10 Core & Main regional operations leaders
Regional Vice President, Regional Director of Operations and Vice President, Mid-South are among the current titles held by these Core & Main regional operations leaders. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Core & Main from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Chuck Reed
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President - Southeast · Core & Main
Chuck Reed lists Regional Vice President - Southeast at Core & Main as a current role dating to August 2017, working from Merritt Island, Florida. The profile also lists Regional Vice President at HD Supply Waterworks (from 2014), at HD Supply Fire Protection (2006 to 2014) and at Hughes Supply, Inc. (2004 to 2006), plus warehouse, sales and management roles at Hughes Supply.
Colin Kohn
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director - Northeast Region · Core & Main
Colin Kohn has been Regional Director - Northeast Region at Core & Main since March 2018, working from St Louis, and served there as Senior Manager Operations from 2015 to 2018 and Mgr, FP&A- Business Analytics from 2011 to 2015. Colin describes a goal of doing work that matters with teams of good people.
Don Teter
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Mid-South · Core & Main
Don Teter has been Vice President, Mid-South at Core & Main since August 2022, working from Charlotte, and served as Area Director, Mid-South there from 1999 to 2022. Don describes a history in the wholesale industry with skills in negotiation, budgeting, operations management, sales operations and sales management.
Jason Reed
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director · Core & Main
Jason Reed has been Regional Director at Core & Main since August 2023, working from the New York City area, and served there as District Manager from 2017 to 2023. Jason served as President of Meriden Winwater from 2013 to 2015 and as Manager - Plant Division & Estimating Dept and District Manager at HD Supply.
Joe Horvath
LinkedInExperience: Former Regional Director - Central · Core & Main
Joe Horvath served as Regional Director - Central at Core & Main from June 2023 to November 2025, based in Indianapolis, and lists a Regional Sales Manager role there from 2001 to 2025. Joe is now VP of Operations & Acquisitions at Total Fire Protection, Inc. and provides operations support to Total Fire & Security and Total Industrial Solutions.
Ogonna Hymes, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President · Core & Main
Ogonna Hymes has been Regional Vice President at Core & Main since August 2022, with a headline naming sales, operations and growth initiatives, and served there as Regional Director from 2017 to 2022. Ogonna served at HD Supply Waterworks as Regional Director from 2016 to 2017 and Branch Manager from 2012 to 2016.
Paul Thom
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director · Core & Main
Paul Thom has been Regional Director at Core & Main since April 2018 in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a role described as developing and applying quantitative and qualitative metrics to assess regional efficiency and effectiveness. Paul served there as Senior Manager of Business Development from 2015 to 2018, Product Manager - Marketing and in outside and inside sales.
Rich Schaefer
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President - Central · Core & Main
Rich Schaefer has been Senior Vice President at Core & Main since August 2025 and lists Regional Vice President - Central there as a current role dating to February 2018, working from St Louis. Rich served at HD Supply as Regional Director of Operations from 2012 to 2018 and as Corporate Controller from 2005 to 2012.
Ryan Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President, Southeast · Core & Main
Ryan Johnson has been Regional Vice President, Southeast at Core & Main since August 2022, working from Little Rock, and served there as Regional Director, Southeast from 2017 to 2022. Ryan held the Regional Director, Southeast role at HD Supply from 2015 to 2017 and served there as Regional Sales Manager from 2006 to 2015.
Sean Bruntlett
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Operations · Core & Main
Sean Bruntlett has been Regional Director of Operations at Core & Main since August 2022, with a headline naming the Northeast & Canada. Sean served there as Senior Manager of Sales from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Manager of Business Development from 2017 to 2022, and as Sales Manager at Southern Pipe & Supply Co. from 2009 to 2015.
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