State & Locals
Lumber Person of the Year
The Lumber Person of the Year award is one of the highest honors given by one’s peers in the
lumber and building material industry and is awarded annually.
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Leah Fennell, MRLDA Past President
2023 MRLDA Lumber Person of the Year
MRLDA Past Lumber Persons of the Year
1985-2023
1985 Hobart B. Esty, Ralph A. Esty & Sons, Inc., Groveland
1986 John Hinckley, John Hinckley & Sons Co., Hyannis
1987 Earl T. Carpenter, Street Lumber Corp., South Hadley
1988 Walter Webb, Warren Trask Co., Wilmington
1989 Robert H. Skelley, Stoneham Lumber Co., Stoneham
1990 Bernard R. Tedesco, Ben Tedesco Bldrs. Supply, Worcester
1991 Howard C. Smith, Jr., Brockway-Smith Co., Andover
1992 Nissie Grossman, Grossman’s, Braintree
1993 Douglas B. Bohannon, Mid-Cape Home Centers, Orleans
1994 Joe Cusack, Weymouth Lumber Co., So. Weymouth
1995 Bruno Mortarelli, F. Diehl & Son, Wellesley
1996 Herbert Katz, General Builders Supply, Norwood
1997 Stan Briggs, Lumber Insurance Companies, Framingham
1998 Allan S. Zack, Grossman’s, Inc., Braintree
1999 Gerard Moynihan, Moynihan Lumber, Beverly
1999 *Jack Connors, Brockway-Smith Co. & Tony Morgan, Boston Cedar & Millwork
2000 Robert J. Naughton, Sr., Curtis-Newton Corp., Dedham
2001 Alfred J. Torrisi, Jackson Lumber & Millwork Co., Lawrence
2002 Brad Campbell, Martin Millwork, Springfield
2003 Harvey Hurvitz, Cape Cod Lumber Co., Inc., Abington
2004 Jack Connors, Brockway-Smith Co., Andover
2005 Tony Shepley, Shepley Wood Products, Hyannis
2006 *Joe Cusack, Boston Cedar & Millwork, Avon
2007 Steve Howe, Howe Lumber Co., East Brookfield
2008 Joe Burgoyne, Ideal Concrete Block Co., Inc., Waltham
2008 *Louis Kaitz, National Lumber Co., Mansfield
2009 Tony Morgan & Bobby Vasquezi, Boston Cedar & Millwork, Holbrook
2010 Jay Torrisi, Jackson Lumber & Millwork Co., Lawrence
2010 *Bob Keiver, Keiver-Willard Lumber Corp., Newburyport
2011 Charlie Smith, BROSCO, Andover
2012 Marie Naughton, Curtis-Newton Corporation, Dedham
2012 *George Senkler, Concord Lumber, Concord
2013 Bethany Sawyer, Boston Cedar
2014 Jim Baker, Mid-Cape Home Centers
2014 *Ben Tedesco, Howe Lumber Co., Inc.
2015 Paul Murphy, Boston Cedar
2015 *Robert Zavorskas, Huber Engineered Woods, LLC
2016 Thomas McNulty, Hingham Lumber Company
2016 *Michael, Gerard, & Jack Moynihan, Moynihan Lumber
2017 Margie Kaitz Seligman, National Lumber Company
2017 *Don Johansen, Retired
2019 Paul Tarca, Concord Lumber Corp.
2019 *John Brill, NRLA
2021 Jack Stevenson, Mid-Cape Home Centers
2022 Tom McManus, Cape Cod Lumber
2022 *Garry Prevedini, US Lumber
2022 *Tony Shepley, Shepley Wood Products
2023 *Harvey Hurvitz, Cape Cod Lumber
2023 *Manny Pina, National Lumber
*Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients