Lumbermen's Association of Texas and Louisiana Names New Leadership

The Lumbermen’s Association of Texas and Louisiana (LAT), announced today that it has selected Mireya Zapata to lead the organization. The LAT advocates for lumber and building material dealers.

"Mireya has already, in her short time as director, made huge strides in connecting LAT with current dealers and prospective members in the Texas market,” said Chris Miller President of the LAT Board of Directors and Vice President of Operations South & West of U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC. “We are so excited to have such a professional and hardworking director leading the charge for independent lumber dealers."

“LAT has been so key to McCoy’s keeping up with our industry and the special people in the business,” said Brian McCoy, LAT Director and President and CEO of McCoy’s Building Supply. “I’m excited for our association to have Mireya’s leadership to guide our future.”

Miller and McCoy, as members of LAT’s Executive Committee, led the search process. Zapata was most recently with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a health care non-profit and the world’s largest funder of MS research, where she served as Executive Vice President. During her 6-year tenure she led the organization’s government affairs, marketing and volunteer engagement functions in a 5-state region. She has 18 years of government affairs experience that includes passing legislation in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, representing interest groups in the U.S. Congress and 8 years as Chief of Staff for a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

“I’m very pleased to have this opportunity to lead LAT in building a stronger network of dealers and to move forward our mission of advancing an economy where lumber dealers and builders thrive,” said Mireya Zapata, Executive Vice President of LAT said. “LAT is also well-positioned to support and connect the next generation of industry leaders.”

She is married to Bob Ferman of San Antonio, Texas. They reside in Austin where they are raising two children. Zapata is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Zapata succeeds Barbara Douglas, who in June retired from LAT after 30 years at the helm of the organization.

About the Lumbermen’s Association of Texas and Louisiana

Founded in 1886, the Lumbermen’s Association of Texas and Louisiana (LAT) is a non-profit trade association that represents lumber and building material dealers, a majority independent, multi-generation, family-owned businesses. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, LAT staff engages its volunteer membership in advancing public policy at the state and federal level and in hosting an annual convention and buying show, the largest gathering of CEOs/Principals of Texas’ lumber industry. LAT’s mission is to create unity, strength and a spirit of cooperation among building material suppliers to advance the industry. To learn more about us, visit lat.org.

About McCoy’s Building Supply

McCoy’s Building Supply is one of the nation’s largest privately held building supply retailers. It has provided quality building products and services to its “Born-to-Build” customers since 1927 and has earned the loyalty of builders, contractors, ranchers and serious do-it-yourselfers across five states. The company is headquartered in San Marcos, TX, and headed by President and CEO, Brian McCoy. McCoy’s employs over 2,000 people and operates 86 stores and two millwork facilities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and New Mexico. McCoy’s Building Supply can be found online at mccoys.com.

About U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC

U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC (“U.S. LBM”) is one of the largest specialty building materials distributors in the United States and recipient of the 2015 ProSales Dealer of the Year award. U.S. LBM operates a network of leading specialty building material distributors across the United States with operating locations in 29 states. U.S. LBM implements the philosophy of local management and leadership to capitalize on the premier reputation of its operating companies and local customer relationships. To learn more about U.S. LBM, visit www.uslbm.com.