Employees

Lanz Employee Portal

Over 400 dedicated and hardworking employees make up Lanz Cabinets. From sales, design, manufacturing, and installation to back punch and billing—each individual employee makes Lanz Cabinets successful. Whenever we can, we prefer to promote from within. Many employees of our executive team, supervisors, and managers started in production and installation.

EMPLOYEE NEWS

2023 Calendar

March

8 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

14 – 3 pm – Safety Committee Meeting

22 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

April

5 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

11 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

19 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

May

3 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

9 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

17 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

31 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

June

13 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

14 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

28 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

July

11 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

12 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

26 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

August

8 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

9 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

23 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

September

6 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

12 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

20 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

October

4 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

10 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

18 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

December

12 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

13 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

27 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

November

1 – 3 pm – Safety Meeting

14 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

15 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

29 – 2:45 pm – QA Meeting

PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

FEBRUARY 2023

Day Face Frame | Lizbeth Alejandra

“Lizbeth has worked on the build floor for three months. She excelled at door and drawer installation and has moved to the build line and has become one of our strongest builders. She produces a quality product. Lizbeth is an excellent employee.” -Blaine Callaghan, face frame build floor supervisor

Day Frameless | Charles “Chuck” Caudill

“Charles ‘Chuck’ Caudill has been with the Lanz Cabinets team for over five years and has earned the Employee of the Month for March 2023 due to outstanding customer service and hard work as recognized by his peers. Congratulations Chuck.” – Christopher Miner, frameless division manager

Swing Face Frame | Nick Mellor

“Nick comes to work every day with a positive attitude and is always ready for the next challenge. He has great attendance and is a team player.” – Johnny Kays, face frame division, assistant manager

Swing Frameless | Steven Prasard

“Steven is an extremely motivated individual. He goes above and beyond his required duties to help others. He comes to work every day with a positive attitude.” – Don Matthews, frameless division assistant manager

Swing RTF | Adrienne Barnes

“Adrienne is such a stellar employee that this is the third time she’s won this special honor. She shows up to work every day with a positive attitude and is always willing to help where needed. Her attention to detail sets a standard for everyone in the department to strive for.” – Alexander Boehm, RTF swing supervisor

JANUARY 2023

Braxton Newbury | Swing RTF

“Braxton comes to work with a great attitude and willingness to learn and grow. In three months, he has gone from offloader to employee of the month press operator. He’s humble but has the drive and the ability to go above and beyond–making him an amazing employee.” – Alexander Boehm, RTF swing supervisor

Julio DeLuna-Ensaldo | Swing Face Frame

“Julio comes to work with a great attitude and drive to get the job done every day. He’s always eager to learn something new and build on it.” – Johnny Kays, face frame division, assistant manager

Colton Nance | Swing Frameless

“Colton works in doors & drawers and always has a positive attitude. He stays busy and does an outstanding job. Always willing to help where needed.” – Don Matthews, frameless division assistant manager

William O’Hare | Day Frameless

“He always has a positive attitude with a matching smile. He is always willing to go wherever he is needed, regardless of department or division. William is very knowledgeable and is willing to share it with others. He is currently working on his leadership skills and wants to learn the areas in Machining he has no experience at to be more versatile.” – Christopher Miner, frameless division manager

Haley Bush | Service

“Haley Bush steps up to the challenge any time needed. She knows every aspect of the service department and has had perfect attendance throughout January.” – Jeffrey Upton, customer service manager

Travis Hamilton | Day Face Frame

“Travis works on the UV line on the day shift and is a vital part of what we do here at Lanz. He’s always positive, happy-go-lucky, and can do pretty much anything we need him to do.” -Rick Ensley, stain/UV supervisor

DECEMBER 2022

Erika Garcia | Wood Door and Frame

“Erika is the definition of a team player. She is always willing to take on new tasks and challenges with a smile on her face. Her positive attitude and hard work is exactly what we need. Great job Erika!” – Jordan Lindsay, wood door and frame supervisor

Adrienne Smith | RTF

“Besides being an awesome worker, Adrienne is an avid reader and loves scary story podcasts. She brings great energy and enthusiasm to the thermofoil department, and we are lucky to have her on our team!” – Ben Afu, RTF supervisor

Alexander Purvis | DAY Frameless

“Alexander Purvis has been with Lanz Cabinets about five months and has excellent attendance. He comes to work every day ready to outdo himself on what he did the day before, setting an excellent example for other employees. He has a great sense of humor and is easy to get along with, making him a great team player. Way to go Alex, keep growing and glowing my friend.” – Christopher Miner, frameless division manager

Ronnie Meyer | SWING Frameless

“Ronnie is a Holzma operator for frameless on swing shift. He always has a good attitude and gets things done and is willing to help where needed.” – Don Matthews, frameless division assistant manager

Reyes Hernandez | DAY Face Frame

“Reyes has been with Lanz for several years and has always worked on the UV line. He retired, came back part-time for a few years, and now is retired from working full-time. Reyes has a good attitude, is a team player, and is vital to what we do here at Lanz. We feel an impact when he takes a day off.” -Rick Ensley

Rolando Brown | SWING Face Frame

“Rolando comes to work with a great attitude and helps keep production moving forward. He is always willing to go where needed and happy to do so.” – Johnny Kays, face frame division, assistant manager

NOVEMBER 2022

Thomas King | DAY Face Frame

“Thomas has been with Lanz Cabinets for six months and continues to have great attendance. He has an excellent work ethic and is a team player. This guy comes to work every day with a ready-to-go attitude. We love it.” -Merle Cain, face frame division manager

Anthony Miller | SWING Face Frame

“Anthony comes to work every day with a great attitude and is always ready to embrace whatever challenge is put in front of him. He works on the shipping dock and does very well at taking care of business.” – Johnny Kays, face frame division, assistant manager

Ryan Taylor | SWING Frameless

“Ryan does an excellent job in frameless specialty on the swing shift. He has been here at Lanz coming up for 6 years. He is very agile and can work in machining, the doors & drawers, and build departments. He has a pretty good attitude and is a very valuable member of Lanz Cabinets.” – Don Matthews, frameless division assistant manager

Annalee Jones | DAY Frameless

“First and foremost, Annalee is here every day, arriving early and staying late if asked. She had perfect attendance in November. She comes in early to help with doors and drawers whenever needed. She has been cross-training in specialties and has been really excelling at it. The last few days she has been training Jose Rojas, from the swing shift, on the press and has been doing a great job at it. Jose has picked up a lot of good info from her.” – Christopher Miner, frameless division manager

OCTOBER 2022

Alexander Boehm | RTF

“Alex loves long walks on the beach and hot cocoa with little marshmallows in the fall season. He also knows everything there is to know in the THERMOFOIL dept. His work ethic is bar none. His tireless efforts to do whatever he can to keep the department ahead of schedule are very much appreciated and acknowledged.” – Ben Afu, RTF supervisor

Jakob Roberts | DAY Face frame

“Jakob has been with Lanz Cabinets for three years. He started out building face frames and worked his way into machining. Jakob has impeccable attendance. He walks in every day with a smile and positive attitude, ready to accomplish the day’s tasks–whether that be his work area or helping others. He is an awesome employee to have on our team. Also pictured are employees with anniversaries; Nicholas Hurt, two years, Kolby Challburg, three years, Edgar Rodriguez, five years.” – LeAnn Kelly, face frame division, day shift supervisor

William Lyon | DAY Frameless

“William Lyon has been employed here at Lanz since April 1, 2019. Hired for a day shift groover position, William was quickly promoted to machine operator after showing exemplary problem-solving skills on nest-based machinery. Getting to know and work with Will has been an honor. He is a very kindhearted and brilliant individual who continues to grow with the company.” – Christopher Miner, frameless division manager

Dyllon Welker | SWING Face frame

“Dyllon Welker works in the cart up area but is always willing to help where needed.” – Johnny Kays, face frame division, assistant manager

Isaac Sanders | SWING Framless

“Isaac is coming up on his 2nd anniversary at Lanz. He can operate several different machines and does an excellent job. Lately, he has been helping on the build line. Isaac is very motivated to get done whatever he is assigned to do.” – Don Matthews, frameless division assistant manager