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Promotions at Nucor for the New Year
Written by Sandy Williams
December 18, 2020
Nucor will have a new Chief Operating Officer, David A. Sumoski, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Sumoski, currently Executive Vice President of Bar, Rebar Fabrication and Construction Services, joined Nucor in 1995 as an electrical supervisor at the Berkley facility and later as Maintenance Manager. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Nucor Steel Marion, Inc., and Nucor Steel Memphis, Inc., before being named Executive Vice President of Nucor in 2014.
Several additional executive level promotions were announced by Nucor that will be effective at the start of 2021:
• MaryEmily Slate, Nucor’s Executive Vice President of Sheet and Tubular Products, has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Commercial. In her new role, Slate will focus on Nucor’s comprehensive enterprise commercial strategy.
• K. Rex Query, President of Nucor’s Vulcraft/Verco Group, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Sheet and Tubular Products.
• Douglas J. Jellison, President of Nucor’s steel piling subsidiary, Skyline Steel LLC, has been promoted to Nucor’s Executive Vice President responsible for The David J. Joseph Company and Logistics.
• Gregory J. Murphy, Nucor’s General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, Environmental and Public Affairs, has been promoted to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Business Services and General Counsel.
“I am very pleased to announce all five of these executive management team promotions, which will enhance Nucor’s ability to serve our customers, team and shareholders. I look forward to working alongside each of these talented executives as we position Nucor as the differentiated market leader,” said Nucor’s President and CEO Leon Topalian.
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