{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"53002","rtpr_id":"nBw2LYKkHa","ticker":"SKY","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["SKY"],"title":"Champion Homes Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Across Customer Experience, Sales and Manufacturing","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-06-02T22:00:00.196Z","article_body":"Champion Homes Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Across Customer\nExperience, Sales and Manufacturing\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) (“Champion Homes”) today announced\nseveral leadership appointments in connection with the retirement of Joseph\nKimmell, Executive Vice President, Operations, effective June 26, 2026. Mr.\nKimmell will remain available on a consulting basis through the end of August\nto help ensure a smooth transition. The following appointments reflect the\nCompany’s planned approach to succession and leadership alignment as\nChampion continues to evolve its operating model across 9,300 team members and\n129 retail and manufacturing locations:\n\n\n * Wade Lyall has been appointed Chief Sales Officer\n\n * John Kastanek has been appointed Chief Customer Experience Officer\n\n * Andrew Houser has been appointed Senior Vice President, Manufacturing\n\n“We are excited to announce these leadership appointments, which reflect the\ndepth of talent across Champion and are the result of a thorough succession\nplanning process,” said Tim Larson, President and CEO of Champion Homes.\n“Wade, John and Andrew bring valuable experience and a deep understanding of\nour business. By aligning leadership across customer experience, sales and\nmanufacturing, we are strengthening our ability to serve customers, support\nour partners and execute across the business. With this team in place, we\nbelieve Champion is well positioned for its next phase of growth.”\n\nMr. Larson concluded, “We are grateful for Joe’s many contributions to\nChampion over nearly three decades. He has played an important leadership role\nacross the Company and our manufacturing organization, including developing a\nstrong team, and we appreciate his long-standing commitment to Champion and\nsupport in helping ensure a smooth transition.”\n\nAbout Wade Lyall\n\nWith more than 25 years of industry leadership, Mr. Lyall has a deep\nunderstanding of the Company’s operations, having originally joined Champion\nas a Sales Manager. He previously served as General Manager at two plants in\nGeorgia from 2002 to 2005, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing from\n2005 to 2012, Regional Vice President of the South Region beginning in 2012\nand Vice President of Sales and Business Development beginning in 2015. Mr.\nLyall received a B.S. in Business Administration from East Carolina\nUniversity.\n\nAbout John Kastanek\n\nMr. Kastanek has more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning product\nmanagement, engineering and customer operations across manufacturing, consumer\nproducts and connected technology. In his current role as Vice President of\nMarketing and Customer Operations at Champion Homes, he leads enterprise\nmarketing, digital engagement, customer operations, go‑to‑market strategy\nand sales enablement. His responsibilities include customer insights and\nfeedback systems that inform product, engineering, manufacturing and\noperational decisions across the organization. Prior to joining Champion, Mr.\nKastanek spent 17 years at Polaris Industries in senior roles across service\nengineering, product management, global service operations and connected\nstrategy. Mr. Kastanek received a B. S. in Engineering from the University of\nMinnesota and an MBA from UMN Carlson School of Management.\n\nAbout Andrew Houser\n\nMr. Houser has spent more than 25 years of leadership experience across\nmanufacturing and retail operations. In his current role as President of\nRetail Operations for Champion Homes, he oversees retail operations and the\nmanufacturing facilities that make up Regional Builders Group. Mr. Houser\njoined Champion as part of the Company’s Regional Homes acquisition, which\nclosed in October 2023, and has brought valuable insights to the broader\nChampion organization, including through key initiatives in the Texas region.\nMr. Houser received his M.A. in Organizational Management from Dallas Baptist\nUniversity.\n\nAbout Champion Homes, Inc.\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) is a leading producer of factory-built\nhousing in North America and employs more than 9,300 people. With more than 70\nyears of homebuilding experience and 46 manufacturing facilities throughout\nthe United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well positioned with\nan innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADUs, park-models\nand modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family, and hospitality\nsectors.\n\nIn addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides\nconstruction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a\nfactory-direct retail business with 84 retail locations across the United\nStates, and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to\nthe manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations\nacross the United States.