Editorial Advisory Board
Roofing Supply Pro proudly announces the inaugural members to the RSP Editorial Advisory Board.
Together, the RSP advisors represent decades of practical business experience navigating the ups-and-downs of the roofing and building materials supply industries. They will share their expertise, knowledge and vision to help guide the digital platform’s editorial staff design and execute relevant content to share.
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Julissa Chavez
SRS Distribution
Program Manager, Latino Sales and Marketing
SRS Distribution
Chavez is pioneering SRS Distribution’s multi-faceted approach to nurturing relationships with Latino roofing contractors nationwide. After crushing it in sales as a territory manager in the greater-Atlanta area, Chavez is now responsible for developing, measuring and executing sales and marketing initiatives geared toward the growing Latino roofing contractor demographic.
Aaron Elliott
DW Distribution
President
DW Distribution
Elliott started his career handling building product sales in 1995 and has been with Dallas-based DW Distribution for 15 years, including the last eight as president. Though he admits to not getting much sleep, he says he sleeps comfortably knowing his “control what we can control” philosophy breeds success in both the short and long term for distributors.
Curt Gomes
Independent Distributor Alliance Corp.
Executive Director
Independent Distributor Alliance Corp.
Gomes’ journey began as a young professional in the building material distribution landscape, where he quickly demonstrated a keen understanding of the industry's intricacies. He previously served as president and CEO at Pacific Coast Supply and held that role for nearly 21 years. In January 2023, Gomes joined the Independent Distributor Alliance as the executive director.
Jamie Samide
BEACON Building Products
Vice President of Marketing
BEACON Building Products
Jamie Samide is the vice president of marketing for BEACON Building Products, a position he’s held for the past six years. In his role, Samide leads teams in critical business functions such as eCommerce, private label strategy, digital marketing, lead generation and overall brand strategy. Prior to that, he lead the brand strategy for Cintas’ uniform rental division and developed the company’s first national branding ad campaign.
Todd Skaggs
BlueLinx Corporation
Vice President, West Region
BlueLinx Corporation
Skaggs, based in Indianapolis, is the vice president, west region, for BlueLinx Corporation, a wholesale distributor of building and industrial products. He previously served as vice president for all of Beacon’s Great Lakes region operations. He’s also a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a Division I college football official, and a 14-year-veteran of the roofing distribution trade that writes about sales, marketing and leadership for RSP.
Scott Snowball
NEMEON, Inc.
Director of Operations and Member Benefits
NEMEON, Inc.
Scott Snowball has been in the roofing supply business for over 40 years, starting at Broward Roofing Supply, Inc., a roofing supply company founded by his grandfather in 1964. He moved in to the cooperative space in 2008 and is now director of operations and member benefits for NEMEON, Inc., a network of over 130 independently owned roofing and siding distributors across the United States and Canada.
Rich Thompson
ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Vice President of Marketing
ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Thompson joined ABC Supply, Inc. in 2007 as a business manager of steep-slope products in the American Southeast. Today he’s responsible for all internal and external marketing, sales development and national accounts nationwide for the largest distributor in the marketplace.
Sarah Weiss
Elite Roofing Supply
Chief Culture Officer, CEO
Elite Roofing Supply
Weiss started with Elite Roofing Supply more than a decade ago and is now responsible for the company’s finances, credit, marketing, IT, operations and human resources as it attempts to become the largest independent distributor in the West.