BlueLinx names new Chief People Officer

BlueLinx Holdings Inc. has appointed Kevin Alan Henry as Chief People Officer, effective March 1.

Henry will report to BlueLinx President and CEO Dwight Gibson.

The new Chief People Officer brings more than 30 years of human resource experience to the position, BlueLinx said.

“We are thrilled to add Kevin to the BlueLinx team because he will bring a strategic focus to our human capital efforts that will turbocharge our employee development efforts, strengthen our talent acquisition, retention and recognition initiatives, and make our human resource operations more efficient,” Gibson said in a press release. “We are committed to creating an environment where all of our people can thrive so that we can delight our customers and achieve our strategic goals. With Kevin’s experience leading transformational human capital initiatives at multiple top-tier companies, I am positive we will create a world-class employee experience at BlueLinx.”

Henry most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO, and Chief People Officer at Extended Stay America. Prior to his time at Extended Stay America, Kevin served in CHRO roles at Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, and Nationwide Credit and senior human resources roles at Office Depot, Clorox, Pepsi-Cola and Amoco. 

Based in Marietta, Ga., BlueLinx distributes building products to more than 15,000 national, regional, and local dealers, specialty distributors, national home centers, and manufactured housing customers.