Boise Cascade Company announced that Nick Stokes, executive vice president of the Company’s Building Materials Distribution (BMD) business, has elected to retire on March 12, 2021, with 42 years of service. The board of directors has appointed Jeff Strom to the role of executive vice president of the BMD division. A veteran company and industry leader, Mr. Stokes joined Boise Cascade in 1979 after earning a bachelor’s degree in both management and marketing from the University of Utah. He held positions of increasing responsibility, including all areas of branch operations and sales, before being promoted to vice president of BMD operations in 2001, to senior vice president in 2011, and to executive vice president in 2014. Mr. Strom will assume his new responsibilities effective March 12, 2021. He joined Boise Cascade in 2006 in a sales position and became a branch manager in Milton, FL. He currently serves as vice president & general manager of BMD’s Eastern Region, based in Boise, ID.Mr. Strom has nearly 30 years of industry experience.