American Gypsum announces new president

Steven L Wentzel has announced that he is retiring as president of American Gypsum Co LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Materials Inc, effective from 1 June 2023. Mr Wentzel has been with the company for 28 years and served as president for the last three.

Succeeding him will be Eric M Cribbs, the company’s current executive vice president of concrete and aggregates, advanced cementitious materials, logistics, and procurement and materials, a role he has held since January 2021. Prior to his current position, Mr Cribbs most recently served as vice president of concrete and aggregates, safety, logistics, and procurement and materials (January 2020-January 2021) and vice president of concrete and aggregates (November 2018-January 2020). Prior to joining American Gypsum in June 2015, Mr Cribbs was the US Northern Region operations manager for Halliburton.