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Dive brief:
- Stephen Sandherr, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of America, last week announced that he will retire after 37 years in the association, 27 of them as CEO. Sandherr will resign when his employment contract expires at the end of March.
- AGC Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Shoaf will replace Sandherr. Shoaf has worked with the organization since 1994, when he began as a lobbyist on infrastructure issues. He led AGC’s government relations program beginning in 1997 and became chief operating officer in 2017.
- Prior to joining AGC, Shoaf was a staff member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “This is a great honor for me and an intoxicating responsibility,” Shoaf said in a statement.
Diving knowledge:
Sandherr had expressed his intention to retire to senior officers, the statement said, so deliberations about a replacement began well before last week’s formal announcement. A selection committee of seven former AGC presidents asked Sandherr to draft a position description, which resulted in Shoaf’s selection.
“Jeff’s background, experience and dedication to our mission made him the right choice for the job,” said Dan Fordice, vice president of Fordice Construction in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and AGC 2022 chair.
Shoaf will oversee AGC’s 89 chapters and more than 27,000 member companies.
Finished 250 general contractors joined in 1918 to form the AGC in Chicago, according to the group’s website. Since then, the organization has advocated on behalf of employers in the industry, affecting numerous decisions from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signing the Construction Industry Code in 1934 to lobbying President Ronald Reagan to sign the Act of surface transport assistance in 1982.
