ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Kadean Construction has realigned its executive leadership team and consolidated its operations into industrial, healthcare and commercial business units.
Aaron Retherford (pictured above) has been promoted to president of Kadean Construction, assuming select responsibilities previously held by CEO Mike Eveler. In this role, Retherford will oversee enterprise strategy and organizational alignment while leading the industrial business unit and advancing the business unit model to drive focus, accountability and scalable growth. He joined Kadean in 2020 as VP of business strategy.
Kadean has aligned its nationwide healthcare business unit operations under the leadership of Travis Mulder, VP. Mulder will also oversee the firm’s locally driven commercial business unit work in St. Louis and Kansas City.
To better support the new business structure, Jim Driscoll has been appointed VP of industrial strategy, a role aligned with Kadean’s industrial business unit and focused on guiding industrial clients through early decision-making, facility evaluation and long-term planning.
Joe Kelley has been promoted to senior manager, business strategy. In this role, Kelley will oversee internal sales coordination, pipeline governance and consistency in early client engagement across all business units.
