PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — EW Howell Construction Group has promoted Daniel Williams from vice president and CFO to president and Howard Rowland from president and chief operating officer to CEO.
Williams will retain his duties as CFO, while the moves are part of a transition plan to install Rowland as chairman at the end of 2023.
Rowland joined EW Howell in 1983 as project manager and became president of the firm in 1997. Williams joined the firm in 2007 as the firm’s controller, and was promoted to CFO in 2016. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
In addition, John Hagen will be promoted to interim chief operating officer. Currently an executive vice president with more than 40 years of senior construction leadership experience, Hagen will oversee all of EW Howell’s construction operations.
Founded in 1891 and based in Plainview, EW Howell Construction Group builds projects in the retail, education, institutional, arts/cultural, commercial, laboratory and healthcare sectors, including seniors housing.