LEADERSHIP
The leadership team at Alston Construction has the breadth of expertise and depth of experience necessary to drive our strategy and continue to deliver profitable performances from our core business operations.

Paul Little
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Location: Atlanta, GA
Education: The University of Texas at Austin
Fun Fact and/or Quote: “Enjoy seeing success in others.” – Carl Panattoni

Adam Nickerson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Location: Atlanta, GA
Education: Rollins College
Contact Adam: anickerson@alstonco.com

Evan Hamilton
Title: Executive Vice President
Location: Atlanta, GA
Education: Stony Brook University
Fun Fact and/or Quote: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them,” Albert Einstein

Chad Bouck
Title: SVP/Regional Manager
Location: Chicago, IL
Education: Lewis University; North Central College
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Chad planned to become a lawyer.

William Hancock Jr.
Title: SVP/Regional Manager
Location: Nashville, TN
Education: University of North Texas.
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Bill worked at Baker’s selling ladies’ shoes, and honed his eye for design by coordinating shoes with handbags for customers.

Bob Murray
Title: SVP/Regional Manager
Location: Edison, NJ, Allentown, PA, Warren, PA and New York
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Bob is an avid collegiate wrestling fan.
Contact Bob: rmurray@alstonco.com

Matt Clafton
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Reno, NV
Education: University of Nevada- Reno
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Matt is Alston’s resident old soul, with his love of big band era music like Frank Sinatra.
Contact Matt: mclafton@alstonco.com

Jim Wegman
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Chicago, IL
Education: University of Illinois
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Jim enjoys mentoring others to allow them to achieve their true potential.
Contact Jim: jwegman@alstonco.com

Shane Benefield
Title: SVP/Regional Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA
Education: BS University of Florida; MBA Kennesaw State University
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Shane’s been a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast. His enjoyment of two wheels started as a kid with dirt bikes and now includes tours of highways across the Southeast.

Don Summers
Title: Vice President of Construction Management
Location: Atlanta, GA
Fun Fact and/or Quote: Don is an avid genealogist, having traced his family ancestry back to the American Revolution.
Contact Don: dsummers@alstonco.com

Deren Wilcox
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Dallas, TX
Education: The Citadel
Fun Fact and/or Quote: “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” – General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Contact Deren: dwilcox@alstonco.com

Jonathan Bagnall
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Irvine, CA and Boise, ID
Fun Fact and/or Quote: I am a life long fanatic Liverpool Football Club supporter.
Born in Canada, grew up in England and after graduating with a Civil Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia I started by my career

Chad Lindsay, LEED AP
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Memphis, TN
Education: The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Fun Fact and/or Quote: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
Contact Chad: clindsay@alstonco.com
A Tennessee native and graduate of the University of Memphis, Chad acquired a degree in architectural engineering to build the foundation for his career in construction. Recognizing the close connection between construction and the global economy,

Radie Stroud
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Houston, TX
Construction has been in Radie’s family for three generations. He developed an attraction to creating something out of nothing from watching his father run an interior

Gary Ralls
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Sacramento and San Jose, CA
Starting his career as a carpenter helped to shape Gary Ralls views of the construction industry. To be successful in this ecosystem,

John Tello
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: South Florida
Fun Fact: “If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.” – Zig Ziglar
Contact John: jtello@alstonco.com
Inspiration comes in many forms, but for Alston Construction’s VP/GM – South Florida John Tello, it is the value he places in the creation of long lasting professional and personal relationships with his clients which sets him apart.

Mike Bontrager
Title: VP/General Manager
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Fun Fact: Mike has ridden bikes with Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis.
Contact Mike: mbontrager@alstonco.com
From an early age, Mike Bontrager was introduced to the construction industry by his father, a construction veteran. At the age of 18, he started a carpentry and remodeling business working on a variety of home remodeling projects.