Award for BMC Stock executive

The National Association of Home Builders recognized BMC Stock Holdings divisional sales director Paul Evans as the 2015 Builder/Remodeler Educator of the Year.

Evans was one of four Educators of the Year in various categories honored during the recent International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas.

Evans’ classes emphasize the importance of building relationships as the key to great salesmanship. “True customer service is all the more valuable in this world of emails and texting,” Evans said. “Education is key to making us all better at we do, better at serving our customers and able to take our industry to higher levels.”

“I am honored to have been recognized by the NAHB with this award,” added Evans. “But even greater is the satisfaction of a student telling me how they used what we learned in class to make them better at what they do.”

NAHB’s Designee and Educator of the Year awards were created to honor individuals who fully embody the organization’s ideals.  Tom Stephani, the 2015 NAHB Education Chair, describes the honorees as industry leaders, noting, “They incorporate innovative practices and techniques that ultimately benefit customers as they shine a positive light on our industry and inspire others through their commitment to excellence.”

Other educators of the year were Steven Hoffacker of Hoffacker Associates (Certified Aging in Place Specialist); John Freer of GBS Consulting (Certified Green Building); and S. Robert August of North Star Synergies (Institute of Residential Marketing).

Evans has been with BMC for 22 years. He was the content reviewer for the course Basics of Building and a subject matter expert on the course Marketing and Sales for the NAHB. According to the NAHB website: Evans “is widely recognized as a building materials industry expert with over 32 years of experience.”