Leaders.

Our Employee Owners

Drew Tavss

Chairman / CEO

Drew Tavss

Chairman / CEO

After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University, I joined Touche Ross and Co. (later Deloitte). Over the next several years I earned my C.P.A accreditation and was exposed to a variety of corporate clients. One of my first, and favorite, audit clients was Mid South Building Supply. 

In the early 1980’s Mid South was undergoing a shift from family leadership to outside leadership and I was offered the role as Controller. In 1985, together with our president, Mel Rosenblatt, we engineered a buyout from our owner, Norman Rales through a leveraged ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan); becoming one of the first 100% employee owned, fully bank financed ESOP’s in the country.

I feel privileged to have held a leadership position with Mid South for 40 years and to have helped develop an experienced management team. The ESOP has created an environment of shared ownership that has helped us retain a talented and dedicated group of people who live our motto – 100% Employee Owned, 100% Customer Committed. 

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Jim Rowland

President / COO

Jim Rowland

President / COO

I have been an employee owner of Mid South since being hired as a Customer Service Representative in 1984. My 37+ years has introduced me to many roles and responsibilities. After 3 months on the Customer Service counter, I was introduced to Outside Sales. This is where I found my true appreciation for our customers, the contractors. The respect I gained for this group of people is still growing each and every day.

As our company started to grow, I moved back inside to the role of Operations Manager in 1989. Here I was able to work with every department that serviced our customer, with an understanding of our customer’s expectations learned while being in Outside Sales. 

As we began to open locations (Winchester ’91, Fredericksburg ’94) my role became more broad than just our Springfield branch. How does a company get individual locations to work together, structure them similarly, and yet give them autonomy due to their unique geography? In 1996, I was promoted to Executive Vice President. I stayed in that role for 23 years during the expansion from 3 to 8 locations. In 2019, I became President/COO of Mid South. 

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Tim Bergen

Springfield, VA

Branch Manager - Springfield

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Kenneth Bray

Fredericksburg, VA

Designer

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Forrest Chaffin

Richmond, VA

Sales Representative

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Emily Chandler

Ashburn, VA

Design Manager

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Gene Chiodo

Springfield, VA

Vice President of Installation Services

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Joe Crabtree

Fredericksburg, VA

Designer

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Kevin DeChristopher

Winchester, VA

Branch Manager - Winchester

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Fred A. Dudley

Winchester, VA

Designer

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Steve Earle

Springfield, VA

Vice President of Kitchen Operations

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Doreen Fanning

Richmond, VA

Sales Representative

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Peggy Farrar

Midlothian, VA

Designer

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Brendon Ferraiuolo

Springfield, VA

Sales Represntative

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Rebecca Flowers

Midlothian, VA

Designer

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Ken Garman

Camp Hill, PA

Designer

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Regina Gile

Camp Hill, PA

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Hollis Gilliland

Richmond, VA

Designer

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Stuart Goldstein

Columbia, MD

Designer

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Tim Jarrell

Fredericksburg, VA

Sales Representative

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Kailey Keeler

Winchester, VA

Sale Representative

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Chris Klepatzki

Winchester, VA

Sales Representative

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Bill Koernig

Springfield, VA

Multi-Family Sales Representative

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Mike Laitinen

Springfield, VA

Executive Vice President

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Erica van Leliveld

Springfield, VA

Designer

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Doug Little

Charlottesville, VA

Designer

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Julie Maoury

Ashburn, VA

Sales Representative & Designer

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Jessica May

Richmond, VA

Designer

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Erin McGovern

Springfield, VA

Designer

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Wyatt Mowery

Camp Hill, PA

Sales Representative

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Rick Mulholland

Fredericksburg, VA

Branch Manager

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Lainie Myers

Fredericksburg, VA

Designer

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Michael Omohundro

Springfield, VA

Designer

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Trent Overboe

Richmond, VA

Branch Manager - Richmond

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Eddie Payne

Fredericksburg, VA

Sales Representative

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Brittany Samko

Midlothian, VA

Designer

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Bailey Sharpe

Springfield, VA

Design Support

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Suzanne Stevens

Columbia, MD

Sales Representative

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James Stoffelen

Springfield, VA

Designer

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Heather Swing

Winchester, VA

Designer

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Mimi Thorne

Camp Hill, PA

Sales Representative

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Nick Vaughn

Springfield, VA

Sales Representative

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Stephanie Weimer

Camp Hill, PA

Designer

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Kimberly Wright

Charlottesville, VA

Designer

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Brent Yingling

Columbia, MD

Sales Representative

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Devon Zehr

Camp Hill, PA

Branch Manager - Camp Hill

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