Fleetwood Announces Executive Title Changes
May 14 2007 - 7:46PM
PR Newswire (US)
RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fleetwood
Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FLE) announced today title changes for four
of its executives. To emphasize the autonomy of the Company's
business segments and the authority of their respective leaders,
Paul C. Eskritt has been named President - Fleetwood Recreational
Vehicle Group, Charles E. Lott has been named President - Fleetwood
Housing Group and Larry L. Mace has been named President -
Fleetwood Supply Group. In addition, Michael B. Shearin has been
named Senior Vice President - Human Resources & Administration.
The changes were made effective as of the beginning of the
Company's fiscal year, which began on April 30, 2007. "Since
returning to Fleetwood in 2005, one of my goals has been to place
decision-making authority with those closest to the customer," said
Elden L. Smith, President and CEO of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
"These new titles more closely represent the scope, breadth and
depth of these officers' responsibilities, which I believe
clarifies their authority to vendors, dealers, and customers."
Eskritt joined Fleetwood following a 15-year career in finance,
program and project management, and information systems for a
national multi-plant manufacturing operation. He was hired in 1999
as motor home division controller and, in 2001, he was promoted to
controller - RV Group. The following year, he was named general
manager of Fleetwood's single largest production facility, the
diesel motor home plant in Decatur, Indiana, where he had
responsibility for all operations. In October 2005, Eskritt was
appointed vice president - motor home division. In January 2007, he
was named executive vice president - RV Group. Eskritt earned both
his bachelor's degree in accounting and his master's of business
administration degree in management information systems from the
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis. Lott rejoined the Company in
April 2005 as executive vice president of the Housing Group after
having been retired for three years following a 32-year career in
the housing business. Lott began his career with Fleetwood in 1970
as a sales coordinator in his hometown of Douglas, Georgia. He
worked his way up through the sales organization at Fleetwood until
1980, when he left to serve as president and chief executive
officer of Flintstone Industries for six years. He returned to
Fleetwood to run the Broxton, Fitzgerald and Alma, Georgia, plants
over the course of the next seven years. From 1994 to 1997, he was
given increasing divisional and regional responsibilities, and in
1997 he was promoted to vice president of the Company's Eastern
Region, a position he held until his retirement. Lott earned a
bachelor's degree in business administration from Auburn
University. Mace has worked for Fleetwood since 1973 and has held a
number of managerial positions in the Company. His experience
includes purchasing positions at both the plant and corporate
levels, materials negotiations, strategic sourcing, management of
various administrative functions at Fleetwood's Riverside
headquarters, and responsibility for Fleetwood's supply
subsidiaries. He became a vice president of the Company in 1988. In
2003, he was promoted to Senior Vice President - Supply and
Materials, and then in 2006 was named Senior Vice President -
Supply Subsidiaries. Shearin rejoined Fleetwood as Vice President -
Human Resources in September 2005. He originally joined the Company
in 1999 as its first compensation manager with eight years of
compensation and management experience in retail. In 2001, he was
promoted to Human Resources Director - Compensation and Benefits.
In 2002, he left Fleetwood to join McKesson Corporation. He was
Director - Compensation and Benefits at McKesson until his return
to Fleetwood. Shearin earned a bachelor's degree in business
administration from John F. Kennedy University in Walnut Creek,
Calif. About Fleetwood Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., through its
subsidiaries, is a leading producer of recreational vehicles and
manufactured homes. This Fortune 1000 company, headquartered in
Riverside, Calif., is dedicated to providing quality, innovative
products that offer exceptional value to its customers. Fleetwood
operates facilities strategically located throughout the nation,
including recreational vehicle, factory-built housing and supply
subsidiary plants. For more information, visit the Company's
website at http://www.fleetwood.com/. Contact: Lyle Larkin, Vice
President - Treasurer (951) 351-3535 Kathy A. Munson, Director -
Investor Relations (951) 351-3650 DATASOURCE: Fleetwood
Enterprises, Inc. CONTACT: Lyle Larkin, Vice President - Treasurer,
+1-951-351-3535, or Kathy A. Munson, Director - Investor Relations,
+1-951-351-3650, both of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. Web site:
http://www.fleetwood.com/
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