Category: Employees

Dunbarton and WOW

In February of 2020, Dunbarton participated in Southeast WOW (Worlds of Work) for the first time, and it was a great experience. Southeast WOW is a 2-day event held at the Peanut Festival Fair Grounds for all 8th graders in the wiregrass area. The event gives 8th graders the chance to see the various industries in our area so they can hopefully become interested in a career path that enables them to stay here in the Wiregrass and work for some of the area employers.

The leaders of Southeast WOW recognized our employee LaRon Reaves and noticed how well he was interacting with the students, and decided to include him in their promotional video. LaRon’s story is unique because he is a great example of moving up within Dunbarton. LaRon began his employment with Dunbarton in March of 2006 as a machine operator. He has since progressed to an Engineering Specialist after expressing interest in moving up and obtaining his degree in drafting while working full time. LaRon is also a member of Dunbarton’s Emergency Response Team and has been chosen as Dunbarton’s employee of the month several times. The 2021 Southeast WOW event was canceled due to COVID, but Dunbarton is looking forward to participating again in 2022!

For more information on WOW (World of Work), visit their site: https://www.southeastwow.org

Thank You for Making a Difference!

Pictured left to right: Courtney Couch, Lauren Ott

Courtney Couch and Lauren Ott in Customer Service were recently awarded the People Making a Difference Award. Regional Sales Rep Dee Spencer wrote, “I want to thank you two for the wonderful job you are doing. Last week, everywhere I went I heard nothing but compliment after compliment about how much they enjoy working with you and how much help you are to them. I know it’s rare to hear compliments from the field so I wasn’t going to let today end without telling you what a tremendous impact you are having on customers and what a big part you are in the success of Dunbarton. THANK YOU and keep up the good work!” Please reach out Courtney and Lauren and thank them for all their hard work and willing personalities!

We go the extra mile

            At Dunbarton, we pride ourselves on providing “Your Complete Opening Solution,” and sometimes that means taking extra steps necessary on unique projects, even if it’s only two doors.  

            A new customer account, Autovol, a modular builder from Boise, Idaho, needed two STC-Rated openings. Dunbarton had done some testing years ago with flush wood doors and Rediframe in conjunction with Masonite. Our Customer Service Director, Blake Seymour, and Northwest Regional Sales Director, Mark Haavisto, reviewed the request. Multiple vendors were contacted and quoted us the doors to meet the STC requirements. In the end, we worked with a local-to-Dothan, Alabama vendor to purchase the two STC labeled doors through Masonite. Our local driver, Terrence Nelson, then picked up the doors. Marsha Finney, one of our customer service technicians, worked diligently to locate the necessary special hardware to complete the architect’s requests, ensuring the automatic door bottom sweeps, weatherstripping, and threshold met their standards combined with STC requirments. 

            Once we had the doors on-site, the physical work began. Dunbarton is proud of the longevity of many of our employees and many of those employees were involved in this project! One such employee is Gary Strickland. Mr. Gary, aka BoyBaby,  began with Dunbarton on September 27, 1999. He is a paint technician and was responsible for hand spraying these doors along with Chance Zamora, aka Pokey Bear. Another long-time employee, Patsy Watkins, assembled the door units and hardware as well as packing to ship safely to the customer. Bill Bookman, quality control technician who has been with Dunbarton for over 20 years, oversaw the construction ensuring it met the quality standards of Dunbarton. Leonard Jackson, a Dunbarton employee of over 40 years and long-time supervisor, oversaw the entire project on the plant floor. There were so many hands involved for just two doors! But our customer had a problem, and we knew we could be the solution! We were able to provide everything our customer required for their opening. 

Note from our customer: We received our final order for Santa Maria today. I so much appreciate adding the two STC doors as well to this shipment. Please thank your team for such a smooth process. Your doors look great and met all of our expectations.

Protecting our employees

On Tuesday, July 14, Dunbarton made the difficult decision to shut down production for a few days. We felt it was the best decision for our employees and their families. We are using this time for our Safety team and Environmental & Hazmat Services to disinfect and sanitize every corner of the facility. We know this is a difficult time for everyone, but we appreciate the effort and understanding from our employees and customers!

Thank you for keeping us safe!

Recently we thanked the employees who have stepped up to help Dunbarton clean the break room and restrooms with a small token of our appreciation. Thank you, Brenda McDonald, Selena Kirkland, Al Stefin, Jerry Snellgrove, Ralph Linville, Shon Townsend, Telisa Vida, and Tate Coker. These people have gone above and beyond to make sure our common areas and machines/production equipment are sanitized and we appreciate them for doing this!

L to R: Tate Coker, Telisa Vida, Al Stefin, Ralph Linville, Jerry Snellgrove and Selena Kirkland.
Not pictured: Brenda McDonald, Shon Townsend.

People Making a Difference!


At Dunbarton, we know we have some of the best employees around! Britt McCarty is one of those People Making a Difference at Dunbarton! She was nominated for this honor by another employee. He stated, “I see each and every quote done in that territory. Britt does a fantastic job taking care of our customers each and every day. She is continuously meeting and exceeding customers’ deadlines on quote requests and consistently following up on pricing from vendors. Britt is extremely reliable. All technical questions are answered promptly. She is great at teamwork, and works with others very well. Britt is very professional & pleasure to work with, showing a willingness to take on extremely difficult quoted projects.” 

Thank you again Britt for being a People Making a Difference at Dunbarton!