the Board of Directors approved a comprehensive system of corporate governance documents. These documents are reviewed periodically and updated as necessary to reflect changes in regulatory requirements and evolving oversight practices. These policies embody the principles, policies, processes, and practices followed by the Board, executive officers, and employees in governing the Corporation and serve as a flexible framework for sound corporate governance.
Environmental, Social, and Governance Matters
We are committed to making informed choices that improve our corporate governance, financial strength, operational efficiency, environmental stewardship, community engagement, and resource management. Consistent with our core values, our goal is to be recognized by our customers as the preferred supplier, by our employees as a safe, diverse, and inclusive workforce, by the industry as being at the forefront of innovation, and by our stakeholders as an ethical company. We continue our efforts to identify, measure, and map the environmental, social, and governance impacts of our business in an effort to be a good corporate citizen and proactively manage the impacts on the communities in which we serve. Helping homebuilders become more productive and efficient is fundamental to what we do, and we are passionate about building this future together.
GENERAL DOCUMENTS
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GOVERNANCE POLICIES
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Dave Flitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Flitman is president and chief executive officer of Builders FirstSource and serves on its board of directors. Prior to the merger, Mr. Flitman served as president and chief executive officer of BMC.
Mr. Flitman previously held the titles of president and chief executive officer of Performance Foodservice, the largest segment of Performance Food Group, a leader in the foodservice distribution industry known for delivering world-class innovative products and value-added services. Before this, he served as chief operating officer of Univar, a leading global distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals; president of Univar USA and chief supply chain officer; executive vice president and president of water and process services at Ecolab; and held several executive leadership roles at Nalco. Mr. Flitman also worked as president of Allegheny Power and vice president of distribution at its parent company, Allegheny Energy, after spending nearly 20 years at DuPont in various operational, commercial and global business leadership positions.
Mr. Flitman is a director at Veritiv Corporation, a leading publicly-held packaging distribution company, and serves on both the Audit and Finance Committee, as well as the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University. With a son, Josh, serving as a U.S. Army CAV Scout, Mr. Flitman is passionate about finding ways to serve members and veterans of the U.S. military forces through recruitment efforts and career opportunities. He is also a proud supporter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Peter Jackson
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Jackson is chief financial officer of Builders FirstSource. He is responsible for accounting and controls, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, treasury, tax, and information technology. Prior to the merger of Builders FirstSource and BMC, Mr. Jackson served as the Builders FirstSource Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Jackson brings over 25 years of global financial management experience. He came to Builders FirstSource from Lennox International, Inc., where he served as the Global Refrigeration Segment CFO, the VP of finance – FP&A and M&A, and Heating & Cooling Segment CFO from 2007 – 2016. Before joining Lennox, Mr. Jackson held multiple financial leadership positions at SPX Corporation, General Electric, and Gerber Scientific after starting his career in public accounting.
Mr. Jackson earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bryant University. He is a certified public accountant and holds a master’s in business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Tim Johnson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Tim Johnson is executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Builders FirstSource. He is responsible for legal, compliance, ethics, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, intellectual property, litigation, risk management and human resources for the company. Prior to the merger of Builders FirstSource and BMC, Mr. Johnson served as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of BMC.
Mr. Johnson brings over 15 years of private and corporate legal experience to the company. He previously served as senior vice president and general counsel of Ply Gem, a leading manufacturer of building products based in Cary, North Carolina. Prior to joining Ply Gem in 2008, Mr. Johnson was vice president and regional counsel of Arysta LifeScience, a global agriculture company specializing in crop protection and life science brands, from 2006 to 2008. Previously, Mr. Johnson was an attorney with the international law firms of Hunton Andrews Kurth and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Taylor University and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law.
Amy Bass Messersmith
Chief People Officer

Paul S. Levy
Director and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Levy is a Managing Director of JLL Partners, Inc., which he founded in 1988. Before founding JLL, Mr. Levy was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he was responsible for the firm’s restructuring and exchange offer business in New York. Previously, he was CEO of Yves Saint Laurent, Inc., New York; Vice President of Administration and General Counsel of Quality Care, Inc.; and an attorney with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. Mr. Levy currently serves on the board of IASIS Healthcare LLC.

Daniel Agroskin
Director
Mr. Agroskin is a Managing Director of JLL Partners, Inc., which he joined in August 2005. Prior to that, he worked at JP Morgan Partners, a private equity investment firm, and in Merrill Lynch’s Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Agroskin is a director on the boards of American Dental Partners, Inc., Medical Card Systems, Inc., and Banner Life Sciences Holdings, L.P.

