On June 14, 2022, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. announced that Christopher P. Calzaretta, the Company's Vice President, Finance, has been appointed to succeed Brian L. MacNeal as the Company's Senior Vice President, effective August 1, 2022. Mr. MacNeal will continue to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the Company through August 1, 2022, and will continue as an employee of the Company through September 1, 2022 to assist with the transition to Mr. Calzaretta. Christopher P. Calzaretta, age 46, has served as the Company's Vice President, Finance since January 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Calzaretta served in various finance-based positions with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, a chemical company, since 2007, including as Global Finance Manager with DuPont Strategic Initiatives from 2016 to 2018. Calzaretta brings over 20 years of finance and public accounting experience to his new role of CFO. He joined AWI in 2018 as vice president of Finance, Americas where he has been responsible for business unit finance, corporate financial planning and analysis, manufacturing finance and accounting, as well as merger and acquisition integration teams. Prior to AWI, he spent 10 years at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company where he held finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility. He additionally held various accounting and financial reporting roles at FMC Corporation, American Meter Company and Delta Airlines. He began his career in public accounting at Ernst and Young. Calzaretta graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and earned an MBA from Villanova University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
AWI previously announced that MacNeal would be retiring in 2022. After Calzaretta assumes his new role as CFO, MacNeal will continue in an advisory role through Sept. 1, 2022, in order to support a smooth transition.