10 GAF plant leaders
Plant Manager and Plant Manager, Gainesville, TX are the current titles held by these GAF plant leaders, each of whom runs a GAF plant today. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at GAF from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Shoults
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Andrew Shoults has been Plant Manager at GAF since January 2025, based in Newton, Kansas. Andrew Shoults was Plant Manager at Knauf North America from 2016 to 2025, Manager of Plant Operations there from 2013 to 2016 and Plant Manager at Owens Corning from 2006 to 2013.
Daniel Benjamin
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Daniel Benjamin has been Plant Manager at GAF since September 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona, as the profile shows. At GAF, Daniel Benjamin was also Operations Manager (Plant Manager) from 2017 to 2019 and Production Manager (Plant Manager) in 2017, and was Senior ISC Supervisor (Senior Operations Manager) at Honeywell Technologies from 2016 to 2017.
Danya Carter
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Danya Carter has been Plant Manager at GAF since February 2025, based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. Danya Carter was Plant Manager at Sherwin-Williams from 2021 to 2025, Regional Quality Director-East Region there from 2019 to 2021 and Senior Quality Manager at PolyOne from 2015 to 2019.
Darrell Terry
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Darrell Terry has been Plant Manager at GAF since June 2021, based in Greenwood, South Carolina, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at GAF. Darrell Terry was Director Of Operations at Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. from 1995 to 2021 and QA Engineer at Mead Imaging from 1988 to 1995.
Derek Petcher
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Derek Petcher has been Plant Manager at GAF since March 2020, based in Baltimore, Maryland, and also held Plant Manager rows at GAF from 2013 to 2020 and from 2009 to 2013. Derek Petcher was Production Manager at GAF from 2003 to 2008 and Continuous Improvement Manager at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company from 2008 to 2009.
Drew Daniel
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager, Gainesville, TX · GAF
Drew Daniel has been Plant Manager, Gainesville, TX at GAF since April 2013, based in Denton, Texas. At GAF, Drew Daniel was also Operations Manager, Gainesville, TX Plant from 2011 to 2013 and Production Manager, Mount Vernon, IN TPO Plant from 2010 to 2011.
John Maneth
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
John Maneth has been Plant Manager at GAF since June 2017, in Tampa, Florida, as the profile shows, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at GAF. John Maneth also holds an Operations Manager row at GAF dated from August 2006 with no end date shown.
Jon Houchins
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Jon Houchins has been Plant Manager at GAF since December 2007, based in Mount Vernon, Indiana. At GAF, Jon Houchins was also Production Manager from 2003 to 2007, Technical Manager from 2000 to 2003, Quality Engineering Manager from 1998 to 1999 and Production Supervisor from 1994 to 1998.
Scott Baldwin
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Scott Baldwin has been Plant Manager at GAF since November 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as the profile shows. Scott Baldwin held Plant Manager roles at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company from 2021 to 2023 and from 2010 to 2018, and was Plant Manager at The Clorox Company from 2003 to 2010.
Todd Sayres
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · GAF
Todd Sayres has been Plant Manager at GAF since October 2011, based in Gainesville, Georgia, and was Manager, Technical Services at GAF from 2006 to 2011. Todd Sayres was Engineering Manager at Hayes Lemmerz International from 2004 to 2006 and Manager, Engineering and Quality at Honeywell Technologies from 1993 to 2004.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's current plant title, and the plant their row or headline names where it names one, to the GAF operation you want to understand. Check when each person's current plant role started, since someone new to running a plant and someone who has run one for years will describe different problems.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your week between daily plant issues and longer-term priorities?
- 03Which earlier role best prepared you to run a plant, and what did you still have to learn?
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