\n\nManufactured and Modular Homes\n\nwww.championhomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championhomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championhomes.com&index=1&md5=e973fdc6dd6b7648bcbf65ed9dddef60)\n\nwww.skylinehomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skylinehomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.skylinehomes.com&index=2&md5=f28489d0648a5d2f8e7166c4e5ca6f22)\n\nwww.genesishomes.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genesishomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.genesishomes.com&index=3&md5=ca1c3e615a4c8e3fda70de70a07422bb)\n\nPark Model RVs\n\nwww.championparkmodelscabins.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championparkmodelscabins.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championparkmodelscabins.com&index=4&md5=c63462f8817dcc6da268d87ab353c9a7)\n\nStar Fleet Trucking\n\nwww.starfleettrucking.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starfleettrucking.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.starfleettrucking.com&index=5&md5=fb340c91167ff8a23b347b199adb5f1e)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260602322773/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260602322773/en/)\n\nInvestor contact information: \n\nName: Ellen Kaleniecki, Head of Investor Relations\n\nEmail: investorrelations@championhomes.com \n(mailto:investorrelations@championhomes.com) \nPhone: (248) 614-8211\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw2LYKkHa","title":"Champion Homes Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Across Customer Experience, Sales and Manufacturing","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"SKY","created":"2026-06-02T22:00:00.196Z","tickers":["SKY"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Champion Homes Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Across Customer\nExperience, Sales and Manufacturing\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) (“Champion Homes”) today announced\nseveral leadership appointments in connection with the retirement of Joseph\nKimmell, Executive Vice President, Operations, effective June 26, 2026. Mr.\nKimmell will remain available on a consulting basis through the end of August\nto help ensure a smooth transition. The following appointments reflect the\nCompany’s planned approach to succession and leadership alignment as\nChampion continues to evolve its operating model across 9,300 team members and\n129 retail and manufacturing locations:\n\n\n * Wade Lyall has been appointed Chief Sales Officer\n\n * John Kastanek has been appointed Chief Customer Experience Officer\n\n * Andrew Houser has been appointed Senior Vice President, Manufacturing\n\n“We are excited to announce these leadership appointments, which reflect the\ndepth of talent across Champion and are the result of a thorough succession\nplanning process,” said Tim Larson, President and CEO of Champion Homes.\n“Wade, John and Andrew bring valuable experience and a deep understanding of\nour business. By aligning leadership across customer experience, sales and\nmanufacturing, we are strengthening our ability to serve customers, support\nour partners and execute across the business. With this team in place, we\nbelieve Champion is well positioned for its next phase of growth.”\n\nMr. Larson concluded, “We are grateful for Joe’s many contributions to\nChampion over nearly three decades. He has played an important leadership role\nacross the Company and our manufacturing organization, including developing a\nstrong team, and we appreciate his long-standing commitment to Champion and\nsupport in helping ensure a smooth transition.”\n\nAbout Wade Lyall\n\nWith more than 25 years of industry leadership, Mr. Lyall has a deep\nunderstanding of the Company’s operations, having originally joined Champion\nas a Sales Manager. He previously served as General Manager at two plants in\nGeorgia from 2002 to 2005, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing from\n2005 to 2012, Regional Vice President of the South Region beginning in 2012\nand Vice President of Sales and Business Development beginning in 2015. Mr.\nLyall received a B.S. in Business Administration from East Carolina\nUniversity.\n\nAbout John Kastanek\n\nMr. Kastanek has more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning product\nmanagement, engineering and customer operations across manufacturing, consumer\nproducts and connected technology. In his current role as Vice President of\nMarketing and Customer Operations at Champion Homes, he leads enterprise\nmarketing, digital engagement, customer operations, go‑to‑market strategy\nand sales enablement. His responsibilities include customer insights and\nfeedback systems that inform product, engineering, manufacturing and\noperational decisions across the organization. Prior to joining Champion, Mr.\nKastanek spent 17 years at Polaris Industries in senior roles across service\nengineering, product management, global service operations and connected\nstrategy. Mr. Kastanek received a B. S. in Engineering from the University of\nMinnesota and an MBA from UMN Carlson School of Management.