---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-026632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000883902"
company_name: "Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T09:33:21.204366+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Rose Lee resigns; Chairman John Krenicki named interim CEO; new CAO appointed

## Summary
- Rose Lee resigned as President, CEO and director effective March 18, 2025, to focus on a personal family matter.
- Board Chairman John Krenicki appointed as Interim President and CEO; search for permanent successor launched.
- Tina Beskid named SVP, Chief Accounting Officer effective April 1, 2025; base salary $438,000 plus bonus and equity units.
- Wayne F. Irmiter departed as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer on March 18, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-026632
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000883902
- company_name: Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/0001104659-25-026632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/tm259966d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-026632
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-026632.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tina Beskid was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 17, 2025, the Company appointed Tina Beskid as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective April 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/0001104659-25-026632-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rose Lee resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer at Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, Rose Lee resigned as Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.’s (the “Company”) President, Chief Executive Officer, member of the Board of Directors as well as all other Company positions, effective immediately to focus on a personal family matter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/0001104659-25-026632-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Krenicki was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed John Krenicki, the Chairman of the Board, to serve as the Company’s Interim President and Chief Executive Officer as of the effective date of Ms. Lee’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/0001104659-25-026632-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wayne F. Irmiter departed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, Wayne F. Irmiter, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer departed the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883902/000110465925026632/0001104659-25-026632-index.htm

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