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About Rhoads & O'Hara

In October, 2006, Lance Rhoads and Bob O'Hara partnered to form Rhoads & O'Hara Architectural Products, LLC. Lance, a 1985 graduate of Virginia Tech and Bob, a 1988 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, bring to Rhoads & O'Hara a combined 45 years of experience in the forest products industry. Lance and Bob's paths have paralleled since college. Upon graduation, both with degrees in Wood Science and Technologies, they found employment in the distribution of hardwood lumber - Lance with Mann & Parker Lumber Company and Bob with Rex Lumber Company. Ironically, they were competitors throughout most of the 1990's, until 1997, when Lance moved to plywood distribution with the Bay Ridge Companies. It was only a short time later when Bob also joined Bay Ridge. In the summer of 2006, Bay Ridge went out of business and Lance and Bob, with the support and encouragement of many long-time customers and friends, decided to open Rhoads & O'Hara.