Organization - Management Team

Since 1975, when the doors of Smitty’s Building Supply first opened, Scott Smith worked alongside his father in the management and development of Smitty’s. Scott has never lost his father’s vision for exceeding customer expectations and achieving unique levels of customer loyalty – in his role to develop new business opportunities for Smitty’s, his focus is to continue the legacy his parents started over 31 years ago.

Over the years, Scott has served in various capacities at Smitty’s: counter sales and sales management; operations and procurement; the development of the WindowSmith operation and the Industrial Division; the remodeling the Alexandria location; and the development of the cabinet line of business. Strategically, Scott is now responsible to make Smitty’s a dominant regional lumber building material yard, with value-added programs in installation and other service-related products. Under his leadership, Smitty’s will continue to demonstrate a track record of successful expansion, guided by the market’s demand of world-class products and services.

Al Mayo has been with Smitty’s Building Supply for over 12 years, serving in a variety of roles, including counter sales and outside sales. Today, his knowledge and experience is the driving force behind his role as vice president of residential sales. In this capacity, Al’s philosophy is that effective sales representatives are usually well motivated already, so he sees his role as more of a ‘Smitty’s coach’ than anything else. 

He is responsible for the day-to-day management of our outside sales reps, oversight of the Alexandria and Manassas counter sales reps, and setting prices on commodity products.  Al is also responsible for developing sales procedures and works closely with the reps in advising how to handle specific customer issues, such as large quotes and complex custom projects – all for the ultimate benefit of ensuring Smitty’s customers have an outstanding service experience with the organization.  

Prior to joining Smitty’s, Al was owner of Virginia Sundecks and was also sales manager for Burke Lumber.

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John Gendreau has served as Executive Vice President of the Shelter Division of Smitty's Building Supply since October 2006, when Shelter Systems, LC (a company founded by John and two partners) was acquired by Smitty's.

As Executive V.P., John manages the Shelter Division as a separate sales entity within the Smitty's organization. His mission is to maintain and grow those product and service offerings that are new to the organization since the Shelter System acquisition by:

Prior to joining the Smitty's team, John's experience in the lumber industry spanned two decades. After graduating from James Madison University in 1981 with a BS degree in Political Science and Business Administration, he worked his way up to manager with 84 Lumber. In 1984, he went to work for Wilson Brothers, first in Fredericksburg and later in Warrenton, Virginia, where he excelled in outside sales. In 1994 he joined forces with two partners to form Shelter Systems, LC as owner and managing partner, later that same year attained his Class-A General Contractor's license in order to contract the installed framing of residential and light commercial projects.

Prior to Smitty’s Michele spent 17 years at Activant as senior field engineer and platform specialist.  She obtained an Associates degree in electrical engineering from Tampa, Florida and has multiple certificates in Microsoft products; is Dell-certified; and is a system platform specialist in the automotive and hardware industries.

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