10 Swinerton executives
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President - COO, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Senior Vice President, Regional Manager are among the current titles held by these Swinerton executives. A reader can learn how Swinerton executives run a large contractor from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Aaron Townsend
LinkedInExperience: President · Swinerton Energy, Inc.
Aaron Townsend has been President at Swinerton Energy, Inc. since June 2023 and Vice President at Swinerton since October 2026, based in Arvada, Colorado. Aaron Townsend was Division Manager - Swinerton Energy at Swinerton from 2023 to 2024, Director of Target Markets / Operations Manager there from 2020 to 2023 and Director Of Preconstruction there from 2016 to 2020.
Brian McCarthy
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Regional Manager · Swinerton
Brian McCarthy has been Senior Vice President, Regional Manager at Swinerton since March 2025, based in San Diego County, California. Brian McCarthy was Vice President, Division Manger - Target Markets at Swinerton from 2017 to 2025, Project Executive there from 2010 to 2017, Project Manager at Hanover Company from 2007 to 2010 and Project Manager at Swinerton from 1999 to 2007.
Christopher Chany
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President | CRO · Swinerton
Christopher Chany has been Executive Vice President | CRO at Swinerton since January 2026, based in San Diego, and the profile also lists Director of National Accounts there from October 2024 and Account Executive, Corporate Services there from 2019. Christopher Chany describes managing high profile retail and commercial construction projects while growing relationships with owners, owner representatives and subcontractors.
David Callis
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Swinerton
David Callis has been Chief Executive Officer at Swinerton since January 2024 and President there since January 2020, based in Huntington Beach, California. David Callis was Sr Vice President - Socal Regional Manager at Swinerton from 2016 to 2020 and Vice President at MBK/Haskell from 1992 to 2002, and the profile also lists Vice President at Swinerton from 2002 to 2020.
John T. Capener
LinkedInExperience: Former Executive Vice President-Chief Administrative Officer · Swinerton
John T. Capener is a former Executive Vice President-Chief Administrative Officer at Swinerton, a role held from 2003 to 2022, based in San Ramon, California, and the profile lists a current role as Retired-Former member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee at Swinerton Builders since April 2022. John T. Capener was President at Dillingham Construction from 1985 to 2003.
Lauren Nunnally
LinkedInExperience: Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) · Swinerton
Lauren Nunnally has been Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at Swinerton since April 2022 and Executive Vice President there since January 2024, based in the United States. Lauren Nunnally describes experience developing and executing a vision for new enterprise-wide ventures, driving large-scale organizational change and building high-performing teams.
Lia Tatevosian
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Regional Manager · Swinerton
Lia Tatevosian has been Senior Vice President, Regional Manager at Swinerton since January 2024, based in Los Angeles, and describes leading construction operations across Southern California and Hawaii. Lia Tatevosian was Vice President, Division Manager at Swinerton from 2019 to 2024, Operations Manager there from 2014 to 2019 and Project Executive there from 2009 to 2014.
Linda Gertrude Schowalter
LinkedInExperience: Board Director, Retired Sr Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · Swinerton
Linda Gertrude Schowalter is a former Sr Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Swinerton, a role the profile marks as retired, and is listed as Board Director, Retired Sr Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Swinerton in a row dated from 1984, based in San Francisco. The profile also lists an Officer role at Swinerton from 2003 to 2017.
Terry McKellips
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Vice President, Region Manager · Swinerton
Terry McKellips is a former Senior Vice President, Region Manager at Swinerton, a role held from 2021 to 2025, based in Corte Madera, California. Terry McKellips was Division Manager at Swinerton from 2014 to 2021 and Operations Manager there from 2007 to 2014, and describes starting in construction as a laborer and carpenter and working in power and heavy civil divisions.
Tim Kretzschmar
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President - COO · Swinerton
Tim Kretzschmar has been Executive Vice President - COO at Swinerton since June 2024, based in the United States. Tim Kretzschmar was Senior Vice President - Regional Manager at Swinerton from 2021 to 2024, Vice President, Colorado Division Manager there from 2016 to 2021 and Senior Vice President - Building Division at Q&D Construction from 1998 to 2014.
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