Massey Services promotes LaPiere to regional manager
Abstract
Massey Services has promoted Reggie LaPiere to regional manager for the company's South Carolina region. LaPiere joined Massey Services in 2016 as a general manager in training before assuming the role of general manager for the Charleston services center. As general manager, LaPiere was responsible for growing a new service center territory while simultaneously developing numerous Massey team members into leadership positions throughout the area. In his new role, LaPiere will oversee all of Massey Services' service centers in South Carolina, including Greenville, Columbia, Charleston and Hilton Head Island, providing strategic leadership to more than 100 team members. "Reggie has a proven track record of driving results through his commitment to total customer satisfaction," said Tony Massey, president &CEO of Massey Services. "We're grateful to all of our partners, including Democracy at Work Institute and The Rockefeller Foundation, as well as visionary owners, Brian and DeAnn Wilkie of Apex Plumbing and Cameron Stevens of Accent Landscape Contractors, for sharing our vision of increasing economic equity and entrusting our fund with helping their employees to own their future." "I could have sold my business to a competitor or private equity, but I know what can happen next - the culture changes and people get laid off. I didn't want that for my employees. They are like family to me, and they helped build the company," said Cameron Stevens, founder and owner of Accent Landscape Contractors. "A&H offered me a fair market price, did not require me to carry a large seller's note, cut through all of the red tape, and showed me throughout the process that my workers were going to be able to carry Accent forward. I'd like to express my gratitude to A&H and their investment partners for making this transition to employee ownership possible." A&H finds businesses with large workforces of color where the owner is ready to retire and provides financing and technical support to convert the companies into 100% employee-owned businesses.