\n\nAbout Andrew Houser\n\nMr. Houser has spent more than 25 years of leadership experience across\nmanufacturing and retail operations. In his current role as President of\nRetail Operations for Champion Homes, he oversees retail operations and the\nmanufacturing facilities that make up Regional Builders Group. Mr. Houser\njoined Champion as part of the Company’s Regional Homes acquisition, which\nclosed in October 2023, and has brought valuable insights to the broader\nChampion organization, including through key initiatives in the Texas region.\nMr. Houser received his M.A. in Organizational Management from Dallas Baptist\nUniversity.\n\nAbout Champion Homes, Inc.\n\nChampion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) is a leading producer of factory-built\nhousing in North America and employs more than 9,300 people. With more than 70\nyears of homebuilding experience and 46 manufacturing facilities throughout\nthe United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well positioned with\nan innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADUs, park-models\nand modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family, and hospitality\nsectors.\n\nIn addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides\nconstruction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a\nfactory-direct retail business with 84 retail locations across the United\nStates, and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to\nthe manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations\nacross the United States.\n\nManufactured and Modular Homes\n\nwww.championhomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championhomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championhomes.com&index=1&md5=e973fdc6dd6b7648bcbf65ed9dddef60)\n\nwww.skylinehomes.com \n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skylinehomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.skylinehomes.com&index=2&md5=f28489d0648a5d2f8e7166c4e5ca6f22)\n\nwww.genesishomes.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genesishomes.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.genesishomes.com&index=3&md5=ca1c3e615a4c8e3fda70de70a07422bb)\n\nPark Model RVs\n\nwww.championparkmodelscabins.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.championparkmodelscabins.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.championparkmodelscabins.com&index=4&md5=c63462f8817dcc6da268d87ab353c9a7)\n\nStar Fleet Trucking\n\nwww.starfleettrucking.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starfleettrucking.com%2F&esheet=54546328&newsitemid=20260602322773&lan=en-US&anchor=www.starfleettrucking.com&index=5&md5=fb340c91167ff8a23b347b199adb5f1e)\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260602322773/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260602322773/en/)\n\nInvestor contact information: \n\nName: Ellen Kaleniecki, Head of Investor Relations\n\nEmail: investorrelations@championhomes.com \n(mailto:investorrelations@championhomes.com) \nPhone: (248) 614-8211\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-02T22:00:00.261374842Z","server_sent_at_ms":1780437600261},"received_at":"2026-06-02T22:00:00.453Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260602322773/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"42435","press_release_id":"53002","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Building Materials","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"Champion Homes announced the retirement of Joseph Kimmell, Executive Vice President of Operations, effective June 26, 2026, following nearly three decades with the company.\n\nThe company promoted three internal leaders to fill the resulting vacancies: Wade Lyall as Chief Sales Officer, John Kastanek as Chief Customer Experience Officer, and Andrew Houser as Senior Vice President of Manufacturing.\n\nCEO Tim Larson described the moves as part of a thorough succession planning process designed to align leadership across customer experience, sales, and manufacturing for the company’s next phase of growth.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Internal succession plan executed smoothly with no external hires."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"team_members":9300,"retail_locations":84,"manufacturing_facilities":46,"retail_and_manufacturing_locations":129}},"quotedText":"We are excited to announce these leadership appointments, which reflect the depth of talent across Champion and are the result of a thorough succession planning process","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Joseph Kimmell","role":"Executive Vice President, Operations (Retiring)"},{"name":"Wade Lyall","role":"Chief Sales Officer"},{"name":"John Kastanek","role":"Chief Customer Experience Officer"},{"name":"Andrew Houser","role":"Senior Vice President, Manufacturing"},{"name":"Tim Larson","role":"President and CEO"},{"name":"Ellen Kaleniecki","role":"Head of Investor Relations"}],"products":["manufactured homes","modular homes","ADUs","park-models","modular buildings"],"companies":[{"name":"Champion Homes, Inc.","ticker":"SKY","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"Polaris Industries","relationship":"former employer of John Kastanek"},{"name":"Regional Homes","relationship":"acquired entity"},{"name":"Star Fleet Trucking","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine succession planning involving the retirement of a long-tenured EVP and internal promotions to fill key roles. 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