10 Louisiana-Pacific plant leaders
These Louisiana-Pacific plant leaders hold Plant Manager titles today, listed under Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, LP Building Solutions and LP Building Products. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Louisiana-Pacific from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brandon Cole
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · LP Building Solutions
Brandon Cole has been Plant Manager at LP Building Solutions since March 2025, with the role listed in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Brandon Cole also lists a Supply Chain Planning and Order Fulfillment Manager row at Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Timberland Assets from 2020 with no end date.
Chris Forslund
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Chris Forslund has held a Plant Manager row at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since 1992, based in Tomahawk Town, Wisconsin, and also lists current Plant Manager rows at LP and at LP Building Products. The profile headline reads Plant Manager at LP, and the LP row is listed under the Operations department.
Chuck Skinner
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Chuck Skinner has been Plant Manager at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since December 2022, based in Fort St John, British Columbia, Canada. At Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Chuck Skinner was also Maintenance Superintendent II from 2021 to 2022, Superintendent Plant Operations II in 2021 and Supervisor II Area Lead from 2018 to 2021.
Gary Horne
LinkedInExperience: Former Plant Manager · LP Building Solutions
Gary Horne is a former Plant Manager at LP Building Solutions, a role held from January 2024 to July 2026, and lists Plant Superintendent rows at LP Building Solutions from 2015 to 2018 and from 2018 to 2024. Gary Horne has been Plant Manager at Sunlight Batteries USA since September 2026, based in Mebane, North Carolina.
James Waddell
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
James Waddell has been Plant Manager at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since February 2005, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, and also lists a current Plant Manager row at LP Building Products from 2005. James Waddell was Production Superintendent at Louisiana Pacific from 2002 to 2005.
Jordan Clement
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Jordan Clement has been Plant Manager at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since February 2024, based in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. At Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Jordan Clement also lists a Production Superintendent row from 2022 with no end date and was Supervisor from 2016 to 2022.
Keith Rose
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Keith Rose has been Plant Manager at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since May 2025, based in Fayette, Alabama. Keith Rose was Plant Manager at Southeastern Timber Products from 2020 to 2021, Plant Manager at Coastal Forest Products from 2017 to 2019 and Human Resources Manager at PECO FOODS INC from 2022 to 2023.
Shanda Gentry
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · LP Building Solutions
Shanda Gentry has been Plant Manager at LP Building Solutions since September 2023, based in Roaring River, North Carolina. Shanda Gentry was Operations Superintendent at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation from 2001 to 2023 and Senior Accountant at Hobbs @ Crossley P.A. from 1997 to 2001.
Thomas Davis
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Thomas Davis has been Plant Manager at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation since March 2021, with the role listed in Newberry, Michigan. At Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Thomas Davis was also Production Superintendent from 2020 to 2021, Maintanance Superintendent from 2018 to 2020 and Maintenance Supervisor in 2018.
Walt Ward
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager Clarke County, AL · LP Building Products
Walt Ward has been Plant Manager Clarke County, AL at LP Building Products since 2003, based in Thomasville, Alabama, and also lists a current Plant Manager row at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. The profile headline reads Plant Manager at Louisiana Pacific Corporation.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because someone new to a plant and someone who has led it for years will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
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