Mark Alexander
Director

Cory Boydston
Director
David Bullock
Director

Cleveland A. Christophe
Director
Mr. Christophe retired from US&S, Inc., a supplier of services and materials primarily to various agencies of the U.S. Government, in January 2013. He had been President of US&S, Inc. since 2009. Mr. Christophe is the Managing Partner of TSG Capital Group, a private equity investment firm, which he founded in 1992. Previously, Mr. Christophe was Senior Vice President of TLC Group, L.P. From 1971 to 1987, Mr. Christophe held numerous senior positions with Citibank, N.A. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1975.

Dave Flitman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Flitman is president and chief executive officer of Builders FirstSource and serves on its board of directors. Prior to the merger, Mr. Flitman served as president and chief executive officer of BMC.
Mr. Flitman previously held the titles of president and chief executive officer of Performance Foodservice, the largest segment of Performance Food Group, a leader in the foodservice distribution industry known for delivering world-class innovative products and value-added services. Before this, he served as chief operating officer of Univar, a leading global distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals; president of Univar USA and chief supply chain officer; executive vice president and president of water and process services at Ecolab; and held several executive leadership roles at Nalco. Mr. Flitman also worked as president of Allegheny Power and vice president of distribution at its parent company, Allegheny Energy, after spending nearly 20 years at DuPont in various operational, commercial and global business leadership positions.
Mr. Flitman is a director at Veritiv Corporation, a leading publicly-held packaging distribution company, and serves on both the Audit and Finance Committee, as well as the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University. With a son, Josh, serving as a U.S. Army CAV Scout, Mr. Flitman is passionate about finding ways to serve members and veterans of the U.S. military forces through recruitment efforts and career opportunities. He is also a proud supporter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

William Bradley Hayes
Director
Mr. Hayes served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of LabCorp from 2005 until his retirement in 2014. He joined LabCorp in 1996, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the revenue cycle function. He later served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Prior to LabCorp, Mr. Hayes was at KPMG for nine years in the audit department
Since June 2018, Mr. Hayes has served on the Board of Directors of Intec Pharma and as the chair of their audit committee. Mr. Hayes previously served on the Board of Directors for Patheon N.V. and was the Audit Committee Chair. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Board of Directors of the Piedmont Triad Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Mr. Hayes holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Brett N. Milgrim
Director
Mr. Milgrim is Co-Chairman of the Board of Loar Group, Inc., a business specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace components. From 1997 until early 2011, he was a Managing Director of JLL Partners, Inc. He currently serves on the board of PGT, Inc.

James O'Leary
Director

Floyd F. Sherman
Director
Mr. Sherman was the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation from 2001, when he joined the Corporation, until his retirement on December 29, 2017. Mr. Sherman also served as President of Builders FirstSource from 2001 until October 2006 and from February 2008 to November 2014. He currently serves as an employee advisor to the Corporation. Prior to joining Builders FirstSource, Mr. Sherman spent 25 years at Triangle Pacific Corp., the last nine of which were as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and three years at Armstrong World Industries, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of the Triangle Pacific Wood Products Group. Mr. Sherman currently serves on the board of PGT, Inc.

Craig Steinke
Director
Mr. Steinke has been an operating partner at Sterling Investment Partners since 2008, working with management teams of select portfolio companies. Since June 2013, Mr. Steinke has been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Service Logic (Sterling investment), a privately-held company specializing in energy management and HVAC services for office buildings, hospitals, data centers, and other commercial buildings on a national scale. From September 2010 until January 2015, Mr. Steinke served as a director and adviser for Lazer Spot Inc. (Sterling investment), which specializes in providing logistics support to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of GPX International Tire Corporation (Sterling investment), an international manufacturer and distributor of branded industrial and off road equipment tires, and a director of its parent, GPX International, Inc. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Steinke was President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Family Foods, Inc., a consumer products company in the food industry. His previous positions held include Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of BHP Copper, a significant natural resource company, and President of Magma Metals, a billion-dollar subsidiary of Magma Copper Company. Mr. Steinke is a C.P.A. and was employed by Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Steinke currently serves on the boards of directors of Alliance Tires Americas, Inc. and Power Stop LLC.
Contact the Board
Audit Committee | Compensation Committee | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | |
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Daniel Agroskin | Compensation Committee | ||
Mark Alexander | Audit Committee | ||
Cory Boydston | Audit Committee | ||
David Bullock | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | ||
Cleveland A. Christophe | Compensation Committee | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | |
William Bradley Hayes | Audit Committee | ||
Brett N. Milgrim | Compensation Committee | ||
James O'Leary | Compensation Committee | ||
Craig Steinke | Audit Committee | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee |