Swinerton begins 2026 with exec shuffle

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Harmony, California-based Swinerton is kicking off with one other government shake-up.

Don Adair, longtime firm veteran and the agency’s present chief income officer, will retire on Jan. 9, 2026, based on a information launch. Adair joined Swinerton in 1988, beginning as a venture engineer within the firm’s Los Angeles workplace.

As time went on, Adair shifted duties — he was chargeable for rising Swinerton Builders’ San Diego workplace, which in the end led to his appointment as government vp and CRO in 2019, per the builder.

Swinerton is made up of Swinerton Builders, mass timber affiliate Timberlab, concrete constructor SAK Builders and nationwide funding agency Lindgren Growth.

Adair might be succeeded by Chris Chany, based on the announcement. Chany joined Swinerton Builders in 2013 as a venture supervisor within the Austin, Texas, workplace, earlier than shifting to San Diego in 2018, the place he joined the Nationwide Accounts workforce, of which Chany is presently the director, per his LinkedIn profile. 

Adair and Chany labored with one another for almost a decade, per the discharge. They cooperated on the transition as soon as the information of Adair’s retirement was shared internally to employee-owners in June.

“I’m honored to step into this position and proceed constructing on Don’s framework,” Chany mentioned within the launch. “Our focus will stay on constructing robust relationships, delivering extraordinary shopper experiences and driving progress for our groups and shoppers.”

This isn’t the one government transfer the corporate has made lately — the corporate introduced that William Silva would turn into its new director of national mass timber on Dec. 11. Silva can also be tasked with creating its mass timber heart of excellence, an initiative that will assist the agency combine extra carefully with its mass timber affiliate, Timberlab.