COVINGTON, Va. (VR) – WestRock’s Alleghany Highlands operations announced position changes that were internally announced in December 2022 and January 2023.
Melanie Rickett accepted the position of assistant purchasing manager. In this position, Rickett is responsible for setting priorities and managing strategic sourcing activity in the areas of capital and plant services. Additionally, she provides sourcing support for capital and maintenance projects, manages services providers and will also lead optimization sourcing projects for the Covington mill and Low Moor converting plant.
Rickett received her B.B.A. in business administration in 1986 from James Madison University and her M.B.A. from Liberty University in 2018. She began her career with Westvaco in 1990 at the Covington mill in the accounting department where she held the role of raw materials accountant, accounting analyst and accounting manager. In 2004, she moved to the purchasing department as a raw materials buyer, and in 2007, she accepted the position of MRO sourcing specialist in corporate procurement. Rickett joined Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in 2009 as a business manager. Rickett was most recently the indirect sourcing manager at the mill, a position she began in 2014 when she rejoined the Covington mill.
Lucas Kirby accepted the position of finance manager. In this position, he is the process lead for the mill’s financial reporting and analysis including the monthly close, forecasting process and annual budgeting process. In this role, Kirby will be charged with managing the day-to-day tasks and driving success in the finance organization through team development.
Kirby completed his BS in accounting and economics from Emory & Henry College in 2015 and received his master’s in accounting from William and Mary in 2016. In 2016, he accepted the position of accounting advisory-senior associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in McLean. Kirby joined WestRock in 2020 as a senior financial analyst. He then accepted the position of FP&A manager at MAAG Group in Eagle Rock in 2021.
Landon Elforsi accepted the position of financial analyst in the finance department. In this position, he is responsible for supporting the finance team with month-end close, forecasting, budgeting and ad hoc reporting. Elforsi will also be a primary business partner for some of the support areas around the mill.
Elforsi received his B.A.A. in finance with a minor in economics from James Madison University in December 2022. He interned as a corporate accounting intern at Clark Nexsen Inc. in Virginia Beach from August 2019 to August 2020.
Stuart Boyd joined the Covington mill finance team as an FLP financial analyst. As an FLP financial analyst, he will rotate through 6-month assignments in four different WestRock locations. This is his first rotation, and he will be with the mill’s finance team through August 2023. Stuart will assist with the mill’s financial reporting and analysis as a primary business partner to Low Moor, wood and environmental, as well as assist with the third-party converters.
Stuart received his B.S.B.A. in finance from the University of Central Florida in December 2022. He held the position of customer service representative at the University of Central Florida from January 2021 through January of 2022 and worked as an accounting/finance intern at MDP Restaurant Group from January 2022 through December 2022.