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Fred J. (Jule) Smith, III has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2021 and as a member of our Board since November 2021. Before that, Mr. Smith served as our Chief Operating Officer from October 2020 to March 2021 and as a Senior Vice President of the Company since 2017. From 2005 until October 2020, Mr. Smith also served in various management roles for FSC II, LLC d/b/a Fred Smith Company, our North Carolina subsidiary (Fred Smith Company), including as its President from 2009 to 2020. Before joining Fred Smith Company, Mr. Smith served as Chief Operating Officer of Fred Smith Construction, Inc. from 2005 to 2009. Prior to that, he held various other positions within Fred Smith Construction, Inc. and also served in the supply corps of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Smith received a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wake Forest University.

Gregory A. Hoffman has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Hoffman served as our Senior Vice President, Finance from April 2021 to April 2023 and as Chief Financial Officer of Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc., our Alabama subsidiary, from 2009 to April 2021. Before joining our organization, Mr. Hoffman served in various roles at Corporate Express, Inc., a Staples company, including as Division Controller and Vice President, Operations, and also as Division Controller for APAC-Georgia, Inc., a heavy civil infrastructure company. Prior to that, Mr. Hoffman was a Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, where he managed audit engagement teams serving a variety of industries, including construction. Mr. Hoffman holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Alabama.

N. Nelson Fleming, IV has served as our Senior Vice President - Strategy and Business Development since May 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Fleming served as our Vice President of Strategy and Business Development from May 2020 to May 2025 and as our Director of Acquisition and Strategy Development from April 2015 to May 2020. Mr. Fleming holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Christian University.

Ned N. Fleming, III is one of the founders of our Company and has served as Executive Chairman of the Board since our inception. He has served as Managing Partner of SunTx since 2001 and also serves as Executive Chairman of Concrete Partners Holdings, LLC and as chairman of the board of directors of Patrons Holdings, Inc., Blackberry Patch, Inc., Anchor Partners, LLC, Cone Machinery Holdings, LLC and RB Fire United, LLC. Mr. Fleming previously served as a member of the board of directors of Big Outdoor Holdings, LLC, Veritex Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company, DF&R Restaurants, Inc., a formerly publicly traded restaurant operator, and Spinnaker Industries, Inc., a publicly traded materials manufacturing company. Prior to co-founding SunTx in 2001, Mr. Fleming served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Spinnaker Industries, Inc. until its sale in 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Fleming worked at a Dallas-based private investment firm, where he led acquisitions in the food and beverage and defense industries. Mr. Fleming received a Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University.

J. Ryan Brooks has served as our Senior Vice President and General Counsel since May 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Brooks served as our Senior Vice President, Legal from 2018 to May 2025. Mr. Brooks also serves on the Boards of Directors of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and SNB Holdings, Inc., a community bank holding company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brooks was in private law practice at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. (now Maynard Nexsen PC) in Birmingham, Alabama, where he represented both public and private companies in a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. Mr. Brooks holds a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Auburn University.

Robert G. Baugnon has served as our Senior Vice President - Personnel and Administration since May 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Baugnon served as our Vice President of Personnel from April 2021 to May 2025 and as Vice President of Personnel for Fred Smith Company, our North Carolina subsidiary, from April 2014 to April 2021. Mr. Baugnon's previous experience includes roles in the executive search field, focusing on the heavy civil construction sector, and various management roles in high-tech manufacturing.

Noreen E. Skelly has served as a member of our Board since 2019. Ms. Skelly currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Blue Sky Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, with locations throughout Oklahoma and Texas. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Broadway National Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, from August 2021 to August 2022 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Veritex Holdings, Inc., the publicly traded holding company of Veritex Community Bank, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, from June 2012 through January 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Skelly was the Chief Financial Officer of Highlands Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company located in the Dallas, Texas area. Her experience includes serving in various senior management positions within the corporate finance functions at Comerica Bank and ABN AMRO / LaSalle Bank. Ms. Skelly began her professional career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and was promoted to serve as an accounting policy analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C. Ms. Skelly received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Charles E. Owens is one of the founders of our Company and served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board from our inception until March 2021, when he transitioned to the role of Vice Chairman of our Board. From 1990 until its sale in 1999, Mr. Owens was President and Chief Executive Officer of Superfos Construction U.S., Inc. (Superfos), the North American operation of Superfos a/s, a publicly held Danish company. During his tenure at Superfos, he oversaw the successful acquisition and integration of approximately 35 companies, leading Superfos to become one of the largest highway construction companies in the United States. Prior to 1990, Mr. Owens was President of Couch Construction, Inc., a subsidiary of Superfos headquartered in Dothan, Alabama. Mr. Owens received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Troy University.

Todd K. Andrews has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since December 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Andrews served as the Company's Controller, a role that he held since 2008. Before joining the Company, Mr. Andrews served for more than nine years as Chief Financial Officer of Graceba Total Communications, Inc., a provider of cable television and broadband internet services, and in accounting roles at two banking institutions. Mr. Andrews is a Certified Public Accountant and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Computer Science from Troy University.