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Longtime finance lead Don Adair, who has been with the company since 1988, will retire Jan. 9.
Published Jan. 5, 2026
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Concord, California-based Swinerton is kicking off with another executive shake-up.
Don Adair, longtime company veteran and the firm’s current chief revenue officer, will retire on Jan. 9, 2026, according to a news release. Adair joined Swinerton in 1988, starting as a project engineer in the company’s Los Angeles office.
As time went on, Adair shifted responsibilities — he was responsible for growing Swinerton Builders’ San Diego office, which ultimately led to his appointment as executive vice president and CRO in 2019, per the builder.
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Swinerton is made up of Swinerton Builders, mass timber affiliate Timberlab, concrete constructor SAK Builders and national investment firm Lindgren Development.
Adair will be succeeded by Chris Chany, according to the announcement. Chany joined Swinerton Builders in 2013 as a project manager in the Austin, Texas, office, before moving to San Diego in 2018, where he joined the National Accounts team, of which Chany is currently the director, per his LinkedIn profile.
Adair and Chany worked with each other for nearly a decade, per the release. They cooperated on the transition once the news of Adair’s retirement was shared internally to employee-owners in June.
“I am honored to step into this role and continue building on Don’s framework,” Chany said in the release. “Our focus will remain on building strong relationships, delivering extraordinary client experiences and driving growth for our teams and clients.”
This isn’t the only executive move the company has made recently — the company announced that William Silva would become its new director of national mass timber on Dec. 11. Silva is also tasked with creating its mass timber center of excellence, an initiative that would help the firm integrate more closely with its mass timber affiliate, Timberlab.