Liphart Steel names new President and CEO

Richmond, Virginia-based structural steel and metal fabricator Liphart Steel Co. Inc. announced Monday that it has made changes in its top management.
 
Mark A. Teachey has been appointed as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Edwin C. Jennings Jr., who retired effective Sept. 30 after having served as president and CEO since 1988. Jennings will remain as the company’s board chairman and will be a consultant for an indefinite amount of time.

Teachey joined Liphart at its valley division in 1987 as a production coordinator. He was promoted to production manager in 1991 and engineering manager in 1998, when he relocated to the Richmond headquarters. He was promoted to vice president of operations in 2002, elected to the company’s board in 2012, and promoted to vice president and general manager in 2013.