Branch Group promotes SVP to chief HR officer

Tina Pfalzgraf joined Roanoke construction firm in 2022

Published March 24, 2023 by Courtney Mabeus-Brown

Roanoke-based construction firm The Branch Group Inc. has promoted Tina Pfalzgraf to chief human resources officer, the company announced Wednesday.

Pflazgraf previously served as senior vice president of human resources. Her department established corporate initiatives in employee development, retention, benefits and recruitment that resulted in record employee retention rates and record employee satisfaction survey results. Prior to joining Branch in early 2022, Pfalzgraf was senior director of human resources operations for the advancing national security business unit at Dallas-based Jacobs, as well as serving in human resources roles for Centreville-based Parsons Corp. and Englewood, Colorado-based CH2M.

“Tina has done an outstanding job in the areas of employee development, retention and recruitment,” Branch Group CEO Donald Graul said in a statement. “Her department reorganization and focus on the employee experience, optimizing the HR process and procedures, workforce development and employee rewards and recognition programs will further drive our record high employee engagement results.

Pfalzgraf will also serve on several Branch board of director committees.

The employee-owned Branch has total revenues of nearly $480 million and a workforce of more than 1000 employee owners.

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