– USA, TX – Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE: BLDR) announced the appointments of Cheryl Ainoa and Maria Renz to its Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2025.
“We are thrilled to welcome Cheryl and Maria to our Board of Directors. Both bring exceptional leadership and deep expertise in e-commerce, technology, and digital innovation. Their expertise will be invaluable as we continue to enhance our industry-leading digital tools and drive innovation. With their addition, we are further strengthening our digital leadership and reinforcing our commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions to our customers. We look forward to the fresh perspectives and strategic contributions they will bring to our organization,” said Board Chairman, Paul Levy.
About Cheryl Ainoa
Cheryl Ainoa recently retired from Walmart, where she served as CTO for Sam’s Club and guided its transformation into a leading-edge retailer through modern technologies and key partnerships. She joined Walmart in 2020 as SVP of Core Retail Services and Emerging Technology and was promoted to EVP for New Businesses & Emerging Technology in 2023, focusing on transformative technology, including generative AI and digital.
Previously, Cheryl Ainoa was COO of D2L, a SaaS organization focused on transformational learning. She also held senior roles at Intuit and Yahoo!, where she led global service engineering teams. Her early career included technical leadership roles at Broderbund Software, Genealogy.com, Healtheon/WebMD, Informix Software, and Impac Medical Systems. Cheryl also served as an independent director of Move, Inc., which was acquired by NewsCorp in 2014.
Cheryl Ainoa brings extensive experience in software product development, engineering, emerging technologies, M&A integrations, and P&L management. Her industry experience spans retail, healthcare, consumer goods, and software services.
Cheryl Ainoa holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University.
About Maria Renz
Maria Renz Renz is currently the VP and GM at Google. Before this role, she served as the VP/GM of Commerce (Shopping and Payments), leading a cross-functional team of 4,000+ to develop world-class experiences for consumers and merchants.
Before Google, Maria Renz was an executive at SoFi, growing the business across multiple categories and contributing to its IPO and federal banking licensing process. She spent 20 years at Amazon, where she was the first woman to serve as Technical Advisor to the CEO and championed several e-commerce innovations, including Subscribe & Save and Amazon Prime shipping benefits.
Maria Renz is known for her customer obsession and ability to tackle complex global retail challenges. She has held multiple board roles focused on digital transformation, e-commerce, and fintech, including serving on the board of DoorDash during the company’s IPO process.
Maria Renz holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a BS in Design from Drexel University.
About Builders FirstSource
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Builders FirstSource is the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components, and value-added services to the professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and remodeling. We provide customers with an integrated homebuilding solution, offering manufacturing, supply, delivery, and installation of a full range of structural and related building products. We operate in 43 states with approximately 590 locations and have a market presence in 48 of the top 50 and 91 of the top 100 MSAs, providing geographic diversity and balanced end-market exposure. We service customers from strategically located distribution and manufacturing facilities (some of which are co-located) that produce value-added products such as roof and floor trusses, wall panels, stairs, vinyl windows, custom millwork, and pre-hung doors. Builders FirstSource also distributes dimensional lumber and lumber sheet goods, millwork, windows, interior and exterior doors, and other specialty building products.